As a teacher-librarian, I’m constantly making decisions about which databases to subscribe to, which search tools to recommend, which encyclopedias to point students toward. These decisions often get framed as “neutral” by just providing access to information, offering students “the right resources.” But are they? This question started nagging at me during IP 2 whereContinue reading “Why I Made Ed Tech Specialists Compare Search Results for My Professional Development Session on New Materialism”
Tag Archives: learning
Media Ecology
Media ecology is the study of how media and technology function as environments that shape human perception, communication, and understanding. It looks not just at content, but at the structures and systems we build and are surrounded by, from language to smartphones, and how they shape what we can think, say, and do. Like anContinue reading “Media Ecology”
AI Essentials for Educators
Okay, so my video is a bit longer than 5 minutes, but I swear there’s a reason! My video tour is presented as a mock news segment with Artie Smarts, an animated robot newscaster. I went with this format to keep things conversational and fun while still walking through the project in detail, drawing onContinue reading “AI Essentials for Educators”
Designing a Learning Environment
Hey readers! I’ve just finished my first stab at Assignment 2 in my Learning Technologies: Selection, Design, and Application course. It has been a learning experience full of ups and downs. But I see something of utility shaping up. You can get a login link to my course sandbox on our course Canvas page (sorryContinue reading “Designing a Learning Environment”
Learning Environment Analysis
The Learning Environment evaluation rubric was an interesting assignment for me, as I joined a group focused on post-secondary education, despite all of my teaching experience being at the middle and high school levels. Specifically choosing Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) as our organization provided an excellent opportunity to explore how technology could be leveragedContinue reading “Learning Environment Analysis”
Here’s where I want to go with this
Guten tag meine Leser! (Or to those of you not currently obsessed with working your way through the Duolingo German course—good day my readers.) For those of you new to my blog, willkommen! I’m Morgan, a secondary school teacher-librarian and current student in the Masters of Educational Technology program through the University of British Columbia.Continue reading “Here’s where I want to go with this”
Knowledge, Learning, Constructivism
Our discussions of knowledge and constructivism often focus on the elusive idea of truth. And it’s not surprising, because so much of our lives depend on the truths that others have decided for us, and the truths we have made for ourselves. For example, when people experience conflict, we ask them what actually happened, andContinue reading “Knowledge, Learning, Constructivism”
Reading Review Part B
This week I was working with a class of Grade 7 students on a writing project. Like many teachers, I’ve always struggled with the fact that middle schoolers often join us with a pretty set view of themselves as writers. And for the most part – it isn’t such a great one. As I struggledContinue reading “Reading Review Part B”
themarksey blog 