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Reflection FINALE – Week I dont know.

Hello out there, we’re on the air! 

 

As I look back on this class and what I have learned from it, it is hard for me to think of just one. From Mattermost chats, Trello, and Hypothesis. To learning how to use Zoom, meeting professionals and people in the bizz as well as learning to navigate through a pandemic. I have learned about Twine, and Comic Life and Canva. I have learned about iPads and Accessible learning for all. I have learned the difference between virtual, remote and online learning.  And most importantly I have learned what asynchronous and synchronous means. 

I have learned so much. So many valuable teachable moments and so many life lessons. I have learned that supporting each other is the best way to make sure something goes the way we planned it – even if it doesn’t.

I have learned that tech is not the saving grace that will save the education system.  Although tech is important and useful when it is used appropriately.  Tech is there to heighten classroom experiences and help students who need an extra hand, or time. It is not there to replace the teacher. It is supposed to make your life easier, not harder. 

I have learned that my teachers have gifted me patience and knowledge. To know that it is okay not to know everything – especially when it comes to technology.  I have learned that you can make Zoom School fun with the right attitude. I have learned that I love painting. I have learned that the people I have met this semester are going to be the people I lean on throughout the course of this program and most likely well into my teaching career. 

I have learned so much, and I will probably remember more things that I have learned after the dust settles and I can breathe. 

Thank You to Val and Luke and my classmates.

We Got Through Pandemic University Zoom School Teacher Education. 

TA DAAA

The big reveal.  In times where everything is so uncertain. And scary and up in the air. I think Art can combat those feelings and through that we can create a sense of calm. Doing this free inquiry project throughout the first semester of teacher school, solidified that I am put on this earth to create. And help others find that passion that I possess.

I had so many more plans to travel and see the big blue ball that I call home. Since Covid 19. I have found myself stuck, in my apartment. Some days I don’t even leave my house. Being able to paint an old photograph from Greece, where I lived before I got into art school. It helps me think that, Ill get to go back there sometime. The not so far distant future.

Week 10

This week we talked about Inclusive learning. I can relate to this topic pretty well, as I was an EA before getting into this program. It is nice to see that we have an opportunity to connect with Inclusive Ed teachers to get a grasp on how best to help students with diverse abilities. 

Getting Close to the Finish Line

Here are some recent photos of the painting. At this point of my free inquiry project, it basically done. I am just obsessing over small details and slight variations of colour and tint. 

Next week I will reveal the final product and the photo I have been working from. 

Week 8/9

Hello! 

 

It has been awhile. It has been a busy, yet uneventful couple of weeks. In terms of Ed Tech, I did not attend last week’s class because I was having a low day and with that, a mental health day. As well, on top of that, I have been sick. Runny nose, sneezes and the sniffles. 🙁

In terms of the course and the semester,  I have been pretty on top of things. I got most of my presentations and projects over in the beginning, which was really smart of me. 

I have a very basic draft of my edtech inquiry project for assignment 3 – garageband in the classroom. However, the google doc is as far as it goes. I have started to lose steam and I am starting to feel the Christmas break yell at me saying “you are done”,  but Christmas break is not here yet. 

 

I will cross this finish line of my first semester of Zoom School, PDPP, and Education. 

Reflection Week 6/7

In the last two weeks, I have felt like a real life teacher who can apply the technological skills and opportunities I have learned in EDCI 336 and apply them in real world events. This week, I attended a BCSSTA conference via Zoom. Even though my teachable is Art. (there was no art conference to find). I attended 3 conferences over the course of the day (Friday). Two of them were really dry and one was really interesting. The one I found very interesting was one world population and sustainability. The presenter provided great websites and resources for materials as well as fun activities to play with students, both online and in person classes. I challenged myself to adapt these Social Studies Lessons into Art lessons –  I am still thinking about how to create an Art project based on world population. 

Overall, it was an interesting experience and it gave me a sense of what working and established professionals are doing in their fields and specific subject matters. So, thanks to my teachers for allowing myself and the class to participate. 

Building From the Wall Up

This week on “Painting With Oils”

I am now working on the depth of the wall and painting the shadows that will create the illusion of 3D on a 2D medium.This will allow depth to come into the painting and make the wall pop off from the background. For the shadows I am using a mix of blue and brown. This contrast from the red and yellows I added last week will provide harmony throughout the piece. 

This step will allow for my knowledge of colour theory. Blue and yellow are complimentary colours which balance out the tonal quality I am trying to achieve with this piece.  Adding the depth of shadow is making the brick/marble to pop out from the canvas. While still maintaining a monochromatic scheme of white.

It is really making me wish I could go back to Greece.

 

Reflection Week 5

Reflection Week 5

This week, I have nothing really that exciting to report. I learned about Blended Learning and the different multi-modalities that exist in educational settings. The class was discussing about different ways of  online learning, whether that be blended learning, remote learning or multi-access learning. I didn’t realize that there were so many ways of instruction. 

In other aspects of my week and of this course, I have started to brainstorm some ideas regarding my EdTech Inquiry Project with my partner. We are going to inquire about music in the classroom and what technologies will benefit our inquiry. 

Thats all for now folks 

Continuing with an Endless Canvas of White

Welcome Back! 

Another episode on Painting with Oils. Last week I looked into texture and how I can build up the illusion of a wall – a very Greek Marble wall. I have continued to drain my tube of white paint and have used different pressures when applying the paint with my brush. I have also started to use different sizes of brushes in order to reach my intended feel and those hard to reach/ create spots on the canvas. I have started to add accent colours of red and yellow (ochre) near the bottom left hand corner to introduce rock and stone into the painting.  The colours are faint and subtle as I have mixed them in with the white to capture the desired tint. It does not look like much when you are staring at the same white canvas with only minor adjustments every 20 minutes. However, I think it is starting to come to life. The many, many hours given to this painting just might be paying off.  Hopefully, the photo I am recreating will be impressed. 

PS. I am sure you are wondering, where is this photo you keep talking about. I will reveal the final painting with the photo at the end of this inquiry project. I do not want you to have any expectations of how it is “supposed” to look. 🙂 

You’ll just have to keep tuning in each week for the chance to be a part of the final reveal.…

Ed Tech Inquiry Project Commence

“One good thing about music—when it hits you, you feel no pain.” – Bob Marley

How can we use this iconic philosophy towards the greater good of a classroom? How can we create a pain free environment in schools. The unfavourable truth is that we can’t but we can try to make it a bit better. Music gives us a space of calm, a sense of peace – a place where we go to hide, or to build ourselves up. Music in the classroom has become more and more widely accepted and has changed classroom culture. How we incorporate technology to work alongside musical invention.  

Introducing the concept for mine and my partner, Charlie’s idea for our Educational Technology Resource Development – GarageBand.  How can we utilize this pre downloaded program that is found in all Apple Products. How can we expand the bandwidth of the possibilities with garageband and the classroom?

Stay Tuned and let us find out. 

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