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The Book or the Movie: A Summary of My Free Inquiry Project

Over the past few months, I’ve written a total of ten posts that have pitted a novel against its movie version to try and determine which one I…

EdTech Inquiry Project: The Effect of Smartphones on Adolescents

For our EdTech Inquiry project, Chris, Claire, Kolton and I discussed the possible effects of smartphones on adolescents and how they may have an effect on their learning….

Week 11 Reflection: Ed Camp Online Edition

This week in our EdTEch class we did another Ed Camp activity, this time using a software called Mural to put in our ideas and then vote on…

The Giver: The Book or the Movie?

Dystopian novels have long been a favourite among bookworms the world over. Some of the sub-genre’s most celebrated works and some of my personal favourites include George Orwell’s…

Jackie Brown: The Book or the Movie?

Prolific author Elmore Leonard wrote nearly fifty novels, multiple short stories and a large handful of screenplays over more than fifty years of working as a published writer….

Week 10 Reflection: Inclusion in the Classroom through Technology

This week in the EdTech class, we had a guest speaker who is the founder of BCEDAccess Society, an organization that helps families who have children with disabilities…

Red Sparrow: The Book or the Movie?

Spy novels have been a fixture in the world of fiction for quite some time now, dating as far back as the early 19th century. However, it wasn’t…

Shutter Island: The Book or the Movie?

Author Dennis Lehane

Week 9 Reflection: Student Agency and Showing Interest in Students

For our class this week, we had a guest speaker who is a high school teacher here in Victoria. He encouraged us to think about our own experiences…

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: The Book or the Movie?

In 2004, Swedish journalist-turned-author Stieg Larsson died of a sudden heart attack at the age of fifty, about a full year before the release of his debut novel,…