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Hey from Manitoba!

A late hello from Brandon, Manitoba!  It is not so cold here right now, so we are coming out from under our blankets to bask in the sunshine.

This is my 10th MET course!  I have been waiting for the day to come to be able to say that!  I have taken 500, 510, 511, 512, 530, 532, 540, 565A, & 565G.  I have enjoyed each course for its depth and creativity and am so grateful to have learned so much along the way.

I am currently a Continuous Improvement Coach at a K-8 school in Brandon.  My experience prior to that is in enrichment education and literacy support and grades 5 – 8.  I do a lot of work with Genius Hour and personalized learning.  In the last couple years, I have started exploring makerspaces and STEM and an excited to learn more.  I love exploring design thinking with kids.

Looking forward to exploring these topics throughout the course and learning with you!

Ally

Greetings from Williams Lake, BC

Happy New Year Everyone!

First, apologies for the late post, but I was having difficulty logging in to the blog. I think I have it figured out now.

This is my 6th MET course (and I am also taking 510 as my 7th). I have taken 500, 511, 512, 540 and 565M so far. I am excited and nervous, but am looking forward to learning with everyone. I can’t wait to learn more about how to integrate technology into my math and science grade 7 classroom.

For the past 7 years, I was teaching a variety of primary grades in Vancouver, but this summer I made the move back home to Williams Lake and am teaching grade 7 at a middle school (definitely a learning curve). I have limited technology in my current classroom (we share a laptop cart between 10 grade 7 classes). I recently signed up to be part of our district technology committee so I am hoping that this will change in the coming months.

In my spare time, I love running, hiking, snowshoeing, and just exploring the outdoors. We have lots of beautiful areas to explore here so I’m looking forward to spring weather.

Nicole

Hello etec533!

Happy New Year, everyone!

Apologies for being unable to post Wednesday, as directed, unfortunately 533 wasn’t shown for my Canvas dashboard then.

I live in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.  Although this is my 8th MET course (I’ve taken the four cores as well as 532, 530 & 531 thus far), this is the very first course that’s used Canvas instead of Blackboard, so I feel like a newbie LOL

In this course I hope to learn some practical things that I can share with the teachers in my elementary school who teach Math (I teach K-8 Library/Tech and 1-3 Media Literacy & Performing Arts). Although I’ve loved the courses so far, I’ve found it a bit of challenge to actually apply these things in my own teaching contexts.

Fun Facts:  (1) My full name is Jan, not short for anything, just Jan (many don’t believe until seeing my birth certificate!).  (2) I was born in BC,  grew up in the Okanagan Valley and moved to Windsor in 1995 when the second-last Hiram Walker’s plant in Winfield closed, relocating only around six of its 300-ish employees, of whom my father was one.  (3) One of my great-great-relatives on my mother’s side was Louis Riel’s page boy.

I enjoy spending time with my husband and two amazing children, playing games of all sorts, reading, jogging, cooking (hence the need for jogging) ;P and pursuing/encouraging others in matters of truth, identity, and purpose in Life.  Looking forward to learning with you all this semester!

Hello from Southern California!

Hi, everyone! My name is Jonathan Weber and I am currently living in Lancaster/Palmdale, California (about an hour or so outside of LA) and teaching 7th Grade ELA and Creative Writing. Before this, I lived and taught in mainland China for seven years, but have made the transition this school year back Stateside.

I started the MET program exactly a year ago and this is now my 8/9/10th course in the MET program. If all goes smoothly, I am looking forward to graduating in May. I’ve taken ETEC 511, 512, 531, 530, 532, 540, and 565 already and am taking 500 and 510 together with this course. I’ve found three courses while working full-time to be a master’s class in juggling and time management, but possible!

Although my focus has always been in English, I’m very interested in STEAM and the possibilities that exist when learning becomes cross-curricular and the boundary lines that separate subjects fade away. Hopefully, throughout this course, I will find more and more ways to make that happen and to help support our small middle school staff (5 of us!).

When I’m not checking things off my MET to-do list, I enjoy reading, writing, photography, and anything to be outdoors. I’m including two pictures: the first, my little pup Oliver who just turned two. He accompanies me everywhere and will probably be by my feet with most posts I make, so it seems fitting he should be included. The second is from a recent trip up the coast in our new car that is part EV, as one of my new hobbies is finding free places to charge! 😉

Looking forward to learning with all of you this semester!

 

Jonathan Weber