July 15, 2019 Students From India Reading Time: 5 minutes How can you best prepare for cohorts of students from India? This Teaching Tip aims to help you find out. Categories Building Community/Teaching at Conestoga Comments: 0
July 15, 2019 Tour eConestoga Reading Time: < 1 minute Many students are brand new to eConestoga, especially in their first semester. International students usually have limited experience in using a Learning Management Systems (LMS),... Categories Lesson Planning/Tech For Teaching Comments: 0
July 15, 2019 Accessible Board Work Reading Time: < 1 minute Be sure that your board work is accessible to all students. The following tips will help you create clear and legible board writing. Categories Assessing Learning Comments: 0
July 15, 2019 Prepare Early for Accommodations Reading Time: < 1 minute Connect with Accessibility Service’s resources for faculty to prepare to connect students with on campus supports. Be sure to read and take action on emails... Categories Assessing Learning/Teaching at Conestoga Comments: 0
July 15, 2019 Presenting in Labs Reading Time: < 1 minute Teaching in a lab is a unique experience. Many programs are technical and offer hands on experience working with software and apps, and time is spent developing solutions for real world problems. Categories Devices/Presenting/Tech For Teaching Comments: 0
July 8, 2019 Live Demonstration Reading Time: 4 minutes Demonstration, kinaesthetic activity and modelling of behaviours are proven to deeply tie learning to memory. When embedded in teaching approaches, tools like interactive projectors (sometimes also called SMARTboards) greatly improve motivation, attention and behaviour Categories Devices/Presenting/Tech For Teaching Comment: 1
July 8, 2019 YouTube Channel Roundup: Trades Reading Time: < 1 minute The below list is by no means extensive. Comment below to add your favourites – this list will be updated semesterly. Citing YouTube Videos Learn... Categories Tech For Teaching/Videos Comments: 0
July 6, 2019 GIF it Up Reading Time: < 1 minute Graphic Interchange Formats (or GIFs, or .gifs) is a standardized file format, that runs a short video or series of images in a continuous loop.... Categories Tech For Teaching/Videos Comments: 0
July 5, 2019 O365 Sway Reading Time: 2 minutes A relatively new presentation offering from Microsoft, Sway lets you build presentations as web content, rather than individual files. Categories Presenting/Tech For Teaching Comments: 0
July 5, 2019 5 Key Practices when Building PowerPoint Slides Reading Time: 4 minutes Tried and true, PowerPoint has been the best known presentation software for the last 30 years. Its strength is often the familiarity we have with using it, and many other apps and services are based on its look and feel. Categories Presenting/Tech For Teaching Comments: 0
