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Category: Educational Technology Presentation

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What Makes a Good Classroom Blog/Website?

November 21, 2022 / / 0 Comments

Check out our Google Slide Presentation or learn the information directly on this blog post!!!!

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Easy set up

Add all your students and link them to a parent.

Teachers, students and parents each have their own platform to work from.

  • Sweet Avatars for students to create.
  • Teachers can add photos, assignments and messages
  • Students can add photos and assignments.

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  • EASY TO SET UP/CREATE
    • EASY TO EDIT
  • FREE 
  • EASY TO ACCESS – DON’T NEED A SEPARATE APP OR LOGIN – EASY ON PARENTS (PUBLIC)
  • CAN BE USED BY STUDENTS AS WELL AS PARENTS
  • LIMITED EDITING OPTIONS
  • GOOD TO KEEP STUDENTS AND GUARDIANS UP TO DATE

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  • Parent-teacher communication
  • FREE for everyone
  • Accessed on pc (website) or smartphone (app)

  • Relatively easy to create & update
  • Private, public, or company use- can add registration 
  • Fill and submit forms
  • Direct contact button

Site exploration

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  • SET UP AN ACCOUNT AS THE TEACHER, AN ACCOUNT FOR EVERY STUDENT AND INVITE FAMILIES TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT TO ALLOW FOR OPEN COMMUNICATION
  • TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT PROFESSIONALISM ONLINE, TEACH THE STUDENTS WHEN TO SHARE AND WHEN NOT TO 
  • CREATE FOLDERS FOR EASY ORGANIZATION OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND WORK

  • UPLOAD PERMISSION FORMS DIRECTLY TO THE PARENTS
  • CREATE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CONVERSATIONS TO COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS AND STUDENTS ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS
  • TEACH STUDENTS TO USE TECHNOLOGY IN A SAFE PRIVATE MANNER

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What kind of things make a class website or blog “good”?

1. cost

Preferably FREE

2. accessibility

  • Is the website/blog easy for students/parents to navigate?
  • Can you view the website/blog from multiple devices?

3. privacy

  • Password protected?
  • Can anyone view the class blog/website?

References

Class Dojo

Jotform

Seesaw

Google Sites

EDCI Presentation’s Overview Day 2

November 15, 2022 / / 0 Comments
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Minh Pham

How can Virtual Reality Experiences be used in the classroom?

Types of Virtual Reality:

Headset on and see environment (Virtual Reality)

  • Virtual Reality: player puts on a headset and is fully immersed in the environment displayed by the headset
  • Augmented reality: player puts on a headset/glasses and you see the data from the glasses overlaid over their normal surroundings
  • Extended reality: merges the two realities. Unattainable for classroom use, currently for military accesses, pilots….

PlayStation Titanic VR:

Playstation is an example of a tethered VR as the processes are uploaded directly into the source!

What do you need? headset, led light remotes, camera on tv (track movements using light).

contains inside out tracking: cameras in headset tracking pieces of information (stand alone technology)

Learn history and physically BE A PART of the titanic

PROS: ENGAGING, new way to learn (novel), hands on, tech continues to advance and is only getting better!

CONS: outdated software (cost to update), set up time (can be complicated to set up the first time), limited educational software (lots of video games), motion sickness

Smart phone VR: Librarium, Hand Physics Lab, Nanome, Star Chart

What you need: contained devices (like a computer) with all the tech you will need!

These are great for free inquiry’s, creating a virtual study room, online notes and learning materials that may not be accessible in a classroom!

PROS: ENGAGING, hands on, novel, simple set up, portable, affordable (single cost to operate), open source activities (lots of options!), own browser in device, options for software support

CONS: you need to set up every time, gaming device bias, simplified graphics, you need to recharge device, students with physical disabilities may struggle with it (this is a project they are work on)

Overall VR is a way to get kids EXCITED for learning in a modern new way that is always growing and improving. It provides kids opportunities to explore tech and be a part of places they could only dream of seeing!

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How can Virtual Fieldtrips be used in a classroom?

