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Oak Bay High

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On Tuesday we had the opportunity to visit Oak Bay High. First of all, let me share my impression of the school, then, I will go through some of the knowledge that was shared with us by Trevor.

The School:

  1. It was big. As I approached the school, I had to ask a student which door to go into to find the office.
  2. It was new. The building itself looked new and modern.
  3. The layout was different than a “traditional school”. The school itself had a very open, modern vibe – with low lockers, and open concept layout, it gave the feel of a very versatile and adaptable space, that would facilitate learning well.

The Talk: 

Once we entered the school, Trevor led a fantastic discussion. He inspired us to consider bringing inquiry into our classrooms – both guided and free. For me, guided inquiry is overwhelming and scary, but the example of guided inquire he showed us makes sense. I think it would be fun to have a project where the teacher gave me the idea of what I have to explore, but allowed me to dive into it how I want.

He showed up many different resources, including a graphic he designed!

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I walked away from the discussion feeling like I, too, can bring inquiry into my class, no matter what subject I teach.

Curating

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Curation: a field of endeavour involved with assembling, managing and presenting some type of collection.

In today’s world, where sifting through piles of information can be tedious and overwhelming, RSS – Rich Site Summary and Really Simple Syndication – create feeds that can help users keep track of many different sites. Some examples we used in class were:

Diigo

diigo

Diigo is a book marking site, that allows users to keep track of sites in one, easy to use platform. You can highlight parts of a site, or bookmark the whole thing, keep your sites private or share with individuals or groups.

Feedly

Feedly-As-Google-Reader-Replacement

Feedly compiles news feeds from many different sources using RSS. In our course, it is used to pull in blogs that have the same categories and tags.

 

Hootsuite

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Hootsuite is social media management platform that supports social network integrations for Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. It allows you to push out the same message onto multiple platforms!

 

 

Ed Camp

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On September 25, I participated in my first ever Ed Camp.

WHAT IS ED CAMP?!?!?

Ed Camp is an unconference. It is an opportunity to join together with like-minded people and discuss topics that interest you. Upon arriving at an EdCamp, attendees write down ideas for what they want to discuss that day. Then they vote on which of those ideas interest them most. The day is driven by camp-goers, there is no key-note speakers or facilitators in the room.

After spending one session with my colleagues discussing Indigenous Education, I felt like I truly understood “the point”. It was a low risk atmosphere to learn from my classmates and share my knowledge. The conversation was spontaneous, and gave us the opportunity to hear what amazing insights each one has.

 

 

for more info, check out:

http://edcampuvic.ca/