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Hook ‘em – Using Visuals and Multimedia to Engage Students
A hook or activating strategy is intended to engage students and help them access and apply prior knowledge to the current concept, lesson or unit of study. Auseubel (1978), recognizes that the activation of prior knowledge helps to deepen learning … Continue reading
Posted in Activating Strategies, ets, Image Search, Lesson Planning, Sandbox Session
Tagged hooks, multimedia, scarfe sandbox, visuals
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iPad Possibilities
Technology use for technology’s sake is not what we are striving for in education today. Transforming learning by providing opportunities that would not otherwise be afforded is a goal that, with emerging technologies and increased access, may be achievable. This … Continue reading
Posted in Apps, ets, iPads, Sandbox Session, Storytelling
Tagged apps, iPad, scarfe sandbox
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Be SMART Savvy! IWB’s in education
Interactive WhiteBoards, like the SmartBoard, have become commonplace in many schools over the past decade. IWB’s afford access to a variety of learning styles and can support inclusion according to Universal Design for Learning theory (Pellerin, 2013). They promise the … Continue reading
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Tagged education, interactive whiteboards, scarfe sandbox
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Connected Classrooms – Skype
Having students interact with experts in the field, be they scientists, models of culture or language, educators or other professionals, can help to develop a sense of interconnectedness and allow students to see beyond the school walls. Such interactions should … Continue reading
Posted in ets, Interactivity, Sandbox Session, Social Networking
Tagged scarfe sandbox, Skype, social networking
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Content creation and curation
There has been an increasing shift over the past decade in the use of digital devices and media towards creation, storage and sharing and away from simple consumption. Given the many user-friendly digital tools now widely available, so-called amateurs are … Continue reading
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Tagged content creation, content curation, scarfe sandbox
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BYOD
Bring your own device is an emerging issue in education today. Please watch this page for more information and links (coming soon) For now, a link to a Prezi summarizing ways to leverage personal devices in the classroom for technology … Continue reading
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Drop-in and Play!
From noon til 1pm each Wednesday and Friday in the Library Computing Commons (room 155), we will offer drop-in workshop sessions about particular topics of interest to TC’s and Faculty alike. We hope you take advantage of one of these … Continue reading