Today’s class was insightful and offered more clarity to the structure of the course. We began with a talk about Ed Tools. I appreciated the section with Trevor Mackenzie. I am also very interested in inquiry and it’s how I naturally teach. I taught at Oak and Orca Bioregional School here in Victoria for a few years where we focus on student centred learning and inquiry style of learning. I liked Trevors picture of the pool related to inquiry. I actually never really thought about it in levels, but it makes sense!

The Most Likely To Succeed film was interesting and also inspiring. I think when teaching inquiry, you have to first cultivate curiosity and teach kids how to question. When kiddos would first start at Oak and Orca they all struggled quite a bit because they were used to having their learning dumped onto them rather than finding it themselves.

I was shocked to learn about how much data big tech companies have on students across Canada. I’m curious if this data will continue to pile up or does it get archived or deleted after so many years of just sitting in “storage”? Kev Yew offered so much insight into what goes on behind the scenes in the ed tech world. I appreciated his suggestions on what to do as new teachers, simply just read the policy so we are aware!

Overall, this class gave me more information on inquiry, helped me to solidify my inquiry project, and opened up my eyes to the amount of work it takes to protect student information and the steps needed to do so.