Janet Chow joined us to present on using educational technology with a purpose. She is a program consultant in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia. Janet talked about the power of stories and its cultural significance.  Stories are a journey of where we are going. Further, stories connect the past to the present, almost like a time machine going back into time while we are currently in the present time period.  Stories create a purposeful atmosphere.

Janet talked about the purposeful creation of environments of learning. She modelled this by bringing up the fire starter question to us about what is your story? build your hopes, wishes, dreams, as an educator. I enjoyed this soooo much! We had to build it visually with the supplies given in a paper bag.  I built a beaded mountain. The beads represented my accomplishments-my Bachelors of Arts Degree, and my future degrees to come -my Bachelors of Education Degree and Masters Degree. The paperclips represented general hurdles and challenges that will be in my learning journey. The top was three happy faces representing my end goal- to have a family one day of my own. This activity was awesome! I would do this activity in my future classroom for sure with a different question. This activity made the presentation meaningful to me and captured my interest of the overall presentation. The video below highlights my why I want to be an educator and the importance of teaching. Every educator has a story to tell, just like Rita Pierson.