This is another post for my personal aesthetic practice. Here are two pictures of houses in Regina. The first is an image of a house I lived in for a couple months with some roommates in downtown Regina right beside Scott Collegiate on Athol Street. The next is an image of a house in …
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Tech Task # 4: A Brief History of Arts Education in America
This is a video presentation I made for my computers in education course using Prezi and QuickTime Player. I hope you enjoy!
I Wonder Where We’re Going…
This is yet another post for my Personal Aesthetic Practice. From the time I was a born to when I was four years old, I used to live on an acreage. After that, until I was twelve, I lived in a small town in Alberta before moving to the city of Regina. I was always …
Start with why, what is your Passion?
TED Talks are awesome, and this is another one of my favourites from Simon Sinek. Its called Start With Why. In this video Simon explains the importance of having a deep meaning behind everything we do, and I couldn’t have said it better myself. Sometimes I get lost in all the rush and business of …
The Wonders of Life
This week for my personal aesthetic practice Childhood Wonder I am blogging about babies and the wonders of life. This is my cousin Kevin’s baby boy Linken, he is just over four months old and I just love this little guy so much. They came over for a visit and I got …
Why Tell Stories?
In my computers in education (ECMP355) course we have been going over storytelling. I wanted to explore the uses and benefits of storytelling, what makes a good story, and how could we nurture the skill of storytelling in our students? I strongly believe in story telling for a couple reasons… Whether it is a written …
3 Original Stories for ECMP 355 (Tech Task #7)
Hello everyone, This week in my Computers in Education class (ECMP 355) we were assigned the task of creating three stories. To create these stories I used 5 Card Flickr, Compflight and PicMonkey. I hope you enjoy! Five Card Story: Audrey’s Dream a Five Card Flickr story created by Benjamin Ironstand Meet Audrey. flickr photo by …
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The Wonder Of Trees
This is another post for my personal aesthetic practice in my aesthetic education class. I remember when I was very young and watched the Bugs Life for the first time and believed trees grew from rocks. I can specifically remember when I was very young living at my first home. I lived on an acreage …
The Door Scene
This is a video I helped make for my ECMP355 class (Tech Task #6). Its called A Very Original Door Scene. The object of this video was to create suspense, I hope you all enjoy!
What Does Being A Real Leader Look Like?
I strongly believe, as educators one of our primary responsibilities is to inspire our students, so they can become the best they can be. It is our job to be learning leaders that help guide and nurture our students learning. We are not to be just an authority figure who hands out assignments and detentions. …
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