As a teacher, what impact learning spaces have on your practice? What do think learning spaces of the future might entail? As a result of EDFD459, what are you going to be taking into your own classroom? Studying EDFD459 has allowed me to look explicitly at each individual learning space, how they work individually and… Continue reading Reflecting on my journey thus far…

To reflect on the learning and skills I have gained from studying EDFD459, I have created a taxonomy that encapsulates my learning over the course of the unit in relation to self-direction, self-efficacy and self-reflection. These 3 concepts played a major role in my participation in the unit and facilitated me to gain skills I will use… Continue reading Taxonomy of my learning in EDFD459

As the semester comes to a close, I have faced an array of stressful, overwhelming situations that pushed me to the limits. A lecturer on campus introduced myself and fellow students to a film clip that really struck a chord with me. It reminded me why I want to become an educator and highlighted this… Continue reading Every kid needs a champion…

Given the world of extremes that we live in, what do you think are the fundamentals of learning in the future? What do we need and what can we do without? What are going to be important driving factors in considerations of new learning space design as we move further into this century? After reading… Continue reading The fundamentals of education…what might they be?

After much deliberation, I have decided I will focus my future learning space based on the teachers without borders initiative of peace education underpinned by the group space and e-space. In turn, I am aiming to include focus of girl’s education in relation to the umbrella of peace education as I believe they go hand… Continue reading My idea for a future learning space

We have been asked to identify AHA moments we have encountered over the semester thus far. Some of these have been substantial for me, although some have been a push in the right direction. Please see my roadmap below:

Before reading the following article: “https://inaliminalspace.org/about-us/what-is-a-liminal-space/”, there is no way I could have ever explained what the Liminal Space actually is. After exploring this concept, I can proudly say I love the liminal space. The liminal space entails a space of transition, moving from ‘what was’ to ‘what next’ in terms of our learning journeys.… Continue reading The Liminal?

Sometimes the amount of information we stumble across on the internet can be substantial and it is difficult to save/bookmark it all to the one place! I too struggle with this, thus have done some research and found my top 5 curation tools that can be used on devices or a computer. Get ready to… Continue reading Keep Calm and Get Organised

In order to create a visual of what the Classroom and the School may entail, I have created a visual to assist in this. I have gathered a range of images from search engines such as google to create a slideshow using Photo Snack to show case these: http://www.photosnack.com/meganmillgate/theclassroomandtheschoollearningspace.html   References for images as shown… Continue reading The Classroom and School – How do you visualise this?

  Tonight I have taken the time to reflect upon what I have learnt on my EDFD459 learning journey thus far. I have identified some challenging and AHA! moments I have come across. There have been many more than what I have listed, although I found these to be the ‘stand outs’ when I was… Continue reading Celebration of learning!