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Join us in Scarfe 155 for a Mystery Animal Skype. SandboxSkype_MysterySkype Handout On Tuesday, March 3rd, the Scarfe Digital Sandbox is hosting a ‘Mystery Animal Skype Session’. We will be Skyping with a kindergarten class who are learning about animals … Continue reading
A Student Response System is a wireless response system that allows individuals to request information and for students to respond by using a “clicker” or hand-held response pad to send his or her information to a receiver (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, n.d.). … Continue reading
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The elementary school experience today is vastly different from what it used to be like not too long ago. Thanks to the rapid development of various technologies, how they are used in classrooms has vastly evolved. Eight years ago in elementary school, … Continue reading
The SAMR Model was developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura as a way for teachers to evaluate how they are incorporating technology into their practice. This video on Common Sense Media gives a good overview of the model. SAMR stands for substation, augmentation, … Continue reading
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This week in the Scarfe Sandbox we explored some iPad apps that can support formative assessment (among other things). I frequently offer students the opportunity to share their learning using one of the ‘whiteboard’ style applications such as ‘Explain Everything’ … Continue reading
I recently came across a rather fanciful marketing video about Smart Boards that kind of blew my mind and also challenged me to consider the potential and possibilities of this technology. There are many Smartboards sitting idly in classrooms or … Continue reading
I was recently asked about Moodle and how to go about using it… I’m definitely not an expert in this Learning Management System but I have enjoyed messing about with it to create a course or two during my own … Continue reading
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