Category: Weekly Reflections

I wanted to lement specifically on this topic in class because I think it would be so interesting to think about.

Assuming there is no quams with politics (war) or preservation (extinction) then I would assume that education is very different in 2055. In an Ideal world the understanding of socialization and nurturing our youth is top priority. The education of the world is taken very seriously with a global collaboration on ideas and strategies to create the “ideal” classroom.

Every problem would have a ready solution the way we are able to answer our questions on Google.

Today Kaori Lau and Neesha B came to speak to us today about Inclusion within the classroom. We stared by talking about identity through an activity that highlighted a personal trait you have and how it connects back to teaching. I had talked about my struggle with claiming my own identity when I am incredibly white passing before to classmates and friends but today I decided to keep it to myself.

I really enjoyed their talk and points about access, I often think having access to everything as able-bodied persons is overlooked and often taken for granted. Something I am always thinking about when planning a lesson is “how can I make this the most accessible for everyone” and most of the time technology is excluded from this talk because of cost or logistics or simplicity. Kaori and Neesha helped me see that it is a way for students to connect better, and for students with certain disadvantages it can be crucial.

Below I want to share a medically reviewed article for children with cerebral palsy and tips for inclusive classrooms. Many of the tips in the article align with what our talk was about.

https://www.cerebralpalsyguidance.com/cerebral-palsy/living/teacher-tips-inclusive-classrooms/

Tuesday, February 11th 2025

During this class we had Rich McCue come to speak to us, and he shared with us some of his tools for video editing.

What I enjoyed about this session was how we took a deep dive into video editing software like IMovie and editied clips of our own.

Below I have attached my clip, and although it may seem chaotic, this clip allowed me to mess around on IMovie and learn the ideas and tools that Rich shared with us. This clip shows the capability that is in my hands to create meaningful edits within clips, The application of this ability extends beyond my professional career and into my everyday toolset. Within this age of screen it is always welcome to have another tool to deal with it.

When looking back on this class I remember how stoked I was to work with this software. I had messed around before in the past when me and my friends would make movies for school projects so I felt I had a knack for this sorta stuff. I remember laughing with my classmates as we explored the clips we had edited.

I really wanted to share mine in the hopes that it would make my classmates smile, and after uploading it to the cloud file we were able to get it up and running. Although in hindsight I feel a tad embarrassed by the actual result I am glad I shared. I would rather embarrass myself a bit than sit with something I’d wanna share. Going forward I have the ability to not embarrass myself by making something with the same amount of editing skill just maybe not as silly. Perhaps on this website!!!

I wanna extend a Thank You! out to Rich and his passionate talk 🙂 he was a very good speaker and it was very engaging to have him in.

After this class I walked home and enjoyed my Tuesday by tidying up and watching ozarks with my partner. I was listening to “Bad Scene, Aaron’s Fault” from the O Pioneers and Bomb the Music Industry split EP. Thank you to my guitarist and singer Ben Mason for showing me that song I listen to it often