category EdTech
Today was our last EDCI 336 class and this will be my final post for this course! Rich McCue came in for the third time in this course to teach us a little bit about virtual and augmented reality and ways… Continue Reading →
Todays lecture was a brief introduction to coding as only a few students in the cohort had done coding before. Rich McCue https://richmccue.com came in again to teach us a little bit about coding. He introduced us to a few different resources… Continue Reading →
Anxiety is hard to understand for some kids because it seems to just come out of nowhere. Adults are quick to tell them that there is nothing wrong and nothing to worry about. This is not how you deal with… Continue Reading →
Todays lecture was about accommodating all learners and creating multimodality to make learning accessible for everyone. The more flexibility you have in a classroom the more engagement you will see. Teachers should consider self pacing assignments and ways of teaching. There… Continue Reading →
You are driving on the freeway and your car brakes feel weird so you go to a mechanic and they say the car is fine there is nothing to worry about. When you drive on the freeway again you notice… Continue Reading →
This scholarly journal article is a primary resource of a study where they interviewed 23 teenagers who have diagnosed depression and asked about their use of social media. The focus of the study was to note how the use of… Continue Reading →
EdCamp is an event hosted where a variety of people can come and share and learn about different topics. Topics are posted and voted upon. The most voted topics are then assigned a space for a seminar type conversation for… Continue Reading →
Heidi James from Colquitz Middle School brought four students into our class with her today to teach us a little bit about Minecraft. Specifically the edu version. We talked about different ways you can incorporate using Minecraft into your classroom…. Continue Reading →
It is hard enough dealing with your own stress and anxiety as a parent let alone trying to prevent your child from developing similar emotions. If you find yourself feeling anxious or stressed out around your child be mindful of… Continue Reading →
This article talks about how anxiety can become worse in teenage years as this is the transition period between dependant youth and independent adulthood. Teenage years are when people are the most sensitive to how others see and judge them…. Continue Reading →