Supporting dyslexic learners through mobile
Originally posted by allison burnett on January 27, 2019 Exceptional students in need of individual education plans (IEPs) and accommodations/modifications are a segment that can greatly benefit from mobile technology in education. There are an abundance of educational apps available in the marketplace to support different learning styles and profiles– probably the largest barrier to adoption for […]
Padlet – Collaborative Learning
Padlet is an easy and collaborative way to engage students in discussions, notes, and learning. All students need is the link to the Padlet and they can add text, pictures, comment on others’ work or information. Padlet is an easy to use, accessible on a device or laptop, visually appealing, and has many different uses. There […]
A3: Global Virtual Collaboration
Originally posted by Sam Zimmer August 3 2018. Hi all, For my forecasting project, I chose to examine the opportunity for global virtual collaboration among students. Given my own background as a remote worker, and the growing reliance on digital technologies to connect geographically dispersed teams, I felt that this would be a pertinent topic. […]
A3 The Future of Slide Presentations- Nearpod
Originally posted by Stefanie Nitta on August 2018 Hi everybody, I was inspired by the plethora of resources that has been shared in this class, but questioned which one can meet the needs of multiple functions with simplicity and ease. This brought me back to one of my original posts about Nearpod. Though it already […]
Do you know any good apps??
By on September 26, 2013 One of my least favourite questions that I receive as an educational technology consultant is, “Do you know any good apps?” The reason I dislike this question is because I feel it does students a great disservice. Too often I see iPads and the like loaded up with hundreds off […]
Scavenger Hunt meets Augmented Reality
I came across this AR app while reading an article on EdSurge. Scavengar offers a fun game that can be used in Education. You can complete Scavengar’s made by other people or create your own right on your mobile device. I could see myself creating a scavengar hunt for Lab Safety and important items around […]
A1: Noticing tools — Serious play for math and science learning
By Kim Ducharme on February 10, 2019 Have you ever wondered if there was a better way to learn math and physics than through text books and tests? Meet the Noticing Tools suite of apps — a great use of mobile technology for teaching middle and high school students how to notice and actively understand the world around them […]
Chatbots: Mediating Mobile Learning
By j christopher stanger on March 22, 2019 Chatbots are computer dialogue programs using artificial intelligence (AI) that carry out conversations with real people either by text or voice interaction. Chatbots are designed to pass the Turing test and convincingly impersonate real people within a human to AI interaction. This A3 explores the promising affordances of chatbots as virtual assistants in […]
Fake News and Media Literacy
By Amanda Iadeluca on June 8, 2018 In February, I attended the Reading for the Love of It Conference in Toronto. One of the workshops that caught my eye was about Fake News and was presented by Joyce Grant, a freelance journalist, children’s author and one of the creators of the website http://teachingkidsnews.com/. The objective of the website is to help […]
Online DIY Communities as Teachers
By michael hengeveld on June 8, 2018 For mobile technology, I wanted to put a plug here for the rise of the online DIY community and its growing role in education. In the last month of school, all the students in our STEM program do passion projects–it is glorious mayhem. Because they are all doing different things, […]