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Ravi Mehan commented on Week 12 -Activity 2 and 3 in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 19:11:26 -0400

Great job, Paul! Your infographic on Shakespeare’s Theatre effectively communicates important information about the Elizabethan theatre and its role in Shakespearean plays. The use of clear visuals and concise […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Assignment 3 - ePortfolio in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sun, 09 Apr 2023 17:55:54 -0400

ePortfolio for Paul Bienvenu
For this ePortfolio, I choose to look at two posts that contained a number of graphics, videos and audio files that I felt were representative of the learning I did in this course. I […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week 12 - Activity 4 in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sun, 02 Apr 2023 02:56:05 -0400

Introduction to the Comma
Students in Middle School regularly struggle to use commas effectively, and so with Grade 6 and 7 English students I typically take time each year to review how commas can be used […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week 12 -Activity 2 and 3 in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sun, 02 Apr 2023 01:57:42 -0400

Shakespeare’s Theatre
Class: Grade 8 English

Unit: Introduction to Shakespearean Theatre

Lesson Objectives:

Students will be able to describe the theatre where Shakespeare’s plays were performed.
S […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week 10- Activity 1 "Affordances of Video" in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 18:06:59 -0400

Looking at the affordances summarized in Woolfit’s article, I think the ones most most relevant to my teaching context are “Telling stories,” “Virtual field trips” and “Building Rapport”. Using video to tell stori […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Portfolio Post- Creating and Editing Video in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:39:07 -0400

I really enjoyed creating this video while travelling to visit family in Victoria. One of the curricular goals in my Social Studies class is to have students make ethical judgements about historical events, and I […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week 10: Sourcing Video in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 18:09:29 -0400

Why give up on foraging? Beginning the Agricultural Revolution
Learning Goals:

Students will be able to discuss ways that technological and social innovations associated with agriculture contributed to the […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week 9- Activity 7 in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:09:54 -0400

The Peloponnesian Wars were fought between the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta, and their allies, and it lasted from 431 BCE to 404 BCE. As we have learned about in class, these two city states went all out […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week 8- Activity 6 in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:58:48 -0400

For this activity I created a five minute synopsis of the conquests of Alexander of Macedon, and combined it with a short musical introduction that I made several years ago for my Youtube channel. My students like […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week 8- Activity 3: Recording and Editing Audio in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 01:49:23 -0400

Grade 8 English

Lesson: Accessing Poetry

Learning Outcomes: Students will explore how language and text can be a source of creativity and joy.
**NOTE: THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN ORDER TO BETTER FIT […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week 8- Audio For A Social Studies Class in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sat, 11 Mar 2023 19:01:46 -0500

In Social Studies 7 I spend quite a bit of time on two different curricular outcomes: 1) developing research skills like note-taking strategies and 2) examining the neolithic revolution and the rise of […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Assignment #2 - Student Media Project Rationale in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 03:09:14 -0500

Description of the student demographic and learning context:
This project is designed to take place in a Grade 8 English class in a British Columbian Independent School. Each class would consist of […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Assignment #2 Student Media Project - Podcasting Assignment in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sat, 04 Mar 2023 18:50:38 -0500

Why our school?
Podcasting Assignment

Background:

Over the past few years our market research indicates that prospective families value “future readiness” as a top priority for their stude […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Assignment #1- Source a Piece of Media in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:03:55 -0500

Egyptian Social Structures
Learning Outcome: Students should be able to identify key aspects of Egyptian culture by explaining cultural structures, including their social hierarchy.

The Step Pyramid of […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week 5- Activities 3-5 in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 19:41:23 -0500

I chose to crop a photo of Trajan’s Column to focus only on the statue of Trajan and the top fifth of the column. The column itself is a tall one, and the photo I had made of the entire column it difficult to see […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week Five: Source a Graphic For Educational Use in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 19:04:21 -0500

I searched for a graphic that might support students in a Grade 7 Social Studies course as they explored how changes in the Roman world led them to make changes in the way they organized their military. The […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Assignment #4- Media tool presentation in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 02:57:59 -0500

Hello everyone!

Here is the link to our media tool presentation on the Desmos Activity Builder. When you open up the link please turn on slideshow mode on the top right of your screen and turn up your volume. […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week Four- No Coffee in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 06:34:45 -0500

For this activity, I played a number of Blooket games with several of my family members. I typically use Blooket.com’s quiz games as a way to build a relationship with students, a positive extrinsic reward, or as […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week Four- Moose! in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 06:16:34 -0500

My reflection:
In reworking the text for this article on moose, I was reflecting on Maryanne Wolf’s definition of deep reading, which says that “deep reading processes underlie our abilities to find, reflect, and […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week Three- Integrating UDL in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sun, 29 Jan 2023 22:07:08 -0500

I would love to hear your thoughts on how to incorporate UDL principles when working with the following cohort. Feel free to share your thinking in the comments!

Educational level:

Middle School students […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week Three- Accessibility in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sun, 29 Jan 2023 21:57:39 -0500

Task 1: Write a short portfolio post on where your platform meets or falls short of accessibility guidelines. Remember that in many instances this will reflect decisions made at your institution, but there are […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week Two - OER Scavenger Hunt in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 22:59:57 -0500

Subject: Social Studies
Course: Grade 7 Socials- History of the Ancient World
Curricular Outcome: Examine the origins, core beliefs, narratives, practices, and influences of religions,
Particular […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week Two- Thinking about OER in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 22:26:15 -0500

I love the idea of Open Educational Resources, and the fact that they are so readily available to anyone with the internet. As a teacher, I find that I am constantly looking for animations, graphics, pictures and […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week 2- Indigenous Curriculum and Media in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 22:09:59 -0500

“When selecting resources for your curriculum, it is important to incorporate authentic Indigenous resources. But what does it mean to be authentic? And how can such resources be incorporated in a respectful way?” […]

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post Week 2- Multimedia Learning Theory in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 21:00:12 -0500

Consider media that you have used for teaching in the past. How does the model of multimedia learning described on p. 388 and in Fig. 31.3 and Table 31.1 relate to your use of media? If you think about new online […]

jhill joined the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sun, 08 Jan 2023 04:05:16 -0500

abryden joined the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sun, 08 Jan 2023 00:00:47 -0500

pbienvenu wrote a new blog post An introduction in the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sat, 07 Jan 2023 19:53:59 -0500

Hello all! My name is Paul Bienvenu and I am a principal of an independent school in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. Since my undergraduate degree in education, I have been interested in educational […]

pbienvenu created the group Paul Bienvenu's Portfolio

Sat, 07 Jan 2023 19:44:03 -0500