Gather.town
https://www.gather.town/education Gather.town is a freemium (free for <25 concurrent users) platform for virtual experiences. The UI is reminiscent of the early days of Pokemon (Gameboy Colour), and the UX is just about as mobile friendly. Personally, I feel this is a great way for classrooms and teams to collaborate while learning remotely, particularly when turning […]
Prodigy Math
Prodigy is a Math learning application that utilizes gamification for Grades 1-8. Teachers or parents can assign concepts to students or students can explore math strands that they want to independently. This draws on similarities to our content this week as it does allow for independence of students to search for content or learning that […]
Mobile Learning Platform: LinkedIn Learning
Surprisingly that no one has mentioned LinkedIn Learning under Mobile Education category. Because it has been a “close friend” to me since 2020 when I was introduced to LinkedIn Learning. UBC Student Career Centre notified me of this great learning platform when I first started the MET program. Since then I have been taking courses […]
Snap, Search & Learn
App developers are leveraging cameras on mobile devices in creative ways. Snapping a picture, and having databases match your search, is the new way to search for information and learn. Image recognition technology is speeding up our traditional information-seeking methods. PictureThis- Plant identifier App has users take a picture of a plant and the app […]
Flipped Classroom
Mobile education has a great start in the flipped classroom. The concept of a flipped classroom from conferences, professional development and learning I did was to create something that worked for you and your students. There was no one-size-fits-all. The idea of having rich, in-class learning where the building block videos could be watched at […]
Headspace for Kids – Teaching the Importance of a Healthy Mind
Many people, including myself, are witnessing the useful and positive effects of mindfulness: Reducing stress levels Improving concentration and organization Controlling emotions Why not introduce and teach our children the importance of a healthy mind and how to achieve these positive effects? We definitely want our children to be focused on their tasks and calm […]
Arist: The text based Microlearning platform
Learning can be time consuming, especially for continuing education/post graduate students. Maintaining a balance between work and study time can be difficult (especially if we have other responsibilities), finding time to learn is definitely a challenge. Microlearning is considered to be the more engaging, less time-consuming, and cheaper-to-produce sibling of regular eLearning. While it’s not […]
Quizlet – A Mobile AI Learning Assistant
My students are always looking for ways to test or quiz themselves on the content we are learning, however, are more inclined and motivated to do so through a mobile device. Although Quizlet has been around since 2015, there are continuous updates to the software to make studying more memorable and relevant. The app is […]
Photomath- A Virtual Math Tutor
A significant component of my job as a Grade 6/7 teacher is spent explaining the various nuances of different mathematics problems when practicing new concepts, but how do students fare when someone with “expert” (I loosely use that term) knowledge is not around to answer their questions and support them? Unless the student has another […]