My final post.
This feels emotional.
I am not ready to let go.
I have not spent enough time here.
For this, my final blog post for ETEC 521, I found what I believe to be the most practical resource for my purposes of designing a course which incorporates indigenous knowledge and manners of being for International students.
Cultural Teachings Tutorials – Create to Learn
What I liked most about this resource is the lesson plan templates that are available. In this particular area of Cultural Teachings, there is a focus on Indigenous skills and talents. The best part about this resource is that it is all based on ‘making.’ Makerspaces are something for which I have recently come to give great respect. Prior to taking ETEC 565 on campus at UBC this summer with Dr. Andrea Sator and Dr. Keri Ewart, I had never even heard of Makerspaces and I certainly had not understood the premise behind what made them so successful.
In short, it is an opportunity to create. It is an equitable, diverse, inclusive, decolonized and antiracist place to design artefacts of meaning representing and communicating our interpretation of life experience to others. This SocioCultural Constructivist type of learning is an important ingredient in the recipe of creating participatory individuals.
Thank you Kirsten.