Aiann Oishi
A3 – FirstYearU: Mobile Calendar App + Well-being
As students, your time and mental health are valuable. What if you had a calendar that could help protect and balance both? For my A3, I created a prototype for a mobile calendar app called FirstYearU, targeting students in their first year of post-secondary studies. The project deliverables include a mobile website pitch and an […]
White Papers: Smart Campuses, IoT and AI
Following on the heels of last week’s 5G OER, I wanted to share three white papers I encountered during my research for A1 and A3. While I still rely on peer-reviewed publications, I find white papers make complex ideas more approachable and understandable. As white papers typically are produced by corporations with a vested stake […]
A1 – NFCs and Smart Campuses [Explainer Video]
Why the interest in near field technology and smart campuses? I think of near field communications (NFCs) as the understated member of the mobile technology family. Yet, I was surprised by how saturated NFC is in our existing technological ecosystem. According to the NFC Forum (2019): Two billion NFC-enabled devices like a smartphone are in use today […]
SketchBook: Fine Arts STEM and STEAM
Originally posted By michael cebuliak on June 10, 2018 I wish that my choice of app be considered in amongst a myriad of other mobile apps for artists, or those that wish to foster the development of creativity. SketchBook is a rather robust app that lets one play around with brushes, canvases, perspective, layers, filters… It’s pretty […]
Mobile technology is warping our memories…
Originally posted By vivien kamhoua on June 10, 2018 … How sustainable are the cognitive changes that mobile technology is bringing into education? With mobile devises, the need and pressure to memorise information is fading. Instead of memorising information, learners tend to retain how they can retrieve these information by storing them, or creating a secure path […]
Big White Wall: anonymous, digital mental health support
Big White Wall is a fully anonymous, peer-to-peer virtual community that is moderated by trained professionals 24/7. The platform also offers tools such as self-assessments and self-guided courses, based on clinical expertise. In Canada, it’s available for free to students, employees, residents, active members and veterans of the Armed Forces, who live in Alberta and […]
Mobile Phones & #MedEd
Originally posted By allison burnett on January 17, 2019 Mobile devices and social media platforms are transforming how medical students access educational resources, and collaborate with peers as students and practitioners, and conduct their work. The medical education space and the profession as a whole are both trying to keep up with the rapid pace of change […]
Augmented Eternity and the Digital Afterlife
Originally posted By Marc Tavares on January 16, 2019 When we send our friends a text, post to Instagram, or write a review on Yelp, we’re sharing a piece of who we are through the data that’s created. What if this data could be used to create an online version of ourselves that lives on after we’re […]
Daylio – Data Mining to Improve Self-Awareness
Originally posted By ariana debreuil on January 8, 2019 This is a resource I was shown a couple of years ago when on the topic of mindfulness in the classroom. Daylio is an intuitive, user-friendly, easy to use way to record your mood. This can have applications outside of the classroom of course but in terms […]
Google Arts and Culture Mobile App
Originally posted By stephanie kwok on January 14, 2019 An app that I’d like to share is the ‘Google Arts and Culture’ app for mobile devices. As an art teacher with interests in technology, I find that this is a good fusion of both curricular areas. It puts a modern spin on things when incorporated into […]