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Can SmartPhones be more than just distractions, but actually help with homework? This week we will discuss different strategies to reduce social media distractions and check out some apps that can help turn our SmartPhones into a serious learning tool,… Continue Reading →
This week we are fortunate that Brittany Johnson, who is a French immersion K-12 educator in Victoria, BC, has taken the time out of their busy schedule to talk to us about her classroom management techniques, inquiry-based learning practice, and… Continue Reading →
This week we are going to engage in some professional development and personal learning networking (PLN) development. An EdCamp is an unconference, which is a user-generated conference. There is no rigid pre-selection of session topics planned in advance. Instead, ideas… Continue Reading →
This week will take a closer look at coding and computational thinking as cross-curricular tools we can use to enrich our curriculum, and potentially recommend tools our learners can use to aid them in their inquiries. I hope that there… Continue Reading →
Welcome to week 7! This week we will talk about two useful theoretical frameworks that can assist us in evaluating educational technologies now and into the future. For our hands-on lab time, we will learn to use a low-tech and… Continue Reading →
This week we’ll take a closer look at both Assistive Technologies that can help include and integrate students with special needs into educational settings with their peers without special needs. “Many students benefit from ensuring all content is fully accessible…. Continue Reading →
Welcome to Topic 5 of our class! Today, we will discuss different ways that 3D Design & 3D Printing might be helpful as pedagogical tools, depending on the ages and resources available to you in your classroom. While 3D printing… Continue Reading →
Welcome to Week 4 of our Class! This topic is top of mind for many educators are struggling to deal with how to address it with their students’ assignments, whether they don’t want their learners to use GenAI or if… Continue Reading →
Welcome to Week 3 of our Class! This topic is very important as it explores more deeply some practical guidelines for designing and creating effective multimedia learning materials which have become even more important during the era of remote and… Continue Reading →
Welcome to Week 2 of our class! The first week or so is always a learning curve as we set up our various tools and get oriented to BOTH the pedagogy of this class as well as the technology. I… Continue Reading →
Welcome to EDCI 336 – Technology Innovation in Education! I’m looking forward to getting to know each of you as we develop new skills and deepen our understanding of technology in your teaching and learning practice, and help you develop… Continue Reading →
We’re into the final stretch of our time together in 336, and while this isn’t our final week, we will be doing some reflecting this week on the major themes we’ve covered in the course, as well as choosing one… Continue Reading →
This week we are going to discuss the role that Flipped, Blended, Online, and Mult-Access Learning can play in our classrooms. Whether or not any of these modalities would be appropriate for your class is highly dependent on the age… Continue Reading →
I hope that you will find this week’s topic interesting, engaging, and a bit fun as we tackle Gaming and Gamification in Education. I’m looking forward to some good discussions and engaging hands-on experiences in our class time together. Enjoy!… Continue Reading →
This week should be both very informative, and fun! We are lucky that Jesse Millar has agreed to meet with us to talk about online privacy, safety, bullying and consent. After what is always an informative and interesting Q&A with… Continue Reading →