Quizlet as a Tool in the French Classroom

Our Inquiry Question is:  How can Quizlet be used as a platform for creating resources for studying French and other languages? Quizlet has the potential to be a…

Hiking Masterlist & Project Reflections

Over the course of the past 9 weeks, I completed 9 hikes for this inquiry project! If I had to pick a favourite hike from this list, I…

Guest Speaker: Trevor MacKenzie

This week in EDCI336, we had a guest speaker, Trevor MacKenzie, come talk to us about inquiry-based learning. He is a high school English teacher at Oak Bay…

The Wonders of Sketchnoting

In a nutshell, sketchnoting is a note-taking method that can help learners retain and conceptualize information better. It involves writing words, facts and numbers down on paper and…

Mary Vine Creek Falls

Yesterday, my girlfriend Hannah, my dog Grizzly and I went on a hike at Mary Vine Creek Falls in Sooke. This was my first time taking my dog…

Uplands Park

This morning, my dad & I did a hike at Uplands Park in Oak Bay. It was a cold but sunny day and we parked at Cattle Point…

Gaming in Education: Minecraft

This week in our EDCI 336 class, we discussed the potential benefits of utilizing video games as educational tools in the classroom. I was not very familiar with…

Royal Roads University

This Saturday, on Halloween day, I went for a beautiful morning hike at Royal Roads University in Colwood with my mom, my grandfather and our family dog, Grizzly….

Benefits & Drawbacks of the Flipped L2 Classroom

This week in EDCI 336 we discussed Flipped Learning (sometimes called “Inverted Teaching”). This is a model wherein class instruction (ie. lecturing) takes place before class online. Class…

Hikes Masterlist

Here is a Masterlist all the different hikes I’ve completed throughout the course of this inquiry project. Click on the name of a specific hike to learn more!…