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Category: EDCI 336 (Page 3 of 3)

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Copyright Matters!

January 24, 2021 / / 0 Comments

In class this week, we discussed copyright and different resources educators can use to avoid copyrighted materials. I am still feeling overwhelmed by all these new technology terms, but I am feeling more confident when it comes to copyright, and understand the importance of it. Fair Dealing, The Public Domain, Creative Commons, Open Educational Resources and Reusable Multimedia all contribute to creating content free from copyright.

Fair Dealing allows sharing of a small portion of a copyrighted work without permission for the purposes of research, private study, criticism, review, news reporting, education, satire, and parody.

https://www.cmec.ca/139/Copyright.html

https://cmec.ca/docs/copyright/CMEC_POSTER_FDG_EN.pdf 

http://www.fairdealingdecisiontool.ca/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Modernization_Act

The Public Domain is an alternate to copyright. Work comes into the public domain 75 years after it is created.

https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2021/ 

https://www.europeana.eu/en/europeana-classroom 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page 

http://www.gutenberg.org/ 

https://archive.org/

Creative Commons is full of content that can be copyrighted, distributed and used within copyright laws.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ 

https://stateof.creativecommons.org/

https://search.creativecommons.org/

Open Educational Resources are freely accessible, open and licensed media, text and other helpful online resources.

https://www.oercommons.org/ 

https://www.ck12.org/student/

https://learninglab.si.edu/

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?type=html&sort=alpha&view=grid

Reusable Multimedia are websites that provide free media where attribution is not required, although it is encouraged.

https://unsplash.com/

https://www.google.ca/advanced_search 

https://www.pexels.com/videos/

https://freemusicarchive.org/search

These resources are all useful to me as a student, educator and content creator.

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Yoga for the soul

January 15, 2021 / / 0 Comments

I have always been interested in yoga, and have gone through a few phases of practicing yoga. I even volunteered at a yoga studio for a couple of months, but found myself disengaged as I was distracted with personal matters.

Like most people, I struggle to stay consistent when it comes to health and exercise. I set unrealistic expectations, exercise hard for a week, then stop after skipping a couple of days. I would like to use this free inquiry to deepen my understanding of yoga so I can set up healthy habits for myself that I can maintain once this class is over.

Practicing yoga everyday may improve immune health (especially important right now), focus, strength, sleep, posture, flexibility, balance, bone strength, happiness, energy, heart health, and may decrease anxiety, weight, and pain (https://www.thelist.com/205906/when-you-do-yoga-every-day-this-is-what-happens-to-your-body/). So it seems like a no brainer, and I’m going to try and see the results for myself.

While first thinking about my inquiry, I came up with a few questions that I would like to explore:

  • How can practicing yoga affect my everyday life?
  • How can practicing yoga impact me positively as a childcare worker and teacher candidate?
  • How much does yoga need to be practiced in order to see and feel change?
  • What kinds of yoga are there?

As for a goal, yoga is not something that can be completed and finished, it is ongoing and a lifestyle philosophy. To get started, I am going to commit to practicing yoga for at least 10 minutes everyday, and for one hour one day per week. I am also going to commit to reading at least one yoga philosophy book.

So, I’ve purchased a nice yoga mat and yoga towel, I am feeling motivated, and I’m ready to start my journey.

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Where do I begin?

January 15, 2021 / / 0 Comments

The second day of semester and I am already feeling overwhelmed. The assignments seem to be piling up faster than I can write them in my 2021 planner. On top of six courses, I am working two part-time jobs, taking care of my dog, and trying to balance my mental, physical, and social health. To make matters even more interesting, we are in the middle of a pandemic, school is all online, and here I am trying to navigate what seems like a new language, EDCI 336: Technology and Innovation in Education.

My stress is quieted by the fact that I know that all of my courses are preparing me for my future, and educational technology supports a recent goal of mine, to network, work and learn collaboratively. Some of the First Peoples Principles of Learning remind me why courses such as this one are important to my learning because it supports community, focuses on learning as being holistic, reflexive, reflective, experiential, and relational through being connected through reciprocal relationships and gaining a sense of place. The principles also put my mind at ease as they recognize that learning involves patience and time. As I explore the world of technology I will hold these principles close, as this is all a learning process that we are experiencing together.

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