Summary of Learning- Where Have all the Good Times Gone?

Sadly, the time has come for me to submit my final EDTC 300 project. Looking back, its been a great semester and I'm grateful for all of the connections, friendships, and information this class has allowed me to amass! To close off the year, take a look at the video I've spent the last few...

Weekly Blog Post #10- Together We Are Stronger

Ed. Tech 300 was a very interesting class in the sense that while it was online, the sense of community emulated what it felt to be in a physical classroom, for I made connections with my peers that will last long past this semester. Additionally, my classmates posts often brightened my day, pushed me to...

Weekly Learning Project #10- Keep on Rocking!

The final learning post is here! Looking back, the amount of progress that I've been able to make in terms of guitar playing is truly astounding. Prior to this class, the closest I'd ever come to playing guitar was in the form of the video game Rockband. However, I can now say that I feel...

Weekly Learning Project #9- The End is Near

With my learning project nearing completion, I have been spending a lot of my time perfecting the song that I plan to record for my final blog post in an attempt to show off how far I've come as a guitarist. Yes you heard that right; I will be doing a full length guitar cover...

Weekly Blog Post #9- Coding with Minecraft; What Could be Better?

I immediately got excited when I realized that this week's Ed. Tech. 300 lecture would be focusing on coding, as it is a topic I am semi- familiar with and enjoy. During my high school years, I took the Computer Science 20 class and worked with the Python coding software for most of the semester,...

Weekly Learning Project #8- I Get by With a Little Help From Chordify

I took the opportunity to branch out of my comfort zone a bit this week and try out the acoustic guitar! My room mate has one, and after hearing him play it a bit over the weekend I thought I'd give it a shot myself and see how it compared to the electric guitar that...

Weekly Blog Post #8- The Return of Fake News (Or Did it Ever Leave?)

The Relevance of Fake News Today Fake news has been around since the dawn of time, as the true definition of the word is simply a lie or a twisting of the truth. However, I personally have noticed an uptick in the "believability" of fake news since the "Modern Father of Fake News" Donald Trump...

Weekly Learning Project #7- Amped Up!

This week I decided to take a step back from learning how to play guitar, and instead focused on something equally important: setting up guitar amp. As anyone who's played live music (or attended a show, for that matter) knows, amps are what project the sound of your instrument to the masses. Without a good...

Weekly Blog Post #7- Cyber Sleuthing and Digital Identity

This week I was given the opportunity to cybersleuth an old friend and former high-school classmate of mine: Laura Fiddler. Me and "Fiddlestix" have known each other for quite some time, and are connected on a variety of social networking sites as a result. I was looking forward to the activity a lot because I...

Weekly Blog Post #6- Digital Citizenship and the Saskatchewan Curriculum

Digital Citizenship As stated in Mike Ribble's "Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship", digital citizenship is simply the norms of appropriate, responsible, and empowered technology use. These norms constantly change and evolve, so it is important that students and teachers are always staying up to date on their own perceptions of digital citizenship. The Nine Elements...