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Research Proposal Submitted for Approval
-submitted to Dr. Petrina -
Blogging Platforms Researched
-finding the best site to host my blog for my needs
-asking cohort members, colleagues and administrator -
Contacted School District's ICT Department
-emailed them regarding permission to blog with students
-told me I need to get my principal to request domain -
Contacted Principal for Blog44 Domain
-had viewed other blog sites from staff members at my school and other schools in my district
-came across my principal's blog and discovered a District blog domain -
Set Up My Blog Site
-gained access to my own blog domain
-began to set up the theme, menu, pages -
Research Restatement Submitted
-submitted to Dr. Petrina
-narrowed my focus to English class for inquiry -
Proposal for Inquiry Project Submitted to Superintendent
-put together a proposal letter and attached consent forms for comments and images that would be sent him to parents -
Introduced Students to My Blog
-shared my inquiry topic with my students
-students encouraged me in my personal growth -
Consent Forms Distributed to Parents/Guardians
-consent obtained to use student images and comments in my thesis -
Post: Book Adaptations
-formative assessment
-students shared their favourite movie that is based on a book -
Post: Terry Fox
-formative assessment
-lesson for the Terry Fox Run -
Post on our Class Debate
-students wrote a personal reflection on whether animal testing for human purposes was acceptable or unacceptable
-students then chose a side for debate purpose; collaborated using Google Docs
-we did a class debate (rules were clearly established beforehand with them)
-students wrote post-reflection -
Post: Reflection on Technology
-formal assessment
-"The Veldt" short story
-relationship to technology (positive and negative aspects) -
Post on Bob Dylan
-current events post on Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize in Literature (first songwriter to win) -
Post: Remembrance Day
-formative assessment
-personal reflection of two poems for Remembrance Day -
Post on "I Have a Dream" Speech
-shared the video of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's speech
-used as an introduction to our novel study to discuss the context of the civil rights movmement -
Post on Alternate Endings
-students created an alternate ending to one of our short stories that we analyzed in our unit
-alternate endings were created using Pixton
-I shared the comics on the blog -
Post on our Guest Speaker
-I shared pictures of our guest speaker who had come into my English classes to share her experience of growing up in the USA during the civill rights movement -
Post: Favourite Books
-used Google Docs to generate a list of our favourite books
-I posted our list onto our blog for all to see
-also included the BCTF Top 100 Books List for Secondary Students -
Shared Digital Mindmaps for Novel Study
-students created mindmaps for our novel (In the Heat of the Night)
-mindmaps created using Inspiration, Bubbl, Simple Mind, or Popplet -
Post of Grammar Video
-shared the TED Talk on "Does Grammar Matter"
-showed this video in class as an introduction to the Parts of Speech -
Post: Book Review
- formal assessment -wrote a literary paragraph in the form of a formal book review for our novel (In the Heat of the Night)
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Surveys Completed
-feedback surveys completed in class using Google Forms -
Interviews Conducted
-informal feedback interviews conducted with students in class (voluntary) -
Thesis Writing
-continued work on writing thesis for my inquiry project -
Public Presentation of Thesis
-presented my inquiry project to examination panel, cohort members, and also to members of my family -
Submitted Final Paper for DLC Masters Inquiry Project
-submitted my thesis to my examiners, Dr. Petrina and Dr. MacDowell
