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My name is Jarrod Bell. I work in school district 60 as the principal of technology. I’m also a board member for NEAT (neat.ca) which does education around waste reduction and conservation for Northeast BC. Born in Kamloops, I’ve lived in Fort St John for 7 years. My teaching experience has covered physics, math, science, computer science etc. I’ve also provided educational technology support to my district before moving into the Principal’s office.
I have quite a bit of experience with various web publishing/programming and CMS/LMS tools from wordpress, drupal, and moodle. This is my eighth course in the MET and my experiences have helped me through quite a bit of my course work. Throughout the program I’ve been able to focus on learning about pedagogy and research related to educational technology as I already had a lot of technical experience. With that in mind I look forward to learning more about the pedagogy around the use of various activities an learning new ones which never fails to happen in this program.
I then plan on implementing, where appropriate, new tools, and utilizing new knowledge around pedagogical use to encourage/convince teachers that these tools will help their students in their learning, and improve their teaching toolbox as well.
Bates and Poole’s (2003) SECTIONS framework and Chickering and Gamson’s (1987) 7 Principles framework are a great place for me to start (and plan on printing them off and posting on my wall) as they offer a great way to look at practical and pedagogical issues around educational technology.
Bates, A.W. & Poole, G. (2003). Chapter 4: a Framework for Selecting and Using Technology. In Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education: Foundations for Success. (pp. 77-105). San Francisco: Jossey Bass Publishers.
Chickering, A.W. & Gamson, Z.F. (1987). Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education. American Association for Higher Education Bulletin, 39 (7), 3-7.
http://www.aahea.org/bulletins/articles/sevenprinciples1987.htm
Jarrod Bell