This week, we took things even more online by having our class on Zoom! We focused on creating digital curation and discussed the impact of educational videos. To represent curation, I put a GIF from one of my favourite shows and teacher show, Abbott Elementary, with the character of Janine saying: “Create new lives, make those connections!” In this scene, Janine relates how teachers can mould students’ lives and impact their lives. While those are many superpowers teachers have, curation is the process of moulding and impacting the information we teach. And so, when it comes to curation, you must make connections to build your library of knowledge. To do this, we can look at the shared framework we discussed: Seek, Sense and Share. Seeking is trying to find information that best suits what you are looking for and finding mentors to network with; each is important in teaching as we are always seeking new information. Sense is adding our personal flare to the information we seek and doing some experimentation. Lastly, sharing is sharing and exchanging resources and ideas within the networks created and collaborating with them.
Another piece we discussed was the importance of educational videos, and we discussed with a classmate about educational videos that impacted our learning in school. Crash Course videos helped me in high school when the material taught in class wasn’t sticking, well, also because I didn’t have the greatest biology teacher. The videos instantly helped me fill the holes in my comprehension of the material with fun visuals and the voice of John or Hank Green. I added one of their videos below in case you haven’t seen one before, and maybe something to integrate into your classroom! While finding a video, I discover they also have a YouTube channel for kids called: Crash Course Kids!
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