• Communication tools for language learners
• Language Technologies
  • BC has a very high level of immigrants who speak different languages other than English
  • Ideas:
    • Google Translate
      • App has more features that just using it online
      • When you download the app, you can set what language you generally use
      • Talk into it and you can draw into it
      • You can have a conversation, has a message in the other persons language to explain what you are doing
      • You can view the conversation later to see what was said
      • Once you tell the app what languages you need, you don’t need data
      • Text – aim camera at the text.. and it will translate, worksheets etc!!
      • Considerations… it’s not perfect
        • Data is always being updated as it is not perfect
        • Ton of noise, it won’t pick up the conversation as well
        • If student speaks quietly it won’t pick up the sound
        • Puts a slight pause in conversation
        • Using a pencil designed for IPAD works better than using your finger
        • Be careful what you are consenting to
    • Power Point Office 367
      • You can choose a subtitle language but you have to speak really slowly and your class must be literate to be able to understanding
      • You can also record your slide – you can talk into it and draw onto the slide
        • If will play your voice and the clip later – but no subtitles for this feature
        • Good if students would like to listen to your lesson later
        • Good for those with hearing impairment too
• WT2 Translator: Redefine Translation

• Wireless headphones that offer instant translation in real time
• 36 languages
• 84 accents – 13 different British accents
• 3 translation modes
• Manual mode, auto mode hands free conversation
• Help with a sense of belonging, reduce frustration
• Emotional well being
• $239.00 USA
• Considerations
  • Wouldn’t want to rely on this all the time as it might slow the process of learning a new language

Assistive Technologies

• Been around for a while
• Free Apps, but they can be harder to use than ones that cost money
• Augmentative and alternative communication (Aac); Touch Chat
  • images on screen and can press it to hear the words, can personalize for each individual
  • EA will often help students with this App
  • May stimulate some students too much with the screen

Rewordify

• Copy and paste a sentence they don’t understand – can’t take a picture of text
• encourages students to problem solve themselves

Teacher to Student Communication

• Video modelling
• Daily schedule
  • Visual schedule of the students daily routines

Makes learning accessible for everyone! Helps increase a sense of belonging, especially if you promote students to engage with each other instead of just the EA with the student off in the corner.

Cons

• Expensive to have technology
• Increases screen time

Pros

• Increasing access to information
• Opportunities for students to make contributions as citizen scientists
• Encourages digital literacy
• Increases student engagementRisks
• Technology could detract from time outdoors if used inappropriately

iNaturalist

• Primary goal – connect people to nature
• You can upload photos and get scientists to help identify what you see
• Adds to observations and scientific data
• Great platfom for carrying out BioBlitzes!

Seek by iNaturalist

• Application created by a naturalist
• User friendly
• Hold it up with your camera, and it will tell you what it is
• Not contributing to data
• Great for kids to identify stuff

iTrack Eildlife

• Easy to use
• All the animal tracks in one place
• Costs a little bit – $8 to install
• Great tool for education

Merlin

• Free bird Identification App
• Can answer a few questions to get suggested birds or upload a photo to the app for identification
• The cornell Lab also has learning games!

Marine Debris Tracer

• Platform for tracking marine debris
• Contributes to a database of debris in ocean

Seaweed Sorter

• Created by researcher, Patrick Martone (UBC) a seaweed expert

PeakFinder

• Hold up to any mountain and it identifies the names of peaks around you
• Can help you get your sense of place when you are out hiking
• Does cost around $4.00
• Peak Visor – free
• Version, but doesn’t have as many options
  • Built in compass

Glove Observer

NASA app

• Beautiful photos from space
• Simple but full of content

Skype A Scientist

• Skype a scientist in your classroom – free service
• Resources on website to prep students beforehand
• Not just a lecture, but they do have prerecorded sessions too
• Totally free!!

