In the pandemic virtual learning has become the new normal. This has inspired educational technology to come more toward the forefront of education. While we have all been stuck inside people have found a way to travel the world from the comfort of their homes. Google cardboard is an accessible and affordable way to experience…
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The Walk Out of Eden
This week we took a walk out of Eden with National Geographic. In 2013 Paul Salopek set out to retrace ancient global migration on foot. This journey will take him a total of 10 years. Even now, Paul is in the fifth chapter of his odyssey and is exploring the River lands. Paul’s hope was…
WE Reflection
In this week’s chapter of our textbook, the authors introduced “WE”, an organization that encourages students to use their voice. I really appreciated the number of resources they had available for teachers and students. The pdf files they had available covers a variety of important topics like inclusivity, mental health, and many others. These topics…
Hyperdocs
This week we explored Hyperdocs. Not only did I learn what they and the purpose they serve, but I also found examples of them. Using the Twitter page TeachersGiveTeachers (@TsGiveTs) and the hashtags Hyperdoc and Hyperdocs I was able to find many good examples. I found this website that has an ample amount of examples…
Ellis Island Virtual tour
This week I took a virtual tour of Eilis Island. I did take an actual tour of Ellis Island many years ago with my family. I learned more in this virtual tour than I did went I went to the island. Even though the immigration process only took a few hours, parts of the process…
Subtitles
This week I watched an episode of a show in Spanish called “Extra”. The seemed to be a sitcom seeming inspired, in my opinion, by the American show “Three’s Company”. I didn’t see too many differences in culture in this show. I did notice that the characters in the idealized Americans. The two main female…
The Beauty of communication
This week we read chapter two in our books, this week’s theme was communication. This Waklet contains the educational technology mentioned in the chapter. I found Microsoft translator to be the most interesting to me. This can be incredibly useful to students who don’t speak English or maybe an American student who doesn’t speak the…
SDG Goal number 5
Gender quality has been a topic of interest for a few decades now, but it is still extremely important. The Sustainable development Goals are super imperative and hopefully, we are on track to reach them all by 2030. However, gender equality is something particularly important to me. As a woman in S.T.E.M, I’m fighting gender…
The Advantages of Socrative
This article outlines the uses and advantages of the education tool, Socrative. Much like Kahoot, this is a question-giving/answering platform. However, Socrative is slightly more sophisticated in that a teacher can create a room for each class, give assignments, quizzes, etc. Students can access the platform from any device: smartphone, laptop, desktop computer, or tablet….
Ed Tech can ease Online Learning
This article displays the difficulties many are facing with distance learning. This pandemic has brought on an onslaught of issues for us to cope with and adapt to. With almost a year into this pandemic, distance learning is becoming more normal. However, virtual learning may make it easier for some students to fall through the…