Skeletons, Ninjas, and the Value of Collaboration

Skeletons, Ninjas, and the Value of Collaboration

Featured Image Created in Bitmoji and Edited in Canva This post is a compilation of two posts, originally written and posted in April, 2025 on our individual MEd Blogs – The Value of Collaboration – Kati’s MEd Portfolio and Working Together! – Tiffany Teaches… Working Together We began working together on our project in September,…

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Mirrors and Margins

Featured image by CoPilot Tiffany’s Reflection on Learning New Technology Lost in Translation As I tried to get better at using transitions in PowerPoint to maximize what I have learned from the CTML Principles, and then the different H5P content types, I realized that the frustration I felt mirrors what my newcomer EAL students feel…

students in class saying everything is good, but not looking happy

“Everything is good!”

Featured Image by ChatGPT Tiffany’s Reflection on Student Feedback My first video attempt in power point was an adventure for sure. After writing the script for Simple Present Tense, and listening to Kati’s co-designer student feedback, I realized that it was going to be too long.  So, I shortened it to include only common daily…

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Derailed by Design: When AI Imagery Distracts from the Lesson

Featured Image by CoPilot Tiffany’s Reflection on AI Seductive Images As Kati and I began designing our PowerPoint slides that would become our instructional videos, we turned to AI for specific images to match what we were envisioning. We had learned from our research of Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning, that images play a…

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The CTML Ultimatum

Featured Image by CoPilot Tiffany’s Reflection on Some CTML Shortcomings When Kati and I first met the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning we were enamoured with its charm. Such a comprehensive framework connecting to the human mind with a learner-centered approach. Dare I say robust? But the more we got to know CTML, the more…