R. Norris (Dakota Collegiate), A. McKiel & D. Kuropatwa (SJSD), M. Ingenmey (Minnedosa) & J. Finch (MB Ed) all came to visit us at BU on Tuesday and shared their views and teaching using the BYOD approach in their schools and why it has benefited them and some of the cons. It was nice to see their views of why it is successful for their school and the students. With BYOD and a strong learning platform, I believe that this type of approach is great for schools because it allows for students to take their device home, which gives them more opportunity to do assignments, learn with educational apps, and to do research. BYOD means phasing out of computer labs in schools, which means lower costs for the school in regards to purchasing technology devices and also provides teachers to build their professional knowledge of technology.
On Thursday John Evans from MB education was a guest speaker in our class. He discussed why every educator should have a PLN and also walked us through MAPLE. The information he shared was very valuable and MAPLE is a great network for teachers to interact with each other. There are groups such as Math, Social Studies and Planning for students with autism, for example. I will definitely be adding MAPLE to my PLN, there is so much information and resources on there.
Every teacher should have a PLN, so many resources and educators are out there sharing their professional knowledge, which could very well make your teaching practice much richer! Why not take advantage of what's available.
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