Welcome to IED 336 – Technology Innovation in Indigenous Education

Topic 1 – May 6 – Welcome to EDCI 336!

  • Activity: Team building exercise using educational technologies
  • Review course outline expectations
  • Activity: Begin a personal WordPress website setup

Topic 2 – May 7 – Orientation to the Technology

  • Review technologies used in the day to day of our class
  • Activity: Complete setup of a personal WordPress website & customize it
  • Activity: Submit 1st blog post about the WordPress setup process

Topic 3 – May 11 – Most Likely to Succeed, Privacy, & Open Education

  • Watch and discuss Most Likely to Succeed 
  • FIPPA, Privacy and Consent 
  • Intellectual Property Open Educational Resources (OER)
  • Activity: Blog post with images, video, and audio

Topic 4 – May 12 – Multimedia Learning, Screencasting & Video Editing

  • Video Editing, Screen Capture & Interactive Videos
  • Activity: Create a video & post it to your personal WordPress website

Topic 5 – May 13 – Technology & Inclusion

  • Activity: Make photos & videos accessible
  • Activity: Test a document reader
  • Activity: Include an image & video in your blog post with accessibility features enabled

Topic 6 – May 14 – EdTech Learning Theories in Practice

  • SAMR & Triple-E 
  • Activity: Games for language acquisition
  • Activity: Infographics with Canva

Topic 7 – May 19 – Multi-Access Learning, Flipped Learning & Lesson Plans

  • Activity: Create a lesson plan

Topic 8 – May 20 – Differentiated Instruction & Active Learning

  • Activity: Sketchnoting
  • Activity: Arduino Science Journal
  • Activity: Create instruction based on lesson plan
  • Activity: Create or find activities based on lesson plan

Topic 9 – May 21 – Generative AI in Education: Automate the Mundane not the Mind

  • GenAI & academic assignments – encourage or discourage?
  • GenAI for teacher productivity
  • Activity: Using GenAI to assist in lesson plan creation
  • Activity: GenAI, learning objectives, & setting assignments
  • Activity: Work on lesson activities & lesson plan

Topic 10 – May 25 – Differentiated Instruction & Active Learning

  • Why learn to engage in computational thinking?
  • Key characteristics of gamification
  • Has GenAI powered vibe coding made traditional coding obsolete?
  • Activity: Coding with Elsa and Anna…
  • Activity: Interactive Storytelling with Twine

Topic 11 – May 26 – 3D Design & Printing + Games in Education

  • Activity: Create instruction based on lesson plan
  • Activity: Create or find activities based on lesson plan

Topic 12 – May 27 – Citizenship Online – Privacy, Safety, Bullying, Consent + Lesson Plan Presentations

  • Activity: Lesson Plan presentations part 1
  • Explore the online aspects of privacy, safety, bullying, and consent
  • Activity: Google yourself
  • Activity: Play the “Is My Phone Listening to Me?” game

Topic 13 – May 28 – Reflecting on the Term + Lesson Plan Presentations

  • Activity: Lesson Plan presentations part 2
  • Activity: Personal Sketchnote review of the course