How can we use digital technologies in classrooms to help share stories?
What issues, interests, or opportunities do you anticipate arising in your teaching in the near future?
With the recent of discoveries of the remains found of indigenous children across Canada, the need to teach about Canada's past is more important then ever. As an educator, I feel an incredible responsibility to teach my students about Canada’s dark history and to share the stories of Residential School survivors. I want my students to have empathy, to show respect and to find ways to honour the stories of these survivors.
Is there a component of this issue, interest, or opportunity that relates to the use of digital technologies?
In my experience, stories told about Residential Schools in schools are often through the written word. In my classroom, I have read and explored many children’s books on this topic. Here are some of the titles that we have read in class:
Picture books and novels are one way to share stories. There are numerous picture books available in our school library. But, are there other ways to share and tell stories? Can the use of digital technologies offer another and perhaps more powerful way to share the stories of survivors to students? In teaching, it is often difficult to find resources. Can I create a digital resource for the teachers at my school or perhaps even district? One that teachers can use when they are looking for opportunities to share the experience of Residential School survivors.
What curriculum is related to this issue, interest or opportunity?
Teaching about First Peoples history is ingrained in the entire BC Curriculum. Here are the big ideas from the Grade 6 Language Arts curriculum. They are very connected to the topic I am hoping to explore!
What pedagogy might be useful for fostering learners' engagement and excitement?
In my experience, students are most engaged when working in groups and when they are given opportunities for choice. I think that using digital technologies also helps to enhance student engagement.
What digital technologies can you imagine contributing to enrich, enable, or enhance learning?
- YouTube has many videos of Residential School survivors sharing their stories (Can I find unique ways to share stories? (dance, theatre, song, interview, images)
- There are many excellent websites about Reconciliation in Canada
- I imagine using Google (Slides and Blogger) as a platform to share my learning
What are the keywords that you would use to identify elements of this issue, interest, or opportunity?
Storytelling, Reconciliation, Residential Schools, Survivor, Indigenous People, Digital Technology, Honour, Respect, Empathy
This is a good first post. You are exploring meaningful themes and have curated a strong list of keywords for further reading and research. I appreciate the visual book list that you embedded. This is an excellent takeaway for your reader. I am curious to see where your learning takes you.
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