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Ce qui a retenu mon attention c'est combien l'espace maker pouvait susciter la collaboration et l'engagement dans l'activité de création. J'ai aussi beaucoup admiré l'expression de satisfaction après chaque création.
J'ai ainsi la forte conviction que ces mêmes sentiments et attitudes se retrouvent aussi chez les élèves.  Il s'agit donc d'un bon moyen pour susciter la motivation chez les élèves.
Les autres aspects abordés dans l'Institut ont été tout aussi instructifs et méritent d'être disséminés dans les écoles.

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There are three most important items I will take away from the institute: first, the idea that was introduced during the Serious Gaming presentation — Paidia and Ludus (Cailloix, 1958). Paidia is spontaneous play, free play, improvisation and Ludus is controlled play — games with rules, manuals, limits and instructions. The balance of these two in varying degrees, depending on the player/user/participant/student, is extremely important when it comes to engagement, motivation and buy-in. The second important take-away is the connection of the Paid and Ludus to makerspaces and how to approach making in the classroom. While the original purpose of a makerspace was a place for individuals to visit and make completely of their own accord (unstructured), having some degree of structure in a formal educational setting is perhaps important for a number of reasons, including links to the curriculum and student buy-in (maybe not for all students, but at least for a good majority). The third important take-away was the time it takes to make. I teach with maker tools and pedagogy and as a result of this Institute, I’ve been reminded of the time it takes to be creative — to sit in the idea phase, the complexity of making and learning and the time it takes to realize even a rough prototype. This has been a good reminder for me of what it is like for a student learning in this new way, with these new tools. The mental shift alone, especially for adult learners, can be cognitively overwhelming and/or anxiety-provoking. Providing a variety of entry points, supports and different ways of interacting with and learning the tools/material is so important. I will personally be more mindful of including many more unplugged and kinaesthetic learning activities that will scaffold, guide and help engage those students who may not come into this type of learning setting with the personal motivation required. So, again, finding the Paidia  and Ludus. #Balance.

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For me it was a pleasure to attend the institute for a few reasons. 1) Though I am by no means new to the work, I am relatively new to the community of individuals working in and around digital literacies. So it was a great opportunity for me to a) get to know more people engaging in this work, but also b) confirming that I know a thing or two about digital literacies.

2) We will be working to design similar experiences (like an institute) at MSU, so being able to observe, participate, and reflect on the institute itself from a programing level has been amazing too. What I learned about digital literacies was less to do with my own content area but more to do with supporting educators in their work on, around, and towards digital and critical literacies.

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A lot of thinking throughout this institute around my role in digital literacies as a teacher and teacher leader. I am leaving inspired and also with many more questions than when I started. I am so grateful to the incredible collaboration in my deep learning group. Thank you to Emmanuel and the gamification crew.

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- have an open mind and a willingness to learn and experience new things
- through cooperation we can achieve a lot more
- learning is fun when there is no stress, no deadlines etc.
-  there is a lot out there that can make learning fun and interesting, (Virtual Museum of Canada is one example)
- being able to leverage the digital  "world"  is a must in today's classroom
- and on a final note, "Well, I am a game developer, who would've thought?! Merci beaucoup, Emmanuel!"

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C'est amusant et enrichissant de constater comment les enseignants peuvent collaborer ensemble pour partager leurs compétences et produire de nouveaux outils pédagogiques. Les présentations thématiques ont été instructives et m'ont permis d'inscrire mes pensées dans le cadre d'une mentalité de croissance. J'ai eu l'occasion de travailler avec un groupe merveilleux sur la conception d'un jeu pédagogique à l'intention des jeunes en utilisant  le programme TWINE. Bien que aucun de nous n'ait jamais utilisé ce programme avant, nous sommes parvenus à produire un véritable jeu profitable pour les jeunes.

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Reflection by Roisin We have really come together as a team, helping each other out, learning and exploring and laughing! I think taking the time to actually explore the different software has been invaluable!! Time is golden!!

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Reflection by Roisin We have really come together as a team, helping each other out, learning and exploring and laughing! I think taking the time to actually explore the different software has been invaluable!! Time is golden!!

