Artificial Intelligence for mobile learning
AI technology is emerging in the educational context by bringing a new revolution in students’ learning experience as well as educators’ curriculum design. It’s potential is expanding from grading students, identifying the challenges in learning to giving a nudge to both student and teachers when required. Providing personalized learning to students and helping them make […]
iClicker: Instant feedback at your fingertips
Technology: iClicker is a unique form of open mobile learning that uses remotes, cellular phones/tablets to collect instant responses from students for the purpose of assessment. How it Works: Educators can pose questions to their students from within a classroom or through video conferencing applications. Students can then use their device along with their unique […]
SWORKIT-Fitness App for Physical Education
AT the start of the pandemic I really wanted a physical challenge or to learn a new skill. Our Phys. Ed. Teacher signed our school up for SWORKIT to engage our students remotely. I saw this as a wonderful opportunity to improve my exercise repertoire. After I completed a 10 000 Kettlebell Swing Challenge I […]
Seth Godin’s “Marketing Seminar”
https://akimbo.com/themarketingseminar Last year I took Seth Godin’s Marketing Seminar. For those who don’t know, he is a well known and well regarded expert on marketing and new trends in the new economy. He writes books, appears on YouTube, has a blog and podcast and offers other online courses such as the “Alt MBA”. One of […]
Scavenger Hunts: Field Trips for Remote Learners
Many of my teacher colleagues have been struggling to identify ways to engage their remote learners in place-based learning opportunities or field trips with the COVID-19 restrictions in place today. They are looking for meaningful experiences which will connect their students to the city, whether it be in identifying important landmarks, getting some good physical […]
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 […]