What is Augmented Reality? Augmented Reality is the use of technology to superimpose an image seen through a camera which provides a composite view of the user’s reality. This can be used in the classroom to provide students with historic … Continued
Coding is a very useful skill for teachers to have as coding can be integrated into subjects other than tech and math such as art and music. Rich McCue has created a useful document on his blog for those looking … Continued
Although it may not seem likely, Minecraft can be a valuable educational tool. If you are not familiar with Minecraft, it is a game where players can create or destroy their environment using 3D blocks; gameplay can also involve survival, … Continued
What is EdCamp Victoria? EdCamp is a new way to facilitate Professional Development Days for K-12 public school teachers that is more personalized and focused with a variety of topics that are important to teachers rather than designated topics for … Continued
For my EdTech research I’m examining what websites or programs are available for French Immersion students to practice at home. The requirements for these programs are that they must be accessible from home, free or available for a low price, … Continued
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Today we visited the Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry (PSII) where we had the ability to explore the school and had a talk with the principal of the school, Jeff Hopkins. PSII is a private high school located in … Continued
Today we were introduced to different video editing platforms and did some introductory exercises. The recommended tool to use was iMovie because it is quite user friendly. Unfortunately, iMovie is only available on devices running MAC and requires at least … Continued
September 23rd, 2019 Throughout my short time in this course I have been reintroduced to many platforms that can be used for professional communication; such as, Twitter and Tweetdeck One that we are using between teacher and student is Trello. … Continued
We set up our blogs today, we were given complete freedom to customize the appearance of our blogs. To ensure we are meeting our competencies we learned how to create categories and tags to help us and our prof see … Continued