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Wow! What a wonderful week of learning and collaboration with all of you. It goes without saying that this is a group of brilliant minds & varied rock-star capabilities. I am so grateful to all of you for sharing, and building this community, and the many people who reached out, and in one week, developed fast friendships! I want to especially thank our fearless leaders for the many exciting things we learned about and experienced throughout the week. My take away is not to shy away from things I haven't yet learned. The power of "yet" gives me a new sense of confidence in putting technology into the hands of our young learners to see where they go with it. I believe in them as you have believed in me. MERCI!!!! 🙏🏻🇨🇦🌎📱🖥🎥🎞🔨

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I have actually been having trouble sleeping the last few nights as there has been so much floating through my mind - so the sleepless nights have not necessarily been a bad thing! Lots of interesting ideas and resources to take away. I enjoyed the time taken to really think a lot more about the digital world around us!

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I really enjoyed learning all about video making. I definitely will be using these tools to create videos in the classroom and encourage my students to create videos. I felt like the creating days were a little rushed especially if we wanted time to discuss with our colleagues how they created theirs.

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I really learned the importance of teachers creating a 'safe space', with adequate time, to allow true collaboration to occur and passions to be explored. As teachers we need to surrender some control, which is stressful but leads to higher level thinking in our learners.

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Kate
I found myself this morning wishing that it was not the last day. I have made great connections, and have gained some great knowledge about movie making. I've learned some great new apps and I look forward to the online support throughout the year

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I will bring video production to my classroom

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I will bring video production to my classroom

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To try new things and allow my students to take their curiosity and apply it within their understanding of various concepts. I would like to make a further connect from my arts programming to digital literacies. It is clear that through devices and the arts students are more engaged and able to make personal connections to the content.

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Proud to wear the digital literacies T-shirt because it represents belonging to a new community of teachers -K-12 and HE, administrators and graduate students all passionate about the topic. The take-away is that is it a beginning, rather than a discreet interaction, and help is forthcoming! I will be asking for help as I develop a teaching resource for citizen science that incorporates digital tools. You could all help me to test the prototype and to provide feedback. So looking forward to this ongoing relationship.

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Proud to wear the digital literacies T-shirt because it represents belonging to a new community of teachers -K-12 and HE, administrators and graduate students all passionate about the topic. The take-away is that is it a beginning, rather than a discreet interaction, and help is forthcoming! I will be asking for help as I develop a teaching resource for citizen science that incorporates digital tools. You could all help me to test the prototype and to provide feedback. So looking forward to this ongoing relationship.

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This week has given me a new lens, actually new lens, to look through as I use technology in my classroom. I myself will think more critically about how I use technology with my students and be much more intentional with what I teach before engaging with it. I leave this institute having made new friendships and connections and most importantly a support that will change my pedagogy moving forward. I am excited to continue learning with this group throughout the year.

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I will definitely attempt to incorporate critical video making into my language classroom. I have learned that it is an amazing way for students to express their identities and explore important social justice issues in a format that they really enjoy. Going through the process of video making myself has opened me up to the spirit of exploration and fearlessness that is necessary to engage in video making. Video making is by nature collaborative and I have learned that even the "experts" don't know everything - Google is everyone's best friend :). Be brave and make videos! A learning process for all.
-Nicole Gouveia

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This has been an excellent opportunity to learn about different digital literacies and take my video making to the next level; and make contacts/connections with other educational practitioners. I have lots of things in my head at the moment that will take some time to coalesce ... but it will come, and I will take those new ideas into my educational practice.

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Je quitte la tête pleine d'idées et je suis hyper motivé en prévision de la prochaine année! J'ai bien aimé le format de la semaine. La diapo résume bien selon moi l'objectif ultime:

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The biggest take-away I will bring into my own practice is to be fearless in tinkering with new technological tools in order to help develop the digital literacies of my students.

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It has been great to have an opportunity to try new things and to conceptualize an activity for students without time constraints. Sharing with colleagues and hearing about projects across panels has been very inspiring. Thank you to the presenters for all the wonderful information shared throughout the week. It has been worth spending a week of my hard earned vacation time attending this institute. Looking forward to continued contact over the next year.

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Je crois que cette semaine, j'ai compris beaucoup de chose  et de frustration que mes eleves vivent au quotidien. En autre,  en utilisant les Chromebooks qu'ils utilisent en classe. Mais au cours de mes apprentissages des litteraties numeriques, j'ai pris conscience de l'importance de simplifier davantage les recherches sur le web. Je porte de nouvelles lunettes sur mon approche afin d'ameliorer l'experience de mes eleves. Je suis le modele en classe qui les initie a la pensee critique face a cette multitude d'information que catapulte le Net jours apres jours!
Cette prise de conscience quotidienne va m'aider dans ma pratique future. Merci a vous tous!

