Welcome to IED 336 – Technology Innovation in Indigenous Education

Topic 1 & 2 – June 3 – Welcome to EDCI 336! & Orientation to the Technology
Stz’uminus – 9:00am-3:00pm

  • Activity: Team building exercise using educational technologies
  • Review course outline expectations
  • Activity: Begin a personal WordPress website setup
  • 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 – June 5 – Most Likely to Succeed, Privacy, & Open Education
Zoom – 1:00pm-4:00pm

  • 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 & 5 – June 10 – Multimedia Learning, Screencasting & Video Editing & Technology & Inclusion
Stz’uminus – 9:00am-3:00pm

  • Video Editing, Screen Capture & Interactive Videos
  • Activity: Create a video & post it to your personal WordPress website
  • 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 – June 12 – EdTech Learning Theories in Practice
Zoom – 1:00pm-4:00pm

  • SAMR & Triple-E 
  • Activity: Infographics with Canva

Topic 7 & 8 – June 17 – Multi-Access Learning, Flipped Learning & Lesson Plans & Differentiated Instruction & Active Learning
Stz’uminus – 9:00am-3:00pm

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

Topic 9 – June 19 – Generative AI in Teaching & Learning: Automate the Mundane not the Mind
Zoom – 1:00pm-4:00pm

  • 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 – June 24 – Computational Thinking, Vibe Coding Educational Games & Interactive Stories
Stz’uminus – 9:00am-3:00pm

  • 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
  • Optional Activity: Vibe Code a custom educational game
  • Activity: Work on lesson activities & lesson plan

Topic 11 – June 26 – Games in Education
Zoom – 1:00pm-4:00pm

  • Explore how digital and physical games can enrich the learning experience.
  • Activity: Play and evaluate two educational games
  • Optional Activity: Vibe Code a custom or localized educational game
  • Activity: Work on lesson activities & lesson plan

Topic 12 – July 3 – Citizenship Online – Privacy, Safety, Bullying, Consent
Zoom – 9:00am-3:00pm

  • Explore the online aspects of privacy, safety, bullying, and consent
  • Activity: Google yourself
  • Activity: Play the “Is My Phone Listening to Me?” game
  • Activity: Work on lesson activities & lesson plan

Topic 13 – July 8 – Lesson Plan Presentations & EdTech Topic Chosen by Vote
Stz’uminus – 1:00pm-4:00pm

  • Activity: Lesson Plan presentations
  • Activities: We will vote to work on one of the following:
    • 3D Printing
    • Create Custom Language Learning Web Applications Without Coding
    • Smart Phone Photography
    • Creating 360 Tours & Narrative Maps
    • Death by PowerPoint (Creating Persuasive & Engaging Presentations)
    • Zine Making (paper format -or- digital format with Canva)

Topic 14 – July 10 – Reflecting on the Term
Stz’uminus – 1:00pm-4:00pm

  • Review major take-aways from the course
  • Activity: Individual & then group reflection on personal course highlights
  • Activity: Personal Sketchnote review of the course