Module 3 weblog 2 (Chantal Drolet)

First Nations Pedagogy Online

This site provides best practices and support for online learning initiatives that are intended for aboriginal students, elders, educators, curriculum developers, and educational leaders.

Resources available:

Pedagogy: (examples)

• Best practices
• Talking circles
• Culture
• Elders
• Holistic balance
• Interconnection
• Literacy
• Natural world
• Respect
• Storytelling

Links to other sites:

• Multimedia
  • Aboriginal Communities on Google Earth
  • Connecting Traditions: Tsimshian Pre-Contact Life
  • Digital Drum
  • First Nations Film
  • etc.
• Presentations:
  • First Nations Pedagogy for Online Learning
  • Podcasting for the Benefit of Aboriginal Languages: How to establish a Podcast Website via iweb
  • Digital Literacy in BC First Nations

Usefulness for research on Indigenous knowledge, media, and community reality:

This excellent site, divided in community; practices; learning; resources and circles, offers valuable resources about onine learning designed for indigenous cultures. It also includes articles and various sites about planning and future trends.

Address:

http://firstnationspedagogy.ca/planning.html