As graduate students participating in my online MET course “Mathematics and science teaching and learning with technology” finishing their projects, I would like to post the links to their projects, so other educators can benefit from them. I am always… Read moreEducational Tutorials: MET ETC 533 2015 Course
As I discussed earlier, this year I am teaching (for the second time,a s the previous time was in 2013) an online course on Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning with Technology. I say the second time, because the first… Read moreStudent Work in an Online MET STEM Course
As of now I have been teaching my on-line ETEC 533 course (Teaching mathematics and science through technology) for the last five weeks. As it is almost a half-course mark, it is time for me to ask myself what I… Read moreReflection on my first 5 weeks of ETEC533 online teaching
Yesterday I had an opportunity to watch a movie “The Imitation Game”. On first glance, the movie is about Alan Turing and how he and a team of brilliant young people were able to crack the Enigma code during WWII…. Read moreThe Imitation Game and Reflection on Teaching…
I would like to share this video. I think it is a very inspirational video, but I also think it is a troubling one. It shows that our society (luckily we are much better in Canada than in the US)… Read moreTaylor Mali: What do Teachers Make?
If you were to ask me why I like to teach my online ETEC 533 course – “Exploring Technology in Mathematics and Science classroom” so much, I will give you at least three reasons: a) The graduate students (we have 24… Read moreThe sun never sets on our ETEC 533 online course
In three weeks (on January 21st) I will be speaking at Nerd Nite Vancouver event: http://vancouver.nerdnite.com/. In 15 minutes I will have an opportunity to share with the audience ( I think these are people who might not be scientists… Read moreNerd Nite Vancouver
I had a very special opportunity to take part in an Educational Technology Conference organized at Technion by Professor Orit Hazzan and her colleagues this December. The conference focused on various uses of technology in STEM and engaging students in STEM… Read moreEducational Technology Conference in Technion, Israel
December is often the time when we think of our New Year resolutions. For some of us they stick, while for others, they fade away during the first few weeks of January. In this post, I would like to write… Read moreToastmasters and Teaching: New Years Resoluions
A new Canadian book on online education has been published recently. It is an edited book and I have a chapter in it. My chapter deals with online graduate education. I hope it will be of interest to colleague who… Read moreTeaching Online: Stories from Within
