Mobile Financial Calculators
The new British Columbia K-12 curriculum and graduation program incorporates financial literacy in mathematics and career education, as well as applied design and technology. This year I decided to use a financial calculator mobile App (as opposed to using TI-83 graphing calculators in the past) to teach Foundations of Mathematics 12 students the importance of […]
Eye Movement Tracking Technology
Eye tracking technology has progressed so much in the past few decades and particularly the past few years. As technology becomes more and more sophisticated, eye tracking technology is finding its way into more areas of society and possibly soon into our everyday lives through our mobile devices, computers and televisions. One of the main […]
Real-time Safety
This morning my sister texted me to be on guard in my neighborhood because of recent crime reports. Coincidentally, I had been reading this research article about a possible solution to local crime incidences. Purnomo, Indriasari, Anindito, Andrean, Prasetyo (2019) discuss their research on CrimeID, a crowdsharing platform, tested in Indonesia, in which community members […]
Are those reviews reliable?
How many of us check out ratings and reviews for restaurants, hotels, businesses, and apps? How many of us ignore anything under 4 stars? Now how many of us consider how reliable those reviews actually are? In an effort to eliminate apps that they find disagreeable, students have found a way to leverage the power […]
Memrise App – Anytime Anyplace Vocabulary Learning
Memrise is a mobile app designed to help users retain specific amounts of vocabulary in a subject area (Math, Chemistry), a language, or other topic of interest. Quizzes and questions are alternative methods that Memrise uses to keep users interested in their learning. For an ESL instructor like myself, this is interesting since the traditional […]
Discord and Slack App used for education
With the outbreak of pandemic last year, the students as well as teachers started finding new ways to communicate and collaborate for learning and group work. The use of technologies like Zoom, Google Classroom, Microsoft Team increased by leaps and bounds to fulfil the need of educators and learners. With the increase in demand of […]
Is Animal Crossing Educational?
I will be the first to admit that Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) has been a welcome distraction for me throughout the past year. At the beginning of this term I saw Mel’s post about Animal Crossing as a Mobile Cultural phenomenon and I began thinking a bit more critically about the game when I […]
A quick and dirty introduction to QR codes
What are QR codes? A QR code (originally short for Quick Response code) is a machine-readable barcode that can be scanned and interpreted by dedicated scanners, or – more importantly to us – nearly any mobile device with a camera. Users of IOS11 or higher and some Android users will find they have native support […]
Unintended Consequences Of Technology
Throughout the MET we’ve all been tasked with showcasing and utilizing a new technology. While new technologies present endless possibilities for advancements it’s important to think of the potential consequences of this technology. Are they all positive or are there some negatives? Do you have any potential consequences you can think of?
Designing with purpose
Two of the most important characteristics of good design are discoverability and understanding. Don Norman (2013 p. 3) I am reading Don Norman’s book, “The Design of Everyday Things.” In his book, Don Norman describes the importance of good design. His examples range from doors to teapots to nuclear power plants. However, his model remains […]