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Data Tracking Update: In this post, I’d like to share my data-tracking update from the past two weeks, including what I liked and what I didn’t. As seen in previous posts, I was exploring different ways to track my workouts… Continue Reading →

The first Focused Ed meeting I attended was the general K-8 one. I am so excited to really get access to these resources when I get hired by a school district. 4 Canoes, Worldbook, and KnowBC are the ones I… Continue Reading →

This week is reading break and I decided to visit home! My mum has been nagging me since I baked her a loaf of bread for Christmas time for me to bring her some of my sourdough starter. She wanted… Continue Reading →

Goal-Setting and Motivation: Today, I’d like to focus on motivation and goal-setting when integrating fitness into daily life. I will also tie this post to how goal-setting and motivation are related to student learning. Having been tracking my workouts for… Continue Reading →

Booking Travel Booking travel is the most expensive and arguably the most time consuming event when planning your trip. If you aren’t looking to find deals then this likely won’t be nearly as hard or time consuming, and you can… Continue Reading →

For the second location, I chose to go to Cordova Bay. This is a place I have really only driven through for the most part and I had one school trip here several years ago but not by the beach…. Continue Reading →

For the fourth location, I decided to travel out to Matheson Lake in Metchosin. I have been here quite a few times while working in summer camps, but I have only been here once without summer camp participants. It was… Continue Reading →

After getting my rod fully set up the next step in my inquiry is finding a spot to fish. There’s not big chum in the rivers at this point in the year so I’ll mainly be targeting trout in stocked… Continue Reading →

I was about to head out to the ponds and realized I was skipping a massive step in my approach. I hadn’t done any research to figure out what colour/size flies to use. for this I asked Chat GPT to… Continue Reading →

Today, I’ve dived into what principals and vice-principals do, and investigated the professional relationships that exist between new teachers and principals, as well as the relationships between new and experienced teachers. Who are principals and vice-principals? Principals and VPs are… Continue Reading →

Google AI summary Travel itineraries are the structure of your trip that allow you to go from one place to the next. While travel itineraries aren’t absolutely necessary, they will save you a major headache when travelling abroad. There are… Continue Reading →

The first place I chose to go to was Royal Roads University down by where the property meets the Esquimalt Lagoon. Esquimalt Lagoon on the side of Royal Roads University Curricular Connection The curricular connection I was thinking of specifically… Continue Reading →

Image created with Google Gemini 3 Nano Banana The world is increasingly connected through technology. We are now able to communicate despite differences in languages and locations. We have devices we take with us everywhere that allow us to connect… Continue Reading →

There are hobbies that are 90% something else. Pottery is 90% waiting for clay to dry. Gardening is 90% weeding. Birdwatching is 90% staring at the sky. Sewing is 90% ironing. After washing the fabric, I had to iron it… Continue Reading →

For this week’s seminars, I chose AI in elementary classrooms and Live It Earth. Both sessions were great opportunities to learn about these technologies and consider how they can be thoughtfully integrated into classrooms. AI in Elementary Classrooms The seminar… Continue Reading →

This has been the most challenging week so far in my ASL journey. The volume of new vocabulary combined with more complex conversational structures, felt quite overwhelming at times. I found myself prioritizing other schoolwork and avoiding consistent practice that… Continue Reading →

In a 16-week study comparing the effectiveness of language learning with Duolingo vs. in a classroom, Gonzalez-Fernandez and De la Viña found that “overall […] app-based learning can support certain aspects of L2 development, particularly receptive grammar and vocabulary knowledge,… Continue Reading →

As I continue my exploration of online language-learning resources, I wanted to review the app that I first used to learn Spanish several years ago: Memrise. Memrise is a free app with a premium version that allows you access to… Continue Reading →

In my last inquiry blog, I explored the structure of BC’s education system with the goal of understanding the overall structure, hierarchies, and general responsibilities. Today, I come with questions that I have since formed. I believe that researching this… Continue Reading →

This week instead of having our regular class, we had the opportunity to sign- for several professional development day sessions, specifically about resources from Focused. The three sessions I signed up for provided some valuable resources to explore that were… Continue Reading →