Sunday, 13 January 2013

Entry 1

My name is Albert Kok and I am currently teaching at Beacon Christian School in St. Catharines, ON. I am teaching Grade 4 for the first time after years of teaching Grades 6,7 or 8 in either Toronto or Indonesia. My wife Stacy and I have four kids, the oldest being 9.

I am interested in curriculum, specifically science curriculum. I am also interested in how technology can enhance pedagogy esp. because it gives lots of opportunities for differentiation.

I am taking this course because I am applying to receive my OTC. However, why this course is because technology is fast growing especially in education and I'm hoping to learn new things I can do in my class everyday.

I believe educators should use tech in education mostly because it is the language that students speak and it allows for a much greater ability to reach all the students through differentiation. Here is an example http://differentiate-with-technology.wikispaces.com/ or this http://edudemic.com/2013/01/how-technology-is-empowering-the-learners/.


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  1. Mr. Blyleven's Blog14 January 2013 at 19:47

    Thanks for the post
    A great point about the use of tech to differentiate learning and how it is the language of our students.
    We have a lot to learn still about how they can and want to use technology.
    Thanks for the resources!

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    1. Unknown21 January 2013 at 12:28

      Thanks Albert. I totally agree - technology is the language that our students speak today, both figuratively and literally. I had to laugh as I was reading your post. You used lots of short forms (esp., tech.). This is the perfect example of the "language" of technology. As an English minor, I am interested to see how language will be changed by technology.
      I also really appreciated your point about technology providing so many opportunities for differentiation. I think you are absolutely right and am looking forward to exploring this concept more in our class.

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  2. Anonymous23 January 2013 at 04:35

    Hi Albert!

    Best of luck getting your OTC! I went through that process a couple of years back. I actually found the classes to be very valuable as they forced me to really think about my teaching practice. I wonder if you experience will be at all similar?

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