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ETEC 533 Final Reflection and Analysis

Post author By Michel
Post date April 15, 2009
Categories In Classroom Tools, ETEC 533, Online Tools, Teaching, Technology, Uncategorized
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Below you will find my final reflection post for ETEC 533.Â To see the article full screen please click here. Introduction When I started this ETEC 533 class I had a strong feeling that the activities and readings would help me to discover new interactions between learning and technology and further develop my understanding of […]

The Future of Online Learning Communities

Post author By Michel
Post date March 25, 2009
Categories In Classroom Tools, ETEC 533, MET, Teaching, Technology
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According to Bielaczyc and Collins (1999): “The defining quality of a learning community is that there is a culture of learning in which everyone is involved in a collective effort of understanding. There are four characteristics that such a culture must have: (1) diversity of expertise among its members who are valued for their contributions […]

“Information Visualization”

Post author By Michel
Post date March 16, 2009
Categories In Classroom Tools, ETEC 533, MET, Online Tools, Teaching, Technology
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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 […]

Jasper Series Impressions – 2

Post author By Michel
Post date February 26, 2009
Categories In ETEC 533, Teaching, Technology
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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.Â 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

Post author By Michel
Post date February 22, 2009
Categories In Classroom Tools, ETEC 533, Teaching, Technology
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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 […]

What is Technology?

Post author By Michel
Post date February 11, 2009
Categories In ETEC 533, MET, Teaching, Technology
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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.Â From these descriptions we were asked to identify which we identify with most and why.

Print What You like

Post author By Michel
Post date February 11, 2009
Categories In Classroom Tools, Online Tools, Teaching, Technology, Useful Tools
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This website allows you to select exactly what you want to print by simply pasting the URL and electing the areas.Â Here is a video of it in action: This is an especially handy digital tool for those having students do research and seeing that they are printing way too much.Â Ideally any notes could […]