June 21, 2019 Device Friendly Classrooms Review tips compiled from Conestoga faculty help set a tone of positive accountability and responsible device use in your BYOD classroom. Categories Devices/Tech For Teaching Comments: 0
January 2, 2020 OneNote Notebooks OneNote notebooks are a relatively new offering from Microsoft. Rather than collecting information in folders and files, compile them all together in a software that... Categories Collaborating/Devices/Presenting/Tech For Teaching Comments: 0
December 19, 2019 “Teaching at Conestoga” workshop – Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 On Monday, Dec. 16, “Teaching at Conestoga,” one of six mandatory workshops for Conestoga faculty, was facilitated by Teaching and Learning Consultant Lisa Trimble. Categories Workshops & Events Comments: 0
December 19, 2019 Tech-ing Outside My Comfort Zone This Teaching Story was written by Claire Palvetzian (Business). This is a follow up to Kim Carter’s original post “How I Experimented with FlipGrid, it... Categories Teaching Stories Comment: 1
November 29, 2019 Marking Made Eas(ier) Below is a post that I did as part of eCampus Ontario’s 9x9x25 challenge in the Fall of 2018. Since then, Conestoga has started a... Categories Teaching Stories/Tech For Teaching Comments: 0
November 27, 2019 How I Experimented With FlipGrid, it blew up and the Learning was Beautiful This story was written by Kim Carter (Business) @Kcarte02. Have you ever tried ed-tech in your classroom and it just blew up? By “blew up”... Categories Teaching Stories/Tech For Teaching Comment: 1
November 27, 2019 Managing Group Work Group work can be valuable for learning, and challenging to manage and support. These suggestions aim to provide clear ideas of how to best manage... Categories Teaching at Conestoga/Teaching Tips Comments: 0
November 26, 2019 Cornell Notes Cornell note taking is a note taking strategy that prompts active reflection and summarizing of content. It’s a great way to mentor learners on effective... Categories Active Learning/Teaching Tips Comment: 1
November 18, 2019 Finding Videos Video is an engaging and relevant way to draw learners in, diversify instruction and model skills. Finding and curating accessible, captioned videos is becoming easier... Categories Presenting/Tech For Teaching/Videos Comment: 1
November 13, 2019 How the FAST Program Supports International Students A professor is often the first person international students meet when they arrive in Canada. To support them in the next step of their professional... Categories Teaching Stories Comments: 0
October 15, 2019 Competitive and Gamified Quizzes Educators across the globe use game-based quizzes to add a bit of competition and engagement to review, quizzes and retrieval practice activities. But what does the research say about these types of activities for learning? How can we best leverage them to improve student outcomes? Categories Polling/Quizzing/Tech For Teaching Comments: 0