Thanks to this class is “Technology Innovation in Education” I was able to use technology to create a self-reflection for my “Field Experience Seminar.”  I have learned a lot about many aspects of the competencies for teacher education, but the one I am going to focus on for this self-reflection is “Practice respect for all learners from all cultures, including specifically, Indigenous learners” in the category of “Collaboration and Community Engagement.”  I was so proud of myself for taking a risk and trying something new in technology, that I had to post it here in my class reflections.

https://youtu.be/gVkCzeaJFaY

This is my very first YouTube video that I have ever made!

3D Design and Print – wow, it is incredible what you can print these days! 

I loved seeing the different items that can be printed on a 3-D printer, but it is interesting to note that some of these items will begin to biodegrade after 6 months.  It is amazing that prosthetic arms, hands  can be made so easily  once the pattern is created it is made available so that t is only the cost of the prosthetic to print.

Software & Hardware needed:

• • tinkercad
  • rhinoceros
  • fusion 360
  • onshape

Pre-designed model sites:

• https;//www.thinginverse.com
• myminifactory.com

Hardware:

• 3d printer
• Filament
• Computer
• 3D print software

Materials

• PVA – polyvinyl Alcohol water soluble
• TPU – thermoplastic polyurethane
• PLA – poylactic Acid – biodegradable – breaks down in 3 – 6 months

Techniques

• Supporting
• Bridging
• Heating to shape – help sculpt it later after printing
• Dissolving in watercolour

UVic DSC – on campus 3D printing services – UVic digital scholarship commons

Using in Education for: engineering, architecture, history, graphic design, geography, cooking, automotive, chemistry, biology, math, and universal design considerations.

Technology Integration into teaching and learning

• Students are more engaged
• Students take more control of their learning

One Laptop per Child Study

• study to show how laptops can teach children how to read who have never experienced technology and do not have the money to access technology

3 questions when contemplating whether to use screen time with your elementary students:

1. Is it appropriate?
2. Is it meaningful?
3. Is it empowering?

Pros – can let kids have human experiences, can engage kids to communicate and build relationships, screen learning can give skills and understandings to take into the real world, can be used for assessment

Cons- distracting, accessing information they shouldn’t, parents have reservations

Risks – think about content beyond the screen, kids might not know what is real and what is not

Today we had an online conference  session with Verena Roberts from the University of Calgary, in a classroom with videos recording all of us students in the room in all directions.  One of my favourite parts of class today was waiting for class to begin where we wondered where Michael was. Perhaps he was at a cabin with the water in behind?  Was that Michael that flashed by in an office chair?  We could see his coffee mug but were left wondering where he was… eventually we figured out that he was in a near by conference room!

We really appreciated the fact that Verena Roberts was willing to meet with us on her convocation day, but unfortunately due to the internet connection we heard very little of her talk as the video kept cutting in and out.  The bits and pieces that we did hear were very interesting, but it was a good reminder that as amazing as technology can be, it is also very frustrating at times.

https://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/speaker/verena-roberts/

Here are a few of the ideas that I did manage to record during the brief session:

Topic: Expanding learning beyond the walls of the classroom

• OLDI (Open Learning Design)
• Expand learning in High Schools Using OEP
• Designing learning K-12 – students have the opportunity to access people, content and ideas that were previously inaccessible
• Open Learning Beyond classroom walls
• Learning is learning, it is about making the learning accessible
• Building a learning ecosystem
• Digital Literacies
  • Interactions
  • Collaborations
  • Connections
• Personal Learning Networks formed from this process
• Open Learning Design Intervention
  • Stage 1 – Building Realtionships
  • Stage 2 – Co-Designing Learning Pathways
  • Stage 3 – Building & Sharing Knowledge
  • Stage 4 – Building Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s)

Expanding Open Education Practices in High School Learning Environments

Classroom – Community- Networks

Open Learning Design Intervention (OLDO) by Stages

• Artifacts – podcasts, videos, some kind of projects to build shared knowledge
• What is my story & how does my story inform my identity?
• How do I solve a community problem?
• Who is my online audience?
• How do I search & communicate online?

