Hello everyone! This week was a very informative week in regards to sketchnoting, canva and learning skills. We learned about TPACK (technological, pedagogical, and conent knowledge) and SAMR (subsitution, augmentation, modification, and redefination) and their similarities and differences. TPACK and SAMR are both frameworks used to evaluate tech integration in the classroom, but offer different approaches. SAMR categorizes tech capabilites into 4 levels, and TPACK offers a more interconnected approach. As for sketchnoting and canva, it was very interesting to see how they both have very different benefits, and possible shortcomings. For example, sketchnoting helps us remember what we are hearing as we write. The process of having to summarize in our brains as we write is believed to be helpful in recall. As for tech notes or canva, they are very aesthetically pleasing and is a way of writing notes, it could be a way of transription typing. Without the process of summarizing, it could be going straight from your ears to the keyboard. In class today, we had the opportunity to practice our sketchnoting, check out mine with a theme of elementary school!
As for canva, there is many great benefits for making projects, and as a future teacher, could be very helpful in making engaging lesson plans for students. We didn’t have time to make our own canvas in class, but it is definetly a tool I am excited to use going forward. In another class, we need to make an infographic tool to share in our L2P schools on a free inquiry topic of our choice. Thanks to todays class, I now feel inspired and ready to get creative on canva!