TRAIN – Keeping Student Athletes on Track
Originally posted By Scott Lillis on March 24, 2019 Hi everyone! For my A3 forecasting project I took a look at motion capture technology and its use in gaming and more recent adoption into sports. I imagined that in the not-so-distant future we could harness the technology through sensors in clothing, gloves, helmets, etc. much like is current practice, but […]
Using Biomarker Data for Education Lesson Planning
Original post by Allan on March 21, 2019 Hi all, for my A3 forecasting project I decided to try and imagine what quantified self could look like in the future and how it could relate the classroom lesson planning.What if we were able to incorporate other sensors into a smartphone in the future for the […]
Using Mobile Technologies to teach physical skills instead of knowledge
Original Post by Derrick Cheung on November 23, 2019 Hi all, For my A3 project, I looked into a potential near-future use of AR/VR tech to teach learners physical skills, such as playing instruments. Currently, there is an abundance of apps in the market that focus on teaching facts and knowledge about things and knowledge […]
TikTok Teachers
Link to @iteachalgebra if video embedded does not load. https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/11/13/tiktok-powerful-teaching-tool-or-classroom-management.html https://www.businessinsider.com/math-tiktok-accounts-viral-sat-personal-finance-tips-2020-4 TikToking teachers have come up on my TikTok feed recently (as I downloaded it for some entertainment while stuck at home) and they are killing the teaching game! As seen in the post above, @iteachalgebra shares brief math lessons/tips for her students. I came […]
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada
Originally Posted By dustin hyde on June 28, 2018 Hey everyone, in the midst of all the A1 projects and group OERs I thought I would create a quick post that I feel is worthwhile. The Canadian Geographic is currently working on a massive digital project in partnership with the Assembly of First Nations to create a […]
Slackification of Office Culture
By j christopher stanger on January 15, 2019 When Slack emerged on the Mobile Communications scene in 2013 it promised businesses a way for workers to communicate anywhere, anytime, share files, meet, set schedules and track projects. It promised to both improve ‘productivity’ and provide ‘efficiencies’. From a mobile culture perspective, apps such as Slack have also […]
Elements 4D – Augmented Reality Applied to Chemistry
By carlo trentadue on September 12, 2019 Elements 4D is an app that has the capability to illustrate various chemical elements and the reactions they have using Augmented Reality. This is an app that is designed to inspire and engage students about science and chemistry in an interactive way. Truthfully, I’m not a science teacher, nor a […]
A1-Mobile Coding and Beyond: Exploring Sphero EDU
Original post by Dan Edwards on June 21, 2018 Hello Everyone. For Assignment #1, I have investigated how coding activities have great potential for mobile technologies. I have looked at coding and the mobile app Sphero EDU. For this activity, I decided to take a different approach to making my presentation. Throughout my MET journey, […]
Go-To Tools: Canva & Balsamiq
Original post by Allison Burnett January 12, 2019 There are a few tools that I picked up through either my work or studies that have become indispensable for me. My two top picks would be Canva and Balsamiq. I love both tools so much that I pay personally for my own subscription to each of […]
Progressive Web App (PWA)
Originally posted by Marc Tavares on March 21, 2019 Progressive Web Apps are mobile apps based on responsive webpages that are saved to your phone. It creates an app like experience and enables functionality like offline access, push notifications, and access to device hardware. The data from the webpage is cached so they’re super-fast and behave more […]