Mr. Boryskiewich's Teaching Blog

 Well, would you look at that, just, look at that, another week has flown by faster than most of you can say my last name.  We've got a beautiful day today, hardly a cloud in the sky, sure makes you wonder where all the information in the cloud goes when we have no clouds in the sky, doesn't it?  Now that's just silly, isn't it?  We know that "the cloud" isn't a magical place where information flys up only to come down once you call upon it, right?  This week we had Reynold Redekopp speak to the class, a professor from the University of Manitoba, and he talked about why we should love our cells phones more than we do, and discussed the energy that is used by our cellphones, and what the cloud really is (update: not a real cloud, just a lot of storage space using a lot of energy).   A statement that really stood out to me from the presentation is that a google search, done from your phone, uses enough energy, that if it was hooked up a 60-watt bulb it w...

 Welcome back! Or for the first-timers here, Welcome and I hope you enjoy your time here! We have once again reached that time where you all buckle up and get excited to hear about my thoughts this week!  This week we had a fella by the name of Andy Mead speak to the class about a couple of topics, such as utilizing social media in the classroom and teaching virtually, and having a virtual classroom.  Now I'm sure there are a few different people that would have been excellent resources on these topics, but having Andy really feels like the tip of the iceberg so to speak.  Andy was a principal at Mitchell Middle School and has recently taken on the role of principal at Manitoba's Remote Learning Centre , so to say this guy is an expert on the topic might be an understatement.   As I have previously mentioned I have always been on different social media platforms, and up until recently I would tell you that I use them, but something that really has been stan...

 Well well well, for those that thought I was lying that my weekly blog post would be up within a day of my extra post, here I am!  This week we had an excellent presenter by the name of Kirsten Thompson in class (I will put a link to her blog on this, it has the PowerPoint slides there as well as other important links for you all), and a big part of her presentation was based on a blog post she wrote back in 2017 called "Why I Replaced Myself With a Machine" and then brought forward the question, what do we bring to our classrooms that cannot be replaced with a machine?   My instinctive answer was that I brought my stunning good looks to the class, no machine can do that, then I remembered... Bitmoji.  Okay, that one is out, what about my expertise and knowledge in what we are covering? Right, Youtube could present the resources.  So what do I bring to the classroom that cannot be replaced by a machine? Surely this isn't that hard of a question, right?...

 Welcome back! I know what you're thinking and just how excited you are for my second weekly blog post, however, I have even better news for you! Although this is my second blog post, it is an extra added bonus post, and my weekly blog post will still be up for you to see within a day from now! In my last (first?) blog I discussed a very little bit about how I've always found it interesting and kind of exciting to see what comes up when I google myself and gave a quick summary of some of the things that appear when you do search me up by name, today, we are going to look a little deeper into what comes up, what it means, and just what my digital footprint is! Ready? Let's jump into it! So what comes up when you Google "Lucas Boryskiewich"? Very little, no Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram pages come up with the name, however, there is one tagged post on Facebook with my name, regarding missing the "Five Guys' burgers in Brandon (so, so good), but beyond tha...

Hello Readers! To get things fired up here, I suppose I should introduce who I am and what I'm doing.  My name is Lucas Boryskiewich, I grew up in the small village of Angusville, Manitoba, and completed my K-12 schooling at Major Pratt School in Russell, Manitoba graduating in 2013.  In the Fall of 2013, I started to work for a Financial Institution where I continue to do so while in University.  In the fall of 2015, I started my Bachelor of Physical Education Studies where I would graduate with a mathematics minor in 2019, and it would lead me into the Education After Degree at BU that following fall.  Currently, now I am in my last term of this degree, so the light at the end of the tunnel is starting to get a little bit brighter! Throughout this blog, it is going to have a focus on ideas and topics that are presented throughout a class I am enrolled in, however, it may also be intruded by my personal thoughts of events or ideas throughout the term.  But let'...