Rebecca's Learning Adventure

The world of technology is growing and changing everyday, and it can seem like difficult to navigate. The 21st century is very dependent on technology of many different styles, and what are educators doing to prepare students to enter into a world of this magnitude of technology?  The Ontario curriculum has recently added coding and programming components stating at grade one. I was very surprised to hear that it was starting that young, but upon further research I noticed that it scaffolds programming in a logical way. The curriculum starts to introduce language and uses coding in an ‘unplugged’ manner. The unplugged side of coding, I think is very important as it builds the foundation of effective communication. The coding aspect gets very specific, and to communicate effectively instructions have to be given exactly, in order to get the desired result. If the user is not able to write these instructions correctly they will not be able to communicate to the computer what they d...

 Hello readers and welcome back to my learning adventure,  This week we took a very hands on approach to the scientific inquiry method. We were told to go outside and seek out physical things that we could use in an inquiry based learning environment. I felt this was a great way to get a real life experience for what we have been formulating in class. I found myself analyzing my environment on many different levels that I have not done before. I felt myself incorporating the knowledge building strategy of idea diversity in my inquiry. There was so many different ideas like changing leaves, rock formations, how certain plants grew, cloud shapes, and many more. This activity showed me how important it is to incorporate idea diversity in the classroom. An important part of the learning cycle is exploration which I believe was highlighted effectively through this activity. Exploration allows for students to identify and further develop concepts or skills. Through our nature walk...