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J’ai énormément apprécié avoir la chance d’expérimenter avec les outils, et surtout d’entendre et de participer aux discussions portant sur le mouvement Maker. J’ai également constaté l’importance de la communauté de partage et d’assurer une continuation de cet esprit de collaboration. J’ai apprécié l’ouverture d’esprit de tous les participants, qui étaient toujours disposés à entamer des discussions très riches.
Merci encore aux organisateurs de l’Institut!

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Teach skills that help students validate the information they see  in web searches - example, Wikipedia can be a starting point for information but they should look for other, more reliable sites, to ensure the information is factual/accurate.

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The importance of collaboration in terms of developing, sharing and refining ideas for implementation, growing from others' experience and the fresh perspectives of those newer to the field or with experience outside the field. The resources shared will be invaluable, not only to my teaching team, but to myself as I move forward in implementation of maker in my classroom.

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Maybe we need to focus on skills that encourage deconstructing digital information from websites or web searches online.

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We should spend more time focusing on considering where information is coming from and how it gets there.  How should we be interpreting the information we encounter digitally?

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The Digital Literacy Institute has transformed my teaching practice. In September, I want to position my students as meaning-makers to develop their epistemology about how they see the world. This way of knowing is created by the online inquiry process of inquiring, collaborating, participating and reflecting. The visual inquiry process below is about Personal Digital Inquiry (Coiro, Castek & Quinn, 2016, p. 485).

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It is important as educators to emphasize the importance of comprehension strategies when examining digital information. Discourage just hopping on the internet and exploring freely without any strategies or parameters.

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Cette semaine d'atelier était un "tasting" de quelque chose de très nouveau! Tout le domaine des littératies numériques ciblé aux enfants est fascinant: il y a tellement de chose a faire et a découvrir avec eux et surtout leur apprendre a utiliser le net de façon sécuritaire! C'est l'approche moderne de la méthode Montessori adapté a l’évolution des TIC. En salle de classe il serait intéressant d'introduire les diverses techniques apprise dans les ateliers, et surtout, l'atelier Maker! Ça permet aux enfants de découvrir et d’apprendre de nouveaux concepts en les manipulant et en les découvrant par eux mêmes! Ceci amènera les informations a être bien acquises sans pour autant se baser uniquement sur les capacités de mémorisation.
J'imagine qu'il reste beaucoup a faire en salle de classe afin d'inclure cette méthodologie dans le curriculum, mais en même temps, être suffisamment formé afin d'utiliser ces différentes techniques au sein des classes.

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Que le Maker Movement s'inscrit dans une évolution et dans l'innovation. Le voir comme un processus design... Il faut procéder une marche à la fois... Les outils sont des appuis au making mais il faut considérer notre identité Maker et celle de nos élèves, le making doit s'intégrer à notre enseignement pour en faciliter l'implentation. Ceci considéré, beaucoup d'outils intéressants ont été présentés... wow! Belle communauté de partage! Merci

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I really enjoyed sharing my journey with the other educators in my deep design group. My brainstorming, discussions, thoughts were all valued and others were ready to engage to listen or provide feedback. I look forward to taking my learning back to all employee groups in the OCSB!

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I like that we had time to play around at the Sandbox.  It was hard to know what questions to ask the experts helping us without experiencing some of the tech first.

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Ce que j'ai particulièrement apprécié était le temps d'arrêt pour réfléchir et discuter avec d'autres professionnels en éducation. J'ai aimé pouvoir comparer nos réalités, faire des liens avec des problématiques semblables que nous éprouvons et travailler en collaboration pour trouver des pistes de solution. Cette semaine a élargi mon réseau d'apprentissage professionnel, et je compte continuer à suivre et à contribuer aux discussions. Je veux également continuer de prendre des risques appuyés sur la recherche en éducation afin d'engager davantage mes élèves dans leur apprentissage.

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Ce dont je retiens de cette semaine de formation sont les discussions (Les questions que nous nous sommes posées)

Ce que je sais que je vais appliquer dans ma salle de classe sont la raison d'être derrière les processus (de création - Makerspace; de recherche) ainsi que les nombreuses ressources et idées qui nous ont été partagé.

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Great Ideas! Also, the comfort of knowing that their is a supportive community of risk taking learners that can provide insight and advice when it is needed.