Professional Competency 1, Professional Competency 3, Professional Competency 4, Professional Competency 5, Professional Competency 6, QPAT, Reflections, Teaching and Learning Statements

Thiagi 35 Activity

Today I tried out a new formative assessment tool called the Thiagi 35 Activity with my level four general science and technologies classes. Let me begin by saying, if you're a teacher who likes quiet in the classroom, this activity is not for you. How it Went Students listened to my instructions with perplexed looks on… Continue reading Thiagi 35 Activity

MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY & EDUCATION, Professional Competency 3, Professional Competency 4, Professional Competency 6, Professional Competency 8

Collaborative Video Production

The Reading The study Video Production and Youth-Educator Collaboration by Michelle Stack explores the relationships between high school students and university professors and the impact when they are asked to collaborate on a public service announcement video clip production. One idea that really resonated with me in the study was that video production projects promote democratic pedagogy because "video… Continue reading Collaborative Video Production