Month: January 2021

This week I had a lot of fun learning about editing photos in PowerPoint. I would say that I was already familiar with photo editing before class but it was interesting learning about it from a teaching perspective and brainstorming the ways that it could be useful for me in my future career. With that said, I think that for this blog post I am going to share some interesting Bernie creating that I made during the class. Enjoy the following Bernia visits UVic series:

Bernie at the Library/Fountain

“UVic Library” by firemind is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Bernie on the Bus

“8097: 14 UVIC” by DennisTsang is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Bernie at Clearihue

“Clearihue building .. UVIC . HDR” by Nick Kenrick.. is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Bernie on Zoom

Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash

Hello everyone,

This week was yet another chaotic week in the cohort and I’m excited to get some good work done over the weekend in preparation for next week. In class, we learned more about copyright laws and how to abide by them in our future classrooms which I found very insightful. We also had breakout room discussions about the “Most Likely to Suceed” film I watched last week. I really enjoyed watching that movie and found it really interesting to watch a documentary about real time advances in education. I feel like most of the stuff we read and look at are fairly old concepts that we must then apply to modern day education but this movie was not like that at all. It brought some really interesting solutions to the current shift in the job market and I found that it contextualized the need for more skill based learning rather than solely informational learning. In all, I really enjoyed the film and will definitely thin about it when I face planning assignment in my future classroom.

Photo by Hannah Busing on Unsplash

Hello! Welcome to my blog!

My name is Raquel Levy and I am studying the second semester of my second year of the BEd elementary curriculum at the University of Victoria. I am currently completing my course load remotely from my house in South Surrey B.C due to the global pandemic. As of late, between classes, I like to zoom my friends, spend time with my family, do home workouts.

I am very excited to get this semester started and expand my knowledge of educational technologies! This week has been a little hectic with new courses and getting started on readings/assignments after such a long winter break but I am optimistic about it all. This semester, I expect to learn about how I can use different technologies to facilitate the learning of my future students, as well as innovate my practice with other educators in online communities.

For my inquiry this semester, I am planning on learning how to crochet. My sister took up crocheting last year and I always admired everything she made. Since I’m back home this year I have full access to her supplies I chose to pick up the skill for this blog! I’m planning on creating and posting video style reflections each week on my progress and sharing what I have learned.