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Those three little words ‘inquiry-based learning’ really seem to get thrown around a lot in teaching. Almost like the magic recipe to teaching adolescents, keeping them engaged, and making learning meaningful. So we dig deeper into it: what is it, how is it done, and is it really manageable in our classrooms? What is inquiry-based…
With boarding passes ready, passports in hand, and a palate ready to be refined, the first stop on my wine tasting journey is Northern Italy. Not a bad place to start, especially considering Italian culture when it comes to wine. When my classmate Shae (who also happens to live across the street from me) invited…
Wine culture is such an interesting phenomenon. We have a social culture that revolves around fermented grapes in juice form, where too much will cost you a wicked headache in the morning. Wine brings people together; from a classic girls night to wine touring to establishments based on candle-lit-atmosphere-cozy-seating-and-jazz-musician-in-the-corner. It’s been built into a hobby,…
Oh AI, how you have really come in and flipped our world upside down. It really seems like something you can’t escape; our social media feeds have AI generated content, our search engines are giving us AI summaries, our music listening algorithms are being fed into a personalized AI DJ, just to name the first…
Through learning about H5P, a few things came up. Firstly, making educational videos can sometimes be a struggle, as keeping them engaging while not over-stimulating is a fine balance. Myself, I remember one of the biggest resources I used in chemistry and calculus 3 and 4 was Khan Academy. It was a great resource for…
Planning is a big theme when it comes to teacher education. Year plans, unit plans, lesson plans, lab plans, project plans, assessment plans and individualized education plans – just to name a few. I absolutely love a good plan (I’ve been told as a virgo this is quite common), but sometimes I wonder how much…