Hi all,

For Week 3, we’ll cover introduction to terms, theories, and inclusive practices. I’ll be adding resources and readings across the week:

  • Review the brief I submitted to the BC Government in the Summer of 2020 regarding the recommendations for support of digital learning in BC
  • Review the resulting BC Digital Learning Strategy that arose with diverse contributions from across the sector.
  • On Monday, we will form pods, launch calendly for signing up to review your blog, questions, and inquiry topics with me.
  • You can start to post reflection posts to curate your learning from this course. Make sure to review What Makes a Good Blog Post (found under Technology Competencies/Social Media menus).
  • When it comes to documenting your inquiry for Assignment 1, review the sample inquiry offered by the PSII School for steps of inquiry. You can use their inquiry template to support your process. This does not need to be submitted, but as a scaffold for you.
  • To help you with developing questions for inquiry, consider springboard questions.
  • I also added an accessibility resource by UVic to our Support page (under About) to help folks learn more about their rights and options pertaining to accommodations.
  • Sign-up now available for pods! Link on our Social Spaces page and in our private Mattermost channel
    • You can enter your free inquiry topic here as well
    • Enter your names in the cells and the pod will form around you as others sign up. I’ll connect you on Mattermost unless you post and find each other there earlier. Set a time to meet weekly synchronously. When you have a topic set, post it on the sign-up – first come, first served and no topic duplications between groups.
  • More to come…