Blog #5 - Digital Story

This digital story is about the Tsuut’ina people who are located here in Alberta, just southwest of Calgary (and about an 8-minute drive from MRU). This digital story explores the history of the Tsuut’ina people before and during European contact, examines a timeline of schooling, and how the Tsuut'ina community uses technology to support learning through a revitalization language program. I also describe what I’ve learned about the Tsuut’ina people and how I can incorporate this knowledge into my future teaching practices.

I had a lot of fun creating this digital story especially researching a local Indigenous community here in Alberta. I also loved exploring Screencastify to create my story; I would love to incorporate this tool in my future classrooms or even future assignments!

Click here to view my Digital Story Google slides.

Click here to view my Digital Story video

Blog #4 - Coding for Kids

I would love to use this lesson plan in the future, no matter what grade. I think my lesson plan can be modified easily to match any grade. In grades 1-2, students are able to practice their addition and subtraction. In grades 3 and up, students are able to work on multiplication and division. It is a great practice tool for students to strengthen their fundamental math skills while playing a fun game racing animals through space. I also added elements of fun into my Scratch game like different animals and putting Space as my background to make it more engaging with students. I think it's important to have that element of excitement in something like multiplication and division because most students might not find these concepts fun or exciting.

Click here to view my Grade 5 Multiplication and Division Lesson Plan

Click here to view my Math Scratch Game