In my ETEC 533 class we are discussing how embodied learning can be achieved by portable, hand-held and virtual reality (VR) technologies. As part of this module we were asked to research one or more of these topics and reflect on our findings. I chose to discuss and reflect upon the areas of virtual reality […]
Tag: inquiry
“Information Visualization”
I am grateful to be teaching in the technology-infused, connected world we live in today. As an educator the internet offers a vast array of resources that can be easily implemented in your average secondary classroom to meet information, communication and technology (ICT) outcomes and course outcomes or simply making a difficult concept easier for […]
Teaching Earth Sciences and Planetary Motion
Many science teachers struggle to with lessons surrounding Earth Sciences. Explaining the planetary motions that give rise to day, night, seasons, differences in insolation and tides are not simple, concrete topics that students can easily grasp. I have struggled with teaching lessons surrounding these and similar ideas in my own Science 10 classes. I believe […]
Jasper Series Impressions – 2
I must say after discussing the Jasper project with my colleagues and classmates we all agree that there is a lot to admire in the Jasper approach. To really integrate real worl learning into a classroom is hard to do and the group at CTGV have created a great resource in the Jasper Woodbury Problem […]
Jasper Series Impressions
Teachers often labour to anchor learning in a realistic and applicable context and with firsthand experience I must say it is no easy task. In an effort to develop material to cater to the instructional needs of teachers and learning needs of students the Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt (CTGV) developed the Jasper Woodbury […]
Pedagogical Design in Math and Science Education
As part of my ETEC 533 course, which focuses on technology in the science and math classroom, we were given the following quote: Kozma recommends that, “Designers should provide students with environments that restructure the discourse of …classrooms around collaborative knowledge building and the social construction of meaning” (Kozma, 2003, p.9). What do you think […]
What is Technology?
As part of my ETEC 533 course, which focuses on technology in the science and math classroom, we were given a list of metaphors and descriptors used to define technology. From these descriptions we were asked to identify which we identify with most and why.
Google Earth 5.0
Google Earth 5.0 was released last week and I have been meaning to post about it for some time now. A new feature added to Google’s already acclaimed software is the ability to step forward and backward through all available satellite imagery with a feature called “Historical Data”. This relates to research in my ETEC […]
Interview Reflection
It has been a few days since I conducted and analyzed an interview with a former teaching colleague J.P. as part of my ETEC 533 coursework (you can see that interview analysis here). As a continuation of that work my class has been discussing and reflecting upon the issue of educational technology, how our views […]
Teaching With Technology – Interview Analysis
Interviewee The interviewee was J.P. a junior high science teacher who teaches in rural Alberta. J.P. has a BSc and a BEd and has devoted most of his teacher preparation to the performing arts and general sciences. This is J.P.’s first full time teaching position and his second year teaching. He has received a variety […]