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PICRAT Model for Effective Technology Integration in Teaching

While discussing the viability of a one-to-one device program in classrooms, a classmate shared a video that was helpful for effective technology integration in the classroom. This video gives a brief overview of the PICRAT model for effective technology integration. Building off of the RAT model created by Hughes, Thomas,…

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Visual Mind Mapping

Concept mapping, or mind mapping, is one of my favourite ways to organize myself with any project. It allows me to see relationships and connections among my topics that I wasn’t able to notice when just thinking about things or writing them in paragraph or point form. Mind mapping helps…

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Indigenous Resources for Canadians

Here is a list of resources that may be helpful on your truth and reconciliation journey. This list will be updated regularly with new resources. WEBSITES Indigenous Foundations – Terminology https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/terminology/ Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre – https://irshdc.ubc.ca/ UBC Faculty of Education Truth & Reconciliation – https://educ.ubc.ca/truth-and-reconciliation-2023/ National…

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ETEC 511 – Truth and Reconciliation Assignment

1. Identify a significant corpus (body of texts, or singular text) of searchable educational history-related documents in your own locale or one you are most interested in (i.e. B.C., Ontario, South Africa). You can choose a fictionalized account, non-fiction narrative, historical text, a set of related documents, a report, etc.…

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ETEC 511 – Module 1: Thinking about Usability (Mini-Assignment)

Instructions: For each of Issa and Isaias’s (2015) seven “Usability Criteria” (p. 33), explain each criterion in your own words and provide a concrete/practical example of each. Draw from your own experience and try to find educational examples where you can. 1. Learnability Describe in your own words: How easy…

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