August 17, 2020 Concept and Mind Mapping Reading Time: 5 minutes What is it? Concept and mind mapping are graphical ways to represent knowledge, concepts and ideas. The maps are hierarchical in nature that expands on... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Concept Mapping/Teaching
August 17, 2020 Tech-Friendly Learning Environments Reading Time: 5 minutes Review tips compiled from Conestoga faculty help set a tone of positive accountability and responsible device use in your BYOD classroom. Categories Classroom Tech/Tech For Teaching/Zoom or Teams
August 7, 2020 Touch Interaction and Learning Reading Time: 5 minutes Think back to 2006. What were you doing at that point in your life? What was a typical day like? What technology did you have... Categories Tech For Teaching
August 5, 2020 Mentimeter Reading Time: 3 minutes What is Mentimeter? An interactive presentation, polling and quizzing tool, with Mentimeter you can build engaging presentations right in your browser. Add questions, polls, quizzes,... Categories Gamification/Licensed Apps and Pilots/Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching
August 3, 2020 Padlet Reading Time: 3 minutes Long beloved by educators, Padlet has been on the ed tech scene for years. This easy to use creative tool lets users brainstorm, organize, categorize,... Categories Collaboration/Concept Mapping/Licensed Apps and Pilots/Tech For Teaching
July 3, 2020 O365 Forms Reading Time: 2 minutes Forms lets you build and deliver formative surveys and self-grading quizzes. Because it comes with your enterprise email, it’s always free, and you get the full range of features available. Categories Gamification/Tech For Teaching
June 25, 2020 Managing Zoom Fatigue Reading Time: 3 minutes Tips on avoiding and managing Zoom fatigue while working remotely. Categories Online Synchronous/Zoom or Teams
June 4, 2020 Virtual Whiteboards in an Online Synchronous Classroom Reading Time: 5 minutes Many of us use whiteboards when we’re teaching, but the move to an online synchronous classroom has made that a little more difficult. Fortunately, there... Categories Multimedia/Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching
June 3, 2020 OneNote Notebooks Reading Time: 4 minutes OneNote notebooks are a new way to organize information and resources from Microsoft. Rather than collecting information in folders and files, compile them all together... Categories Collaboration/Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching
June 1, 2020 DIY Whiteboards and Document Cameras Reading Time: 3 minutes Many of us use whiteboards when we’re teaching, but the synchronous online teaching has required us to find new solutions to working in familiar ways.... Categories Multimedia/Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching
