Sonya's Teaching Blog

What is an Infectious Disease and How do you Prevent it? Our body comes into contact with many harmful microorganisms every day. Thankfully, most of us have a healthy immune system capable of fighting off invasive viruses, bacteria and parasites at the cellular level. Constant battles are being fought on a tiny battlefield, and understanding these processes are key to staying healthy. In this lesson, students will use the Glogster virtual poster making platform to create multimedia posters exploring various pathogens, how they can affect us, how our body fights them off, and how they might affect us today. BC Curricular Connections Science 8: Life processes are performed at the cellular level. ADST 8: Complex tasks require the acquisition of additional skills; Complex tasks may require multiple tools and technologies. Introduction: -What are some things you have heard about the COVID-19 virus (also called the novel coronavirus)? Why do you think they tell you to wash you...

Reading Dalton and Grisham's Love That Book: Multimodal Response to Literature , the authors describe using "glogs" as a response tool for students showing their learning from a piece of literature. Glogs are multimedia posters created digitally - they can contain images, graphics and text like a regular poster, but also video, audio, links or even 3D, virtual reality, or other manipulable features. A screencap of a glog that appeals to the geologist in me. Access the interactive version from Glogster here . They are meant to be interactive and give multiple ways to respond to an inspiration such as a piece of literature. More and more, teachers are incorporating student choice into projects they use to show their learning. I have particularly been inspired by author and educator (and one of my professors during my B.Ed), Jennifer Katz (2012) and her work in this area, as well as educator and advocate for inclusive education, Shelley Moore. Jennifer Kat's...