Category: EdTech Inquiry

Keiro’s presentation – stop-go animation

stop motion (can be downloaded)

used imovie to fade into the graphic

Photo shop

• twinning (allows you to take two photos and then it will make it stop go in between)

Pros

• can be used in any subject to make it fun and engaging
• hits all core competencies
• simple concept that can be taken deep

Cons

• limiting technology available
• its a slow process and then technology can be difficult
• takes time and error can occur

Things to watch for

• camera stability
• time is really needed
• have fun!

REsources

• makerspaceforeducation.com
• iste.org
• onf-nfb.gc.ca
• wiobyrne.com
• waldprotfolio
• education.microsoft.com (lessons for all grades!)
• giphy.com

Google Geographic Products

Google Maps

• google: My Maps (can make own maps including points of interest, save in layers (stores, parks), can colourize icons, can share & collaborate, can change to satellite images)
• can add photos and videos of places, could upload audio and link it to places
• map out: different places in the world using language of place, map fictional settings.
• Street view : can look at natural wonders, talking about being able to go through museums
• Google Cultural Institute – information about cultures, arts, natural wonders, repository of historic documents

Google Earth

• experience – high resolution 3D imagery, can be used for immersive experiences in the class
• find your house – to get them excited about looking at the world
• flight simulator – flying around
• view the past – going back 15-20 years, looking at development land-use change, agriculture, growth
• Layers: different data can be looked at over layed on maps
• Im feeling lucky – click button and get sent to a place
• google moon (immersive interactions with apollo missions, landers, narrated by astronauts), mars, and sky (planets, galaxies, view from telescopes around the world)
• Voyageur : nasa, the bbc, jane goodall, and sesame street teamed up (narrated tours of places around the world)

Lesson Ideas

• 20-questions (pick a place, ask questions have students guess)
• math – maps, measuring, distance
• explore different environments
• can make own tours
• scavenger hunts (coordinates, clues, pictures)

Lessons – My Maps

• Grade 4 curriculum;
  • following routes travelled during Euro-western exploration
  • make own road trip
• add journal entries in my maps, historical timelines, distances measured

Privacy

• Google can track you if you don’t opt out
• corporations selling information to sell you products
• benefits – convenience
• creation/erasure of national boarders

cartography has nationalism built into it. Originally the way that countries were delineated.

Digital Literacy

Information Literacy

• • • what is fake and what is real? how to recognize, quality and credibility
    • awareness and critical thinking. who benefits from what is being said, is there bias?

Ethical use

• citing, use, etc

Understanding digital footprint

• what are you sharing, cookies, ip address, passwords, service provider, etc
• what are you leaving behind when you use the internet?

Protecting yourself online

• you have to be critical or what is offered and what you want to leave on the internet.
• vpns, data encryption and hacking
• self-regulation, awareness, screen time

Handling digital communication – cyberbullying

• the internet is a public space
  •  don’t be a dick
  • there is a history of what you say
  • would you say what you are about to say to peoples faces? if not, don’t say it

Pros & Cons

Risks

Strategies, Tips, and Best Practice

• Crash Course ; youtube series – navigating digital media (10-11 videos in series), media literacy (amazing for middle school – more intellectual)
  • fact checking – double check your info and teach students how to do this
  • lateral reading – when discovering new information, looking into who is writing articles, when was it written, is there corporate backing/who published this?
  • evaluating evidence
• Mediasmarts.ca
  • Canadian specific content (know Can Law, applicable to Canada and BC) includes resources for all stakeholders
  • some outdated information
• Choice & Voice
• creation v. consumption (more creation = more interesting, increased awareness)
• multimodalities (diversify, diversify, diversify) –  pick meaningful things, but many
• collaboration
• accessibility – make sure learners are given skills to use technology (physical) and apps, go over them
• crowd-accelerated learning (citizen science – using people’s brains to categorize and process; ie NASA sorting galaxies) – involve outside school that are meaningful and authentic
• social learning  – spend time on this peer-to-peer interaction, acknowledge role as a social guide.

Parents and Dig Lit

• assume ignorance, figure out parents involvement in their child’s digital life
• is part of BC curriculum (21st century citizens)
• communicate with parent so they understand
  • digital engagement family night (class or school wide)
• risks and benefits – be compassionate, explain why, patience

Sex, sexuality and the digital world

• lots of misinformation, single stories, confusion, and shame
• awareness of this, provide positive digital resources where they can find real true information
• internet can be a safe place for all people as they explore sexuality
• common sense education

House hippo – media smarts