Virtual Learning

Professional Development

June 2020:

  • Google Certified Educator Level I

2018-20

  • G Suite for Education - Google Classroom, Google Meet, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, Sites, Jamboard (Dr. Mary Stordy)
  • Zoom, Circles - Using Virtual Conversation Circles and Restorative Justice in Education (Dr. Dorothy Vaandering)
  • STEMinar on Educational Technologies (Dr. David Gill)
  • New Literacies and Digital Technologies (Dr. Deborah Toope)
  • Multiliteracies and Multimodal Meaning Making (Dr. Deborah Toope)

Past Virtual Learning Experience:

Student Technology Assistant 2001-2002 Carleton University Educational Development Centre

  • Helped with the launch of Carleton’s first course management system (Web-CT), designed online discussion groups and asynchronous learning environments. Led workshops and training seminars; trained new staff and implemented new policies.

Educational Software Developer 1996-2000 Acadia University Institute for Teaching and Technology

  • Led dozens of research and courseware design projects. Full portfolio available. Curriculum development for courses in research and methodology, sociology, political science, and international studies. Leading assistance for faculty research projects and outside work. Member of the Digital Agora, which won national innovation awards in social science research.


The Digital Agora Project

1996-2000

This is an article written by the 3 founding professors of the Digital Agora project. I was proud to work under them. At the cusp of the incorporation of technology into the classroom in the mid-90s at Acadia University, they were pioneers in bringing STEM into the social sciences. This is where my interest in STEM and pedagogy began.

This continues to be one of my favourite working experiences. It was a very exciting time for STEM being used more in the university classroom. Acadia University was at the forefront of this movement. I was a valued member of the curriculum design team for the Digital Agora, a broad base of tools and software designed for improving the quality of the educational experience of students in the social sciences using cross-disciplinary approaches and new media technologies. This involved the design of an collaborative online newspaper, a cultural resource gallery, a large database of media resources and country profiles, individualized course pages, a symbol data bank, an online glossary, and the creation of thousands of unique presentation CD-ROMs using the concept of “lateral mapping” developed by the Digital Agora’s co-founders.

EatTheRainbow.mov

2020 Professional Development

iMovie and Making Movies for Class - Ian Crewe (NLTA)


Made this iMovie for teaching colours and nutrition.

Who Wants To Be A Millionnarie.ppt

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Sample Template

Credit: JoshF @Waygook.org


While in Korea, I had moderation privileges @Waygook.org , a teacher sharing online resource for foreign ESL teachers in Asia.

I have collected a large database of virtual teaching tools and games over the years that are adaptable to any grade or curriculum.

I have also created some of my own presentations and games that are available upon request.

Under construction.