Mobile in a World with AI
Have you ever thought what the world may look like with AI? Some of the leading thinkers of our day have much to say in how AI will change the way we think, work, and live. Though we cannot change how AI learns we can make decisions as to which courses of action we are […]
Data-Driven Journey Mapping
The technology I want to focus on for my Week 2 Content Curation assignment is Journey Mapping tools. Some examples include Ethnographic Insight, Crazy Egg, Clicktale and/or MouseStats.
Using mobile tech as a storytelling tool for preschoolers
Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs are often wary of mobile technology. Privacy concerns among parents are high and research shows children under the age of 2 should avoid screen time altogether. Additionally, administrators and teachers may not be familiar with current technology and so even less likely to wade out into a potentially controversial or […]
Plickers for Quick Formative Assessment
Plickers is a free mobile app that can be used solely with a mobile device or with a mobile device and web browser. Much like Kahoot, Plickers is a formative assessment tool that teachers can use to poll students, review content or hold practice quizzes. Unlike Kahoot and other digital quiz platforms, Plickers does not […]
AI Adaptive Learning Pandemic Response
The web resource that I found aligns with the frontier poll topic of ‘Learning in a Time of Crisis” https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec523/2021/01/06/learning-in-a-time-of-crisis/‘. This article, released by Berkeley News, discusses research that focuses on the holes in education, with K-12 and post-secondary learning moving online during Covid. Issues that Lempinen (2020) brings up, include the lack of direct […]
AR Escape Rooms: The Power of Leadership, Teamwork, and Critical Thinking Skills
The most commonly requested fieldtrip over the past 4 years of teaching from my students has been to go and do an escape room. When they ask me to do this, I respond with: “Well, why don’t we make our own here?” Going to an escape room is extremely costly, though it has many incredible […]