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This will cover the entire span of my MEd.
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EDCP 470 Media Practice and Instruction, week at Livingstone.First day of MEd program. A nice entry-we partook in the Smart Board Summer Institute offered to teachers at Livingstone Elementary.
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2nd week of summer classes held at UBC. My introduction to WordPress, an open source CMS, and blogging tool.
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Cultural and New Media Studies - the infamous Murphie & Potts text
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Stephen assigned a project which had to be done on Moodle! I didn't know what an LMS or CMS was and spent the next few weeks scrambling to figure it out. I began working with a VSB colleague (Steve Lott) who used Moodle in his Distance Learning position with the Vancouver Learning Network.
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Found mentoring support in colleague Steve Lott, who was a Distributed Education teacher with the VLN. Weekly meetings from now through May of 2011! Met Bruno Vernier, Dept. Head Web-based Courses Adult Education (VSB) who included me in a group of elementary & secondary Moodle users for monthly meetings held at various schools in Vancouver.
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Created a moviemaker video using various applications and media. Project was on Digital Aesthetics. A+
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Seminar in Human Development, Learning and Culture with Dr. Shawna Faber. Discovered many things, particularly Bronfenbrenner
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Contemporary Issues in ICT & Social Media
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Rob & I created a powerpoint presentation on the legalities of using foreign servers. We discovered a site that allows you to check the whereabouts of any server: http://www.81solutions.com/server-location.html
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Introduction to Research Methodologies - beginning of research project which will be the culminating project of this MEd.
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This idea didn't pan out.
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Finished my project paper in Cape Breton!
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Letter to work colleagues about my MEd project, informing them that , as prep teacher, my time with their students will be in the lab using technology to complement the L.A.and Social Studies curriculum and requesting collaboration.
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Introduction to Curriculum Issues and Theories (Digital Learning & Curriculum@ 21st Century Learning - Dr. Stephen Petrina
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Brock MoodleBegan the long process of making gmail accounts and enrolling the next 75 students!
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I made a screencast of a youtube video to insert into Moodle so that I would not have to deal with slow tracking AND to get practice using screencast before I made my video showing parents how to log in to Moodle.
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Created my google website MsGibbs@Brock
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Stephen & Don want us to include a timeline as part of our Graduating Project.
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Moodle linkStudent & Parent Online Learning Questionnaires are up and running on my Moodle site
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Today was the first day my Gr.7s tried a timeline.
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I presented Moodle to teachers, AO and VP at Renfrew Elementary School in Vancouver.
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Emailed Jeela Alarut, principal of Atagutaluk School in Igloolik, Nunavut. Invited participation in Moodle.
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These two final courses will run concurrently.
473 is Digital Media in ICT Education: Ethical Uses.
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Brock/Livingstone pro-d for students by students.
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Committed to updating my website now that it is a link in my Moodle site!
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Added "Bulldog Bytes" to Brock school newsletter. This will be a monthly post by teachers to inform parents of recent learning using technology.
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MsGibbs@Brock websiteSpent time updating
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Looked at Edumodo as a possible solution to ethics dilemma of using a foreign (American) server such as google for my students email accounts. Also looked at Foliospaces.com which is a way to explore Mahara, an online portfolio application which can tie in with Moodle. Also open source but needs a host.
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This will be part of the final assignment which is all about the ethics of creating email accounts for students under the age of 13 in order to be able to use various Web 2.0 applications.
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My group is looking at the ethical issues surrounding the distribution of e-waste.
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This is the 2nd to last revision before final completion by April 20th.
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This paper discusses the ethical considerations around using foreign servers with children under the age of 13.
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The next 9 days are about finishing our project papers and updating our eportfolios. Don told me to relax. Right!
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Weighing in at 67 pages, this project is all wrapped up!
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My e-portfolioEDCP 508B(62A)
*Complete personal eportfolio (all course sections)
*Submit Revised Research Proposal
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