Culturally Responsive Teaching and Online Learning
Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) is a pedagogy that incorporates the student’s background knowledge of personal experience and identity with learning. The assumption is that this teaching method unravels the “barriers of universal design in teaching” (Rhodes & Schmidt, 2018). For the online classroom, applying this theory may be challenging. Establishing inclusion, developing attitudes, enhancing meaning […]
Crowdcast does something Zoom can’t
I recently attended a Crowdcast webinar on a particular software I’d like to learn to use. I often find webinars boring because of their one-sided download of information, but I was interested in the subject matter and the speaker so I decided to give it a try. The actual experience was completely different from what […]
Virtual Onboarding Success Story
As someone who has been in the software education field for several years, I have come across many different examples of Mobile Education. However, the one that is top of mind, is the PointClickCare Onboarding program. PointClickCare, for those who don’t know, is a healthcare software used in long term care facilities, home care, and […]
Desmos and GeoGebra
Graphing can be fun! I use Desmos and GeoGebra almost every day in my Math class. These are available online as well as on iOS and Android devices. Students can easily download the apps and use them on their mobile devices for free. Both of these tools have interactive activities and games available for different […]
Socratic by Google – mobile education assistant
Socratic is the helper students need when they’re not connected with their teacher. This free app will answer a question that is spoken, typed, or photographed by finding online resources to help learn the answer. Aimed at high-school and post-secondary students, this app offers more refined results than a general internet search, in order to […]
Micro:Bits, Radio games for the emerging gamer.
While Micro:Bits are typically used as a device for teaching students how to code, there is also a lot of value and functionality in using it as a game device. During the pandemic, I worked with elementary students as a Computer Science teacher. I wanted to include mobile devices in my lessons. The problem? None […]