For this week’s seminars I chose Live It Earth and Exploring Digital Classrooms K-7. I really enjoyed both sessions, and they were great opportunities to learn about the amazing resources that are available to teachers. Exploring Digital Classrooms K-7 This was a great resource that was very dense and had a lot of information. I…
I’m finding it very difficult to stick to a schedule of ‘bike things’. I am riding frequently, but not keeping up with the bike maintenance, trips, or gear explorations I was hoping to. There is so much more going on in this semester of school and my life that it feels quite scrambled. I am…
Being outside always gives me time to think and reflect. I continuously return to nature in times of happiness, sadness, uncertainty, and any other overwhelming emotion. It brings me back down to the ground and gives me inspiration at the same time. Recently, I’ve been thinking about who I am as a person, and how…
The Beginning I have always been drawn to bike packing, specifically in my adult years when I started watching YouTube videos about the adventures that people could go on. I have always been an avid hiker/camper, so bike packing seemed like the next natural step. I rode my bike growing up, around the city, with…
This week was very interesting, and I really appreciated hearing from Mike about all the amazing resources that FocusEd has to offer. I’m looking forward to Friday when I get to attend the zoom workshops to delve even deeper. One of the main practical concerns I have for teaching is how to come up with…
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a main topic in all of our classes during this program. I am really glad that this is a focal point, because it is so important to create lessons that allow all students to access learning and understanding. I never thought about using AI to increase UDL in lessons…
While my original inquiry was to learn about celestial navigation through learning how to use a sextant that was gifted to me by my partner’s grandfather, I have decided to change courses. A sextant is a navigation instrument used to measure the angle between two visible objects, most commonly the horizon and a celestial body (sun,…
This week we talked about AI – a hot topic in the world these days, especially in teacher’s college. It seems to be the way things are going, and more and more people are using AI to create lesson plans, rubrics, assessment tools, etc. It seems like a great use of technology, but is it…
What an amazing experience. I think we all felt like it was the teaching promise land and we had found a positive solution to increase student motivation and engagement. The environment was welcoming, cozy, and conducive to learning. The students looked like they were enjoying their time, and the teachers I talked to were all…