  • take students on virtual tours from the comfort of the classroom
  • supplement students learning using (jamboard, quizlet)
  • engage students in opportunities they may not otherwise have
  • motivate the students to learn

Kindergarten Virtual Field Trip

virtual trip to the zoo!

activity ideas: create their own habitat, field trip passport, teacher can create their own personalized virtual tour

make it special with costumes, decorations, art, make it feel like a field trip not just a video!

Grade 8 Virtual Field Trip

Mount St Helens

activiy ideas: jam board check ins, allow students to record questions on jamboard and after doing the research as a class create a YOUTUBE video to answer the students questions, student made quizzes

PROS

  • engaging
  • no physical limitations
  • accessible to all students
  • can be fit to student interests
  • teaches student internet safety
  • helps visual learners

CONS

  • potential tech issues
  • how to get funding?
  • how to get students moving?

ethical note: be sure to demonstrate best practices and pay for the products you use, this is someone’s work!

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EDCI Presentation’s Overview Day 1

November 8, 2022 / / 0 Comments

Over the last month our class has been working on creating projects to answer important questions on using technology as a classroom tool you can find my project under Educational Technology Presentation but here is what I learned from my classmates:

How can we create a more inclusive classmate using tech?

The goal is to provide resources to allow all students to be engaged and for the teacher to be able to reach all their students!

Virtual Classroom

zoom lectures

Teams

blackboard websites

google classroom

(online resources to provide the lesson to students either in real time or posted to access at any time)

Immersive reader

reading support system

there is a google chrome immersive reader extension to use for any website and device

Nearpod

collaborative boards that can be presented live or student paced (code protected)


Pros

  • students can work at their own pace
  • revisit lecture from class
  • available anytime anywhere
  • keep up on classwork if you miss a day
  • students can have a voice online if they feel less comfortable speaking out

  • translates for learning English
  • excellent for students with difficulty reading screens
  • you can colour coordinate parts of speech (verbs, nouns…)
  • user chooses the speed of reader and can pause on tricky words
  • offers independent choices for extra support

  • has a whiteboard to interact with lesson during a presentation
  • student results are emailed right to the teacher
  • lots of features to keep students engaged
  • student paced
  • has built in immersive reader
  • audio submission options if typing is a challenge
  • assign pods for virtual collaboration
  • you can add a coteacher

Cons

  • learning curve
  • inaccessible to some (must have tech at home)

  • students could rely on immersive reader but it may not always be available
  • cost to use
  • tech does not always work or is not always available

  • requires individual tech that is not always accessible
  • students may face temptation to use their device for games rather than learning
  • site does not support canav
  • internet could fail, have a backup plan
  • has American based materials

How does Technology supports diverse learners?

Technology can help to create an inclusive environment, adapt for student needs, engage students, allow for differential instruction.

Seeing AI– free app to describe people, text, objects to you and uploads the page directly to a digital file.

PROS: -speak to text – uses camera phone (accessible to most students

-describes a photo or face to students with visual impairments -reads text to help

students read – transfers scribe to create digital files

CONS: – digital voice can be hard to understand – minor description glitches (age,

race, sensitivity concerns)

Eye Gaze Tech: It uses eye movement tracking to control the computer and make selections by blink activation, a manual switch or dwell for selection (stare at screen for a set amount of seconds to make selection

PROS: – helps with mobility disabilities, cerebral palsy, autism…. – easy to learn

and use – allows students independence – used to diagnose visual disabilities

– has been used to diagnose autism as early as 6 months – helps students

communicate effectively – has games to practice using the technology –

students can create PowerPoints for school

CONS: – expensive – not accessible for everyone

Immersive reader: used to read text out loud, edit student work, draw focus to specific words for student learning.

PROS: -change colour to learn vocabulary (nouns, verbs) – highlight words

student needs help with – changes line spacing ( helps with visual disabilities)

– helpful to teachers, students with ADD, vision impairments, autism, dyslexia

– free with Microsoft account (most schools supply)

CONS: – can be loud and require headphones,

Breathe Think Do with Sesame Street: this is a game where you work through activities with a buddy monster

PROS: -reads to you – works on problem solving – helps with behavior issues – helps students monitor breathing – helps students be independent

CONS: – not very customizable would be cool to create a schedule for the student

in the game to work on routines

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