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Webcams and Virtual Field trips: engagement and real-world connections!

Posted in Blog Posts, Not Subject Specific | Tagged with ets, interactivity, lesson planning, multimodal, resources, sandbox session, science, skype, video, webcam

Real-world experiences, even those mediated by digital technologies such as web-cams, increase student motivation, engagement and learning at all grade levels (NREL, 2005).

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Word Clouds

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, Active Learning, K-3, Not Subject Specific, Resource | Tagged with apps, Assessment, assistive technology; accessibility, data visualization, Free, interactivity, Language Arts, student response system, student response systems, word cloud, wordle

A word cloud is a cluster of words that responsively shows most used words as larger or more pronounced that lesser used words. It is a form of data visualization sometimes called ‘text’ or ‘tag’ clouds. You sometimes see a word cloud to represent the tags used for posts on a blog. A word cloud […]

PhET Interactive Simulations

PhET Interactive Simulations

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, English, Open Educational Resources, Post Secondary, Resource | Tagged with active learning, engagement, experiment, Free, french, game, interactivity, lesson plans, math, science, Simulations

PhET Interactive Simulations are research-based interactive tools that you can use to teach and learn physics, chemistry, math, biology and other sciences. As a teacher, you can select from the current simulation collections based on your subject and, using this free, open source technology, you can design your own simulation or modify the current ones […]

Technologies in the classroom with Japanese exchange instructors

Technologies in the classroom with Japanese exchange instructors

Posted in Blog Posts | Tagged with apps, Assessment, blog, engagement, evaluation, interactivity, Language Arts, multimedia, student response system, student response systems, Teacher Use, workshop

Assessing and integrating digital technologies is of interest to educators around the world. In July 2017, Liza Navarro, TLEF graduate academic assistant, and Wendy Zhang, TLEF co-op student, had the opportunity to interact with a group of English teachers from Tokyo, Japan who were visiting UBC as part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education […]

Unplugged Coding : integrating coding activities in your classroom

Unplugged Coding : integrating coding activities in your classroom

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, AppliedDesignSkillsTechnologies, English, K-3, Resource | Tagged with ADST, algorithms, Free, interactivity, makerspace, programming, STEM, Teacher Use, unplugged coding

Unplugged Coding is a collection of learning activities that introduce coding and programming through engaging games that only use cards, crayons, markers, etc. For younger students, teachers can skip the detailed concepts of computer coding and give them a better understanding of basic computer science knowledge and inspire them for future exploration. For all learners, […]


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