Hello, ETEC 522
Hey everyone. My name is Mike Orlandi and this is my 5th course in the MET program. I am a 4th year Tech Ed. (shop class) teacher at a public high school on Vancouver Island. This year I have been doing woodworking, metalworking and a district wide trade sampler course that in partnered with a […]
Hi from Philip Ihewuokwu
This is my last course in the MET program. I am so excited to get to the finish line, because it has been over 5 yrs since I started the program and a lot has happened in my life that made the journey interesting but very rewarding. I live in the Niagara region, just over […]
Hello ETEC 522, I’m Paul.
I am the district tech teacher for SD 64 Gulf Islands, and I have been working in education for the past 15 years. Primarily my teaching experience has been as a classroom teacher for grades 4 – 8; however, for the last four years I have been the district tech teacher which has allowed me […]
Hello From Toronto
Hi everyone – my name is Luke and work at the University of Toronto in HR. Have 2 MET courses this summer (other is gaming) and excited to get hands on with venture tech. Also doing a Master’s in inclusive design at OCAD (part time) which blends well with ED Tech. The cross exchange of […]
Hey there! This is Feras.
Hi everyone, My name is Feras Alachek, and I live in Mississauga, Ontario. I have been working as an ESL teacher for around ten years, teaching basically… all age groups. To be honest, the youngest grade level I have taught was grade 5, and although I loved the experience, I came to realize that teaching […]
Introduction
Hi everyone, My name is Mark Pepe. I’m currently in my second term for the MET program and I’m also taking ETEC 510 right now. I’m an elementary school music educator at two independent schools where I teach K to 7 music, and French. Music includes concert bands, and general music. During a normal year […]
I am a pioneering educator…
Hello all. My name is Siobhán McPhee and I am an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Geography at UBC. I have been at UBC almost eight years now, joining in July 2013 initially to work within UBC’s new international program Vantage College. I came to Vancouver from Ireland where I did my […]
Hello World, I’m Adrian
Hello world, I’m Adrian. I am very excited to be in this class as I love to make. My background is in engineering and then quickly my focus turned to education. I have taught in a lot of different formal and informal settings from physics at BCIT, design and safe tool usage at MakerLabs, a […]
Hi I’m Tiffany!
Hi everyone! My first thought upon arriving on this thread and reading through all of your intros is that I deeply appreciate that this program is a place where people of different backgrounds, experiences, talents, and expertise can meet, share ideas, inspire each other, and create! I myself am a high school teacher based in […]
Sally – Ready to ‘get back at it’
Hello! Sally here. 🙂 This is my 8th course in the MET program, after (approximately) a 1 year hiatus. I’ve worked in the EdTech space, supporting instructors who teach online for the past 7.5 years, getting my start at Yukon College, and currently finding myself at Nova Scotia Community College. I stumbled into this niche […]