Blended Learning

• Online Learning
• Flipped Learning

Start this process in Kindergarten

Inquiry

• Can not focus on each subject but rather focus on their interests – this way you engage the students more
  • Example Brie used; looking at teaching math with a student who is interested in trains
• Scaffolding is important for inquiry as well as building relationships
• We acknowledge the difficulty of doing inquiry in the university setting when students are not familiar with the process of inquiry

Distributing Learning

• face to face classrooms
• Outside, inside a classroom, lecture hall
• Asynchronous Fully Online or Blended
• BlueJeans – connecting to the other classroom via video
• Video Conferencing – connecting with people all around the world – dependent on internet connections
• Synchronous online classrooms; second life with avatar with world, multiple screens of students at the same time
• Face to Face or Online
• Blended course – both face to face or online blended together
• Multi-access online – coming into the class with a robot or video conferencing when you can’t physically be in the classroom
• Look at different options to combat climate change and having to have to drive everywhere
• Multiaccess-personal portal

SAMR – Model for Technology Integration

SAMR – Technology in the Classroom

• No Tech
• Substitution – tech acts as a direct tool substitute with no functional change
• Augmentation– tech acts as a direct tool substitute, with functional improvement
• Modification – tech allows from significant task to redesign
• Redefinition – tech allows for the creation of new tasks previously inconceivable
  • creation, collaboration, critical thinking…
• http;//sylviaduckworth.com

In class we reflected on how we can incorporate technology into the classroom and how that changes the classroom learning experience.   We also discussed what we are losing now that technologies are so prevalent;  we can’t just jump start a car, or look at the engine and take it apart!  Students become detached from understanding how technology works, they assume that the internet will never go away.  Look at the corporations behind technology, understanding the powerhouses behind technologies.  Having a critical lens for our understandings.

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Also looked at: http://www.tpack.org/

Digital Literacy Presentation

• What is Dig Lit: Information Literacy – have conversations so the students are aware of these things:
  • • What is fake and what is legit? Quality? Who is the author? Is it authentic? Who benefits? What is the bias? Is the information trying to change your opinion
    • Ethical use of digital resources
    • Understanding digital footprints – cookies, what are you leaving behind
    • Protecting yourself online – be careful how you are sharing your privacy, passwords, absolutely everything you upload is available, VPNs, hatching, have these ideas in your back pocket – teach self-regulation
    • Handling Digital Communication
    • Cyberbullying
• Pros, cons, risks
  • Pros:
    • Quick feedback
    • promotes student participation
  • Cons
    • Not everyone has access, technology is unreliable, teacher is not experienced in technology
  • Risks
    • Cyberbullying
    • Stranger danger
    • Internet is forever – teach to have a healthy footprints
• Teachers must be aware – strategies, tips and best practices
  • Navigating digital media series
  • Youtube: crash course navigating digital media sweries
    • Fact checking
    • Lateral reading – piece of info – read laterally across information – who is the author and who are they connected to, different than fact checking – who is writing this? Do they have bias?
    • Evaluating evidence
  • Youtube: crash course media literacy series
    • History, influence & persuasion, advertising, m edia ownership
  • MediaSmarts.ca

• Strategies, tips and best practices
  • Student choice and voice
  • More creation than consumption
  • Include multimodalities
  • Center collaboration
  • Ensure accessibility for all learners – having access to computers – UD
  • Crowd- accelerated learning – bringing a ton of people together create and collaborate – eg. Citizen science projects – put data out there, and get other people to look at the information
  • Social media & peer-to-peer social learning – social media can be a source of learning, what you model in the class happens digitally as well-being
  • Core Competencies
• how to talk to parents about digital literacy
  • Educate parents as they may not understand
  • Don’t assume understanding and awareness
    • families may or may not be aware of their children’s only use and footprint
  • Digital literacy is part of the BC new curriculum
  • Communication is key with parents
    • Idea: organizing a digital family night (classroom or school wide) eg. Minecraft
    • Having compassion for parents with their concerns
• SEX ed is part of Education
  • Kids learning about sex online
  • Misconceptions, monsters, misunderstandings
  • Dick pics, masterbation, predators, porn; sugaring – getting bigger and bigger – young women selling their body for wealthy patrons
  • Educate inclusive sex ed
• Resources:
  • FIPPA
  • Be Internet Awesome
  • House Hippos