{"id":217,"date":"2019-07-11T18:22:34","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T01:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/?page_id=217"},"modified":"2021-06-23T10:11:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:11:36","slug":"welcome2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/welcome2\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/img_2534-3-version-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-293 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/155\/2019\/08\/IMG_2534-3-Version-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"340\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/155\/2019\/08\/IMG_2534-3-Version-2.jpg 1971w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/155\/2019\/08\/IMG_2534-3-Version-2-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/155\/2019\/08\/IMG_2534-3-Version-2-768x876.jpg 768w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/155\/2019\/08\/IMG_2534-3-Version-2-898x1024.jpg 898w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/155\/2019\/08\/IMG_2534-3-Version-2-945x1077.jpg 945w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/155\/2019\/08\/IMG_2534-3-Version-2-600x684.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 298px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 298\/340;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hello, my name is Leigh McCarthy and I have now completed the\u00a0 Master of Arts in Learning and Technology (MALAT) program at Royal Roads University (RRU). It was an AWESOME learning experience!<\/p>\n<p>I have spent the last 20 years teaching in K-12 classrooms in Japan, Thailand, Qatar, Tanzania, and Canada. I have also enjoyed teaching adults (educators)&#8211;working as a trainer with two EdTech companies in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Much of the purpose of this blog was to map my learning throughout the MALAT program, <\/strong>and learn from my awesome colleagues&#8217; and peers&#8217; blogs at the same time! I welcome your feedback. It&#8217;s ALL about learning. Feel free to a comment on the blog, or for a faster response, email me at &#109;&#99;&#x63;a&#114;&#x74;&#x68;y&#108;&#x65;&#x69;g&#104;&#x37;8&#57;&#x40;&#x67;m&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;&#46;&#99;&#x6f;m.<\/p>\n<p>I am passionate about working to make learning accessible to all learners. Looking at the digital divide and participation gap&#8230; #equity in #education for Ss &amp; Ts #pedagogy shift to leverage value of #edtech.\u00a0 Twitter @oliwumi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, my name is Leigh McCarthy and I have now completed the\u00a0 Master of Arts in Learning and Technology (MALAT) program at Royal Roads University (RRU). It was an AWESOME learning experience! I have spent the last 20 years teaching&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/welcome2\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-217","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1069,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217\/revisions\/1069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}