UBC Scarfe Lab Accounts

UBC Scarfe Lab Accounts

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Hot off the Presses!
We’ve had many students and instructors asking about registering for computer lab accounts since the closure of Room 1. Just this week, we received the following information:

“With the closure of Room 1, students can now register for computer lab accounts in the Education Library. All the public computers now have access.

Register from Education Library computers only: http://lab.cms.educ.ubc.ca:3000/register/

Note that it can take up to one business day for computer lab account registrations to be processed.”

Hope this helps!

iPad Possibilities

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Moving from a knowledge-transfer teaching stance towards a more personalized and active approach where students are co-creating knowledge is within reach in many of today’s classrooms. The iPad as an innovative and accessible technology affords so many possibilities. With it’s long battery life, built in messaging, camera, GPS and accelerometer, the iPad truly does allow us to do more than replace existing technology.

I recently came across a comprehensive blog site. The author, Ian Wilson, an ‘Apple Distinguished Educator’ describe the iPad as ‘Agile’ and, in my opinion, he’s right about this and other handheld devices. It allows you to do much of what existing tech can do and more. It basically melds a number of devices into one neat package. Visit Ian’s blog for some interesting applications and ideas.

As a University instructor without access to a class set of iPads, you might ask: how can I harness the power of this device? I would be happy to sit down and co-plan or brainstorm some ideas that will help you set your students on the road to integrating tech in their own classrooms!

Drop into the Digital Sandbox in Scarfe 155 Tuesday or Wednesdays at noon this winter or contact me to set up a specific time for you.    yvonne.dawydiak@ubc.ca

Download the iPad Possibilities handout from our Fall session.  Sandbox_iPadPossibilities_Oct2013

Become a Discovery Educator

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Looking for a digital media library? Wishing to Connect with educators who are passionate about using digital media? Want to  share with and learn from others?

Visit: http://www.discoveryeducation.com/community/about.cfm

Become a STAR Discovery Educator. It’s easy. Just remember STAR:

S – Share something you’ve learned  about using Discovery Education resources with
your colleagues

T – Teach your colleagues about this idea or strategy

A – Assist your colleagues as they implement this idea or strategy

R – Report what you’ve done. Connect with others who hold an interest in technology integrated teaching and learning!   http://app.discoveryeducation.com/

 

Tech Integrated Lesson Planning

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Like all good lesson planning, planning with a mind to technology integration should begin with your learning outcomes – not necessarily just the Ministry Prescribed “PLO’s”, but also your ‘big picture’ goals and learning targets.

Consider HOW your students will share, develop, create and apply knowledge and how you will assess their learning. Further, you’ll need to consider their background knowledge, skills and attitudes with respect to the technology being used. Is the digital technology being used intuitive? Are there skills that will require pre-teaching or will incidental learning suffice?

Below are some links to support lesson planning with technology as an integral component:

ISTE Standards (formerly called NETS) The International Society for Technology in Education standards provide

Using Model Strategies to Integrate Technology into Teaching (an ISTE resource)

Consider a constructivist approach to teaching and learning – employ strategies such as POE (Predict, Observe, Explain); CCM or CIM; Constructivist Lesson Planning Guides; Dowload a template/guide to get started; Use the ‘5 E’ Model for planning.

Grade 10 Physics example

or Try this model (EXAMPLE in practice – gr. 2 Water Cycle)

  • Orientation (Activating prior knowledge and developing motivation)
  • Elicitation (Current understanding of the concept is explored – i.e. through POE)
  • Restructuring Ideas (sharing and clarifying meaning – includes construction of new ideas, evaluating and applying new ideas)
  • Review (reflect, draw conclusions and infer)
  • Extension

(The about framework is modeled after a teaching and learning sequence described by Driver and Oldham in Matthews, M. R. (1994). Science Teaching. New York: Routledge, chapter 7)

Tech Integration Lesson Planning Template: TechIntegrationLessonPlan

ReadWriteThink ready made lesson plans, online interactives and planning templates

Media Smarts – Searchable by province and grade level – lessons developed to help integrate tech into various subject areas and also ‘media literacy’ lesson plans

ThinkPort database of lesson plans

Visit the Scarfe Sandbox this week to explore and learn more!

iPad Possibilities

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Technology use for technology’s sake is not what we are striving for in education today. Transforming learning by providing opportunities that would not otherwise be afforded is a goal that, with emerging technologies and increased access, may be achievable. This transformation can be as simple as allowing for as-needed differentiation, as is the case when providing a student with the option to audio record, video record or ‘screen capture’ record his/her ideas or can include such opportunities as sharing their ideas and creations with a larger audience online.

Explore some ways to connect with students and provide for interactivity – my top 5 apps for student engagement and expression (including some that are cross platform!). Download the Handout for more information.

Sandbox_iPadPossibilities_Oct2013

Always explore with a critical eye and ask yourself key questions such as:
• Is it intuitive?
• Is it interactive? Does it support content creation and collaboration?
• Can you edit once you’ve started?
• Can work be easily exported?

Some ‘current’ favourite Apps for student ‘content’ creation (as selected by 3rd & 7th graders). Download the hand outs for more info on each!

ComicLife – This intuitive app allows students to create comic book style pages using their own photos, imported images and text bubbles. It has a wide variety of fonts, tools and layouts available to create very individual works of art. Also available on MAC and PC desktop and laptops.

Inspiration – I love Concept Mapping software. It allows for a great deal of self-expression and allows the student to experiment with categorizing and organizing his/her thoughts, images & concepts. This software, along with the more ‘primary-oriented’ Kidspiration is intuitive with a large clip art gallery. Available on iPad, MAC and PC and online via Webspiration.

White Board Style apps:
All have community forums and include camera, photo import, drawing and text tools. I find these highly useful for pre-, post-, and formative assessment as well as storytelling.
• ShowMe : intuitive, single page; no editing once you begin recording.
• ExplainEverything Multi-page; editing features

Watch for more App favourites coming soon and visit the ERAC Commons site for teacher tested and rated apps.

 

 

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