This week I was able to explore the online narration/storytelling/movie editing tool VideoScribe. VideoScribe is a whiteboard style animated video that allows you to add text and audio files aimed at engaging your audience. According to their website, scribes are 15% more effective at getting your message remembered and transcends all age groups of learners. … Continue reading Week 4 Response →
Continue readingMeasurement with KHAAAAAANNNNNN Academy
Yes! Fist Pump! Ok, got it out of my system. I lied. One more time. Ok, finished. I promise! As a class, we are clearly winding up and barreling towards our major culminating task of creating an online learning experience. Dani and I are working together to design a unit that explores states of matter […]
Continue readingDigital Instruction… Put on your hard hats.
This week I decided to try out option two! I chose to look at an online course, review it, and see if it has value for my class.This week was also exciting for another reason, we started semester two, and I am teaching a class called TV/Radio. I …
Continue readingWeek 4 Vlog
I am going to attempt something completely new for me and post a ‘vlog’ for this week. I am reviewing Youtube Studio, Screen-castify, and Movavi Video editor. Please bear with me as I had to use a mish-mosh of applications to put it all together! In the end, I couldn’t use the ‘Windows movie maker’ …
Continue readingLittle Bird Tales – The Good, The Bad and the Ugly…JK, it’s pretty great!
Featured Image Source Hello ECI834’ers, I love the opportunity to explore new resources as I never seem to have the time to try them out unprompted! I chose to look at the site, Little Bird Tales as I had never heard of it and it looked like it might be suitable for primary age students…which… Continue Reading →
Continue readingBlended Learning and the FUTURE!!
This week I was having a pretty philosophical debate with some co-workers about what the future of education is going to look like. Will our children’s school experience look like ours? What about our grandchildren? I think the probability of being replaced by a robot in the next 20 years is low, but I do … Continue reading Blended Learning and the FUTURE!!
Continue readingAdobe Spark
I first heard of Adobe Spark last semester, in ECI 833. It was the very end of the semester and I was trying to determine what type of video tool that I would use for my “Summary of Learning” project. I consider myself slightly tech-challenged so feeling overwhelmed, I asked my super helpful classmate for… Read More »
Continue readingEducreations: Flip or Flop?
I decided to play around with a video recording tool called Educreations. I had never even heard of this tool before so I was excited to try it out and see what potentials it had in store for me. I am currently looking for a solid video recording tool to use for my own modules …
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Continue readingGoogle Classroom as an Online Learning Platform #eci834
Overview: Google Classroom is a free online tool that provides simplicity to create, distribute, and grade assignments. This option can provide a paperless classroom and streamline the learning process to share files between teachers and students. Production value: Simple and easy to use. You are able to provide immediately feedback in real time. Some students … Continue reading Google Classroom as an Online Learning Platform #eci834
Continue readingCoursera – Indigenous Canada
I try hard to be a multi-tasker. I really do. Unfortunately, this often leads me to spread myself like not enough butter on too much bread. This idea of multi-tasking led me to (not so long ago) begin multiple long-term projects both for work, for professional growth, and in my personal life. Masters program (check). … Continue reading Coursera – Indigenous Canada
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