Web Tools Fall 22

Tag: #WTFall22

  • Virtual Reality in the Classroom: Google Cardboard

    Google Cardboard is a virtual reality headset that is used in combination with almost any smartphone in order to give a VR experience. It is a very inexpensive way to experience VR as well. Below is a video showing exactly how Google Cardboard is used. How can this be brought into the classroom? There are…

  • Veative: A In Class VR Experience

    By Alex Sellitsch Veative connects students with virtual reality, all within the classrooms. This VR experience can be used in K-12 classrooms, that allow the students to get emersed in various learning situations. There are so many different virtual settings students (and teachers) can choose from. These learning scenarios can range from a prokaryotic cell…

  • Blog Post 10: Augmented and Virtual Reality

    For this blog post, I researched Google Earth Tours in the elementary setting. With the use of Google Earth Tours students are able to become global citizens because they are not only able to communicate with other classes from the places we explore. They also get the opportunity to see the differences between cultures and…

  • WE Learning Center: Bullying

    The resource I chose to explore from the WE Learning Center is the WE Teachers Bullying Module. In this module, it has three main sections, Understanding the Issue, Identifying and Preventing Bullying, and Learning About Bullying in the Classroom. In the first section of the module, it introduces bullying and provides facts and statistics to…

  • Accessibility Tools in the Classroom

    Over the course of this Web Tools class, we have examined an array of technological tools. Not all, but some of these tools provide accessibility to students who need extra help or different approaches to coursework. Here, I will discuss seven tools that give students accessibility that have caught my attention over the semester. Above…

  • Blog Post 9:Changemakers

    Something that I thought was interesting and would be good to bring to the classroom was the issue cards and volunteer now. I think both had great ideas and could be a welcome addition to any fifth grade class since that’s what I plan on teaching. With the issue cards my idea is to welcome…

  • Accessibility Tools

    By Adalie Clothier Growing up, I have always been surrounded by Special Education students and ways of learning and teaching. I have a cousin with down syndrome, I currently nanny for a family who has a 5 year old with autism, and my grandmother was a special education teacher for over 20 years, and I…

  • HyperDocs

    By Adalie Clothier When I first heard the word ”HyperDocs” in regards to this assignment, I thought I had no idea what it was. While reading about them, I started to realize that my teachers and professors have been using these all throughout my 14 years of schooling! I remember being a little kid and…

  • All About Accessibility Tools in the Classroom

    By Alex Sellitsch I am a frequent user of all things Google, so I put together a list of accessibility tools that I found to have helped me on a few occasions. Google Translate: This amazing feature will help you translate into another language. It has helped me speak to Spanish speaking individuals at my…

  • Accessibility Tools

    FM Systems: FM systems are devices that the teacher wears to broadcast their voice to students who have a hearing impairment or complete loss. This is helpful because it can be transmitted directly to a hearing aid and it does not require a direct connection. A professor that I had last year used a similar…