After my time reflecting on different nature experiences, I am so glad I chose to do this project. I definitely am an anxious person, and I greatly feel it when I am inside my house not doing anything for an extended period of the day. Cadboro Bay in the sun I really enjoyed using time in nature as a source of stress release. Since moving…
Haro Woods Park is located on the traditional land of the Lekwungen, Songhees, Esquimalt, and WSÁNEĆ peoples. Deer spotting down Finnerty Rd Park sign We spent our Saturday morning attending an Indigenous event at University of Victoria. Since we had to be on campus for 9am, I decided to treat myself by driving, and ended up paying for all day…
This week, we focused on accessibility. We started off the class by watching two videos on accessibility for technology, viewing from the persepctive of both teachers and students. We then looked into ARC-BC and SET BC, and resources they offer. ARC-BC offers adaptations to students with disabilities, such as audio textbooks and novels, to make learning more accessible, SET BC…
Cadboro Bay is located on the lands of the lək̓ʷəŋən, Songhees, Esquimalt, and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. We spent our last sunny Sunday in and out of Cadboro Bay throughout the day. After we both had a great sleep after our big hike on Saturday, we woke up to pure sunshine, and a lot of homework to do. To start off our day,…
This week, we were fortunate enough to have a guest speaker on Minecraft Education. Minecraft Education was very interesting to hear about, especially because I had never done any program like this during my time in elementary school. I never had even played the “normal” version of Minecraft as a kid, so it would be interesting to have exposure to that, as I…
East Sooke Regional Park is on the traditional lands of the SC’IȺNEW Nation, T’Souke First Nations and Pacheedaht First Nations. For this walk, I finally overcame my fear of Sooke. We drove out to East Sooke Regional Park in the early afternoon, and decided to hike the Creyke Point and Beechey Head Loop. We were expecting to do a short walk, so we were definitely underprepared for how the trail…
This week, we had the opportunity to present our PODs introductory presentations. We did our presentation on effects of video games on school-aged children, and I thought it went over very well. It was really interesting to see everyone else’s presentations, and I felt like I had learned alot, even if it was just an introduction to topics. We…
Mount Tolmie Park is located on the traditional territory of the Lekwungen speaking people of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations and W̱SÁNEĆ people. What a day. We had just found out our practicum placements after waiting months to receive them. I was in shock with our placement, as we had requested middle school and convinced, we were getting grade 7, but we ended…
This week, we attended the Focused ED Webinar. The first seminar I attended was the Digital Classroom for K-7. I thought the seminar was good, however it was focusing on a lot of the resources we had already learned about in this class. We learned about different online technology resources such as KnowBC and ProQuest. I was really familiar with ProQuest, as we had used it throughout high school to do research for…
Dallas Road is located on the traditional territory of the Lekwungen speaking people of the Songhees Nation and Xʷsepsəm Nation and W̱SÁNEĆ people. One of my favourite activities in Victoria is walking Dallas Road. This weekend was such a nice weekend out, so we decided to enjoy the sunshine and the warm weather. My roommate Megan and I drove down to Dallas Road. When we got there, it was very…