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During my graduate studies, I was able to dive into some wicked problems in our education systems, pedagogical frameworks and philosophies, the safety and security of technology, as well as how culture and intersectionality should play bigger roles in informing our policies and procedures.
My three main areas of interest are:
The Psychology of Education
Information Technology and
Culture and Language
I had originally organized this showcase to highlight areas of my studies which I thought others might be interested in exploring for themselves. While that may still be evident, I've since reorganized to better demonstrate these three areas of interest with projects and artifacts that best exhibit my culture, research, and analysis skills.
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Content Warning ⚠️
My work includes discussions of Canadian Indian residential schools and American Indian boarding schools, and other themes that stem from and are directly related to the colonization of Indigenous peoples.
Psychology of Education
Psychology of Education
Study Abroad Ireland, University of Galway - Ireland 2022
Study Abroad Ireland, University of Galway - Ireland 2022
Graduate Certificate in Educational Technology
Graduate Certificate in Educational Technology
The projects in this section explore learning theories, social and emotional learning, and wicked problems, within the context of a study abroad setting. I've done two study abroad trips to Europe, the first in 2012 for three weeks to six different countries, and the second to Ireland for four weeks. I spent summer 2022 in Galway, Ireland for the Master of Arts in Educational Technology (MAET) overseas summer cohort through Michigan State University (MSU). I felt like I was able to have a deeper connection and understanding of the people and culture of Ireland with the concentrated program and excursions offered. What made this such an incredible experience was seeing how integrated the Irish language was throughout day-to-day life and activities. To have the language immersion at the levels I saw while visiting Ireland would be a dream to see for the Indigenous languages of North America, including Anishinaabemowin. The implementation of such a dream is a bit of a wicked problem but knowing that it can be done is encouraging.
Each photo links to related organizations, including: Trad on the Prom, Irish Rail, and The Ryan Institute.
In this reflection I use the Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) method and demonstrate how it can be scaled and customized to suit many different groups of learners. The lesson is geared toward Computer Science and Computer Information Systems students by using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) application development suite.
Many of the projects we worked on in the 4-week, fast-paced, overseas study abroad cohort were connected to each other. I wanted to highlight this project I worked on with a classmate which explored the ways gaming can affect mental health and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). We learned that gaming offers opportunities to folks of all ages to improve their SEL, whether through simulation or in cooperative and group play settings.
This project really helped me cement a sustainable professional mantra in my brain, "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good." Trying to acknowledge the nuance and complexity involved at day-to-day, administrative, and legislative levels of the education system can very easily become unwieldy. My classmates and I wanted to look at the role that teacher burnout plays in retention and shortages to have an area of focus for this wicked problem.
Information Technology
Information Technology
For all of us technology users, privacy and security are our highest priority concerns. "Hackers", spammers, and phishers are relentlessly prodding for the weakest link to gain unauthorized access to your data to use to their own nefarious ends. Digital literacy becomes increasingly critical everyday and is set to out-pace our most vulnerable users just as fast as they can learn about nascent cybersecurity threats. My drive behind a lot of my technology research is to bridge educational gaps for folks like my mother, who calls herself a "technology-immigrant", so they can face the vanguard of best practices and netiquette and feel supported.
Social media influences us in ways we might not even recognize immediately because it has become integral to many aspects of our lives. This blog explores the use of technology during the Standing Rock Sioux protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and showcases my technological literacy, social justice advocacy, research, and critical analysis skills.
I find it very rewarding to empower others in their quests for knowledge, autonomy, and agency. Maintaining control over your digital footprint, and access to your data, is vital to those efforts. I created an Action Research Plan which outlined a cybersecurity issue that I'm passionate about: password management. It's something all netizens have had to consider in some capacity and reconciling the need for passwords to be easy to remember, but hard to "hack" or brute force, is a complex issue.
Culture and Language
Culture and Language
My father, Bucko Teeple, is a cultural and spiritual leader for my home community; my mother, Michele Wellman-Teeple, and I both work for the same tribal community college and she is the director of the Anishinaabemowin Pane Immersion program. I have not always fully appreciated how much of a privilege it is to have such bountiful access to my culture and language. As our elders, and many first-speakers, continue aging and moving on to the spirit world I feel a growing sense of urgency to dedicate time to learning from them, and documenting everything I can. Starting in the Fall of 2023, I worked with my parents to hold an event we called "Sharing Traditional Knowledge" where we could ask questions and hear stories from each other. The development of this very informal conference had a lot of support, and I hope to continue refining its structure and growing our participant/members so it becomes our community's thing rather than my thing.
Tasked with curating a vision that clearly outlines my mission, this blog promotes these three main themes: practical technological adaptation, strengthening support structures using indigenous frameworks, and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and community. I also critically analyze the impact of emerging technologies and advocate for culturally relevant and equitable educational practices.
What is Out of School Learning (OOSL)? It's mostly what it sounds like but we delve into student motivations behind OOSL and trends. This module of learning helped me recognize opportunities to advocate for OOSL and organize educational events for a wider audience. I also discuss a series of events that I help organize with my parents that we've been calling "Sharing Traditional Knowledge" to get together with our community and share culture and language lessons.
A plaque from Waimea Valley 2022
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