- I chose this collaborative video by the Backstreet Boys singing the national anthem separately from their own homes during Covid but collectively at the same time to sing the national anthem at a sporting event
- I chose this as an easier way to show the students that collaboration and team work is something that is still doable even if you are separated by states and countries.
- It is also a way that we can teach our students to work collectively together with students from other countries and have virtual pen pals now rather than written pen pals. This opens up the door for international students to complete schooling while in their home country and to create projects that span different races and nationalities to come together and create presentations on the differences and similarities, a possible geography project on the different ecosystems in say Australia and Canada with their seasons in opposition, or having conversations with differing FNMI nations from around the world to learn their different experiences and cultures
- You can do a history project on WWII and get the students to connect with people from Germany and write a compare and contrast essay on the different experiences the citizens might have had
Brock Centre for Sport and Capacity
- I also chose to include this link as it is free resources that Brock is offering that were created last summer by several FOE students, myself being one of them, as a means to bring cross curricular resources to the online world of teaching to help provide different resources rather then using the same ones over it can help provide a different perspective on something
- The one resource on the history of sport in Canada in particular has a distinct social justice undertone to it as it discusses political, racial and marginalized peoples struggles as they have fought to get a foot hold in the sporting world
- I think that resources such as this are important to include in the online classroom as much of what we read online is very biased and can be put there by anyone without having to be proof read or censored prior to being posted...so finding good resources that are reliable and have unbiased information that is not afraid to discuss both sides of a situation is a great way to get the students to engage with the material
I do wish that the Netflix series Frontier did not have the swearing in it and the nudity that it does because it is a great possible resource for FNMI teachings regarding the treatment of natives by the HSBC and the fur trade. It has strong native american female leads who are in positions of power in their tribes and are well respected. There is also an episode in the show the Coroner, also on Netflix, that is filmed and represented in Toronto with a main secondary character who is native, and there is an episode that discusses mistreatment of natives still in our times. But, the key is to make sure to vet the background biases and opinions that the website may be displaying, especially right now in light of the residential school remains discovery, there are going to be some very strong opinions out there as residential school atrocities have been swept well under the rug of Canadian politics, so ensuring that our students know how to navigate as a proper digital citizen will ensure they are mindful when doing research and working collaboratively with others
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