Posted in ETEC 533, Reflections on Apr 13th, 2010 No Comments »
ETEC 533 e-folio Summative Reflection – Mountain Biking through ETEC 533 My journey through ETEC 533 can be compared to a mountain biking season. At the beginning of the season I always start riding on easy trails. This is not due to lack of experience, but to questioning my physical endurance and riding abilities. Through [...]
Posted in mini-asignment, Uncategorized on Apr 9th, 2010 No Comments »
TELE Design Introduction The ultimate goal of our technology enhanced learning environment (TELE) team is to create a deep meaningful face-to-face learning environment to support students learning/understanding of the chemistry topic stoichiometry. In order to create such an environment, the pedagogies of constructivist learning, scaffolding, and community of practice were all taken into consideration. The [...]
Posted in ETEC 533, Reflections on Apr 9th, 2010 No Comments »
Network Communities Discussion Reflection The network communities discussion forum was very interesting. Within the discussion I started to question the use of virtual learning environments over the use of real learning situations. Hands on learning, that students could sink their teeth into. If students learn behind a computer instead of going to schools, will they [...]
Posted in ETEC 533, Reflections on Apr 8th, 2010 No Comments »
Last night during our TELE meeting I was asked why use a tablet. Our instructor has also wondered why use a Tablet when students can simply use paper. My desire for students to use tablets comes from my own personal use with a tablet. I have found the use of a tablet has enhanced my [...]
Posted in Haptics, Module B Reflections, Reflections, Uncategorized on Apr 8th, 2010 No Comments »
ETEC 533 Handhelds, VR, and Haptics Discussion Form Questions 2. Describe the nature of the activities that may have been central, in your opinion, to the learning experiences described in the papers you have read. Haptic interfaces provide users the sense of touch and force (Williams, Chen, & Seaton, 2003). Research is being conducted to [...]
Posted in Reflections on Apr 4th, 2010 No Comments »
Our group just received our TELE mini-assignment 2 critique. Having mini goals to meet is a great motivation to get assignments done in a timely manner. If I find it beneficial, I wonder if my students would find mini-assignment goals as beneficial for their major assignments. On another note, it was great to get feedback [...]
Posted in Reflections on Apr 3rd, 2010 No Comments »
Working on the TELE project has been interesting. It is great working with others on explaining and creating our design activity. The design incorporates two major areas of interest, Tablet PC’s and Virtual Labs. I see benefits in using tablets within a learning environment over the use of a laptop, as my CI students currently [...]
Posted in Module B Reflections, Networked Communities, Reflections on Mar 22nd, 2010 2 Comments »
Networked Communities: The two networked communities I have chosen to study from the supplied list were Exploratorium and Virtual Field Trips. Due to this selection I decide to read articles from Winn et al (2006), Spicer and Stratford (2001), and Fouts (2003) and talk about how knowledge is created within these learning environments. Exploratorium is [...]
Posted in Module B Reflections, Reflections on Mar 13th, 2010 1 Comment »
Look into any classroom, anywhere in the world, and you will see students who have different learning styles. There are auditory, tactile, and especially visual learners. The goal of ETEC’s 533 module B’s lesson 1 was to look at, examine, a resource that used visualization technologies to represent science or math concepts. To satisfy this [...]
Posted in Framing Assignment on Mar 1st, 2010 2 Comments »
Have a read if you are interested in Single Tablet PC Learning Environments. Cheers, D single tablet use
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