Jamie Mayo
A3: Using Technology to Assist in Physical Literacy
Here is a link to my Forecasting submission. I’ve also embedded the youtube video here as well. Follow-up to video: A classmate pointed out that the video didn’t spend too much time diving into how the app would work. Here is a short paragraph adding a bit more detail: I envisioned this movement tracking app […]
A2: Week 12 Siri and Her Siblings
Hosted by Jamie Mayo Welcome to our last week of the Moveable Feast! This topic was a lot of fun to research and explore. I hope that you’ll find the information enclosed pertinent and useful for your own educational endeavours. I decided to focus on the most popular current smart assistants (Siri, Alexa and Google […]
A1: Mobile Ethical Shopping Movement
Hello everyone, Ethical shopping is something that has become much more main stream as online shopping has unlocked a whole new world of shopping possibilities. I have created a Google sites to dive into this subject for my A1 project. I should note that I am an elementary school junior/intermediate teacher, and when creating this […]
Mobile Time Management with Flipd (App)
This post was encouraged in part by Maria Agop’s post about the app “Headspace for Kids”. Headspace is a great app, and as Maria mentions, mindfulness can be beneficial for really, anyone. As I was reading this post, I thought about the fact that one of the things that we encourage kids (and ourselves really) […]
Garmin Jr. – Gamifying Movement for Kids
As an elementary school teacher that has a passion for physical movement and physical literacy, I am interested in educational tools that encourage kids to move. Although the Garmin Jr. app wouldn’t currently be easily integrated into the classroom (due to the limitations of needing to own specific kid friendly Garmin watches), this is still […]
Hello from Southwestern Ontario!
Hello everyone, My Name is Jamie Mayo, and I am currently beginning my fifth and six courses in the MET program. So far I have thoroughly enjoyed the program, and found each course I’ve taken to be quite different, but beneficial in its own way. I think the easiest way to introduce myself is to […]