Jesse Miller  Recap

The use of information that technology users provide is often used for another purpose.

Important to remember that technology is embedded in our colonial, patriarchal, capitalist society and to use with caution.

Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry Recap

I wonder if having a deep dive into Inquiry before we do an inquiry would be helpful? A very useful question posed by Katrina

Inquiry definition – in the reading, first time seen, as people who are all grown in a scholastic environment of tests, assignments, products, and grades this is really uncomfortable.

Book recommendation

  • Dive into Inquiry – Trevor Mackenzie

Inquiry can be a meaningful way of incorporating Indigenous People’s Principles into learning.

Some words we used to describe the students at PSII were:

empowerment, eloquence, courage, enthusiasm, inventiveness, variety of skills, depth of knowledge

Rebecca Bathhurst-Hunt 

Using Inquiry in the classroom – Great ideas start with a Question, Wonderwall

Trello

Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards.

App on phone

Good for keeping inquiries or ideas organized.

Screencastify

  • for screen capturing and sharing videos and photos online

Notion – similar options

Graphics

Pixels – dots

Vectors – how computer stores information, can change size, has clear crisp lines. mathematically based, so just grows as size increased or decreased.

Graphic creation options: browser based – easy access for students/learners and often free or open source.

GIMP – often used, tries to replicate photoshop, but just slightly more annoying

Pixlr – right in browser.

Powerpoint

  • can be used to create short video and photo graphics
  • everything created in PP can be exported as an image (this is powerful)
  • Can make jpegs, edit images, change images, insert text, build posters, create logos, SMARTART, vectors
  • building activities – interactive, conversation, incorporate powerpoint in class room

Apps 

Screenshots

Prisma – filters

Mirror Lab

Comica – turn photos into comic strips

https://bryanmmathers.com/ – Visual Thinkery

https://remixer.visualthinkery.com/