Tools for Teaching and Learning in the Digital Classroom - EDTS 325

Winter 2018 - Final Grade: A+

This course provides you with strategies and skills for the effective use of digital technologies within the classroom learning environment. You will develop educational resources for integrating technology into current curriculum and become familiar with emerging trends for learning and teaching in today's digital classroom. Topics include SMART Notebook, Google Apps, Digital Citizenship, Interactive Systems, iPads, Creation Programs, etc.

Education Psychology for Teaching- EDTS 321

Winter 2018 - Final Grade: A

This course focuses on the psychological, social, and educational determinants of child development. It includes theory, research, and illustrations all dealing with the classroom application of psychological principles and will involve you in interpersonal experiences with children. Topics typically covered relate to physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional development of children, student learning and instruction, individual and group differences in student abilities, and student motivation.

Language Development and Literacy in Schools - EDTS 371

Winter 2018 - Final Grade: A

This course focuses on the development of language and the importance of literacy for individuals as well as within the classroom setting. Specific topics for discussion include culture and language, the relationship of language to thought, memory, learning, teaching methods, and intervention strategies designed to assist children. Students will also examine learning principles in order to gain a better understanding of how language development occurs as well as to determine best practice in teaching language and literacy in elementary school classrooms.

This course included a 20 hour practicum in an early elementary classroom for practical experience with the development of emergent literacy skills.

Sensory and Perception - PSYC 368

Winter 2018 - Final Grade: A-

Introduction to the theoretical and experimental issues associated with sensory and perceptual experience. It focuses primarily on visual perception. Major topics include the visual system, visual attention, the perception of colour, space, form, visual art, and motion, as well as the constancies. Other topics examined include the auditory system and hearing, touch, taste, and smell. In addition to lectures, the course provides you with hands-on activities intended to illustrate perceptual processes

Organic Chemistry II - CHEM 251

Winter 2018 - Final Grade: C-

This course is a continuation of Organic Chemistry I. Topics include carbohydrate chemistry, lipids and amino acids, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and derivatives, and amine chemistry. Understanding of nomenclature, stereochemistry and reaction mechanism is crucial for success in this course. Two academic formal labs are written based on work done in the laboratory.