F18 Week Four Agenda

Tuesday 18 September

Noteworthy |

Readings |  (Please consult the Readings menu for the current list).  pw = edtech386

  • Kohn, A. (2011) Poor Teaching for Poor Children … in the Name of Reform. Education Week.
  • Richard, G. (2017). Video Games, Gender, Diversity, and Learning as Cultural Practice. Educational Technology, 57(2), 36-43.

Workshop | Designing a webbed environment, managing the hyperlink, and managing the video gaming unit in your ePortfolio

Discussions | 

  1. How’s the gaming going?  Some details…
  2. How are video games like books?
  3. Towards a pedagogy of gaming, your thoughts?
  4. Discussing Richards and Kohn
    • Issues of representation
    • Issues of the selective tradition
    • Study Island

Thursday 20 September  |  Mobile Learning

Reading: Authored by Project Tomorrow and Blackboard (2013) Learning in the 21st century: Mobile Devices + Social Media = Personalized Learning.

 Noteworthy:

  • Video Gaming Assessment
  • Next readings: 
    • 25 September –> Martin, F., Pastore, R., & Snider, J. (2012). Developing Mobile Based Instruction. Techtrends: Linking Research & Practice To Improve Learning, 56(5), 46-51.
    • 27 September –> Selwyn, N., S. Nemorin, S. Bulfin & N. Johnson (2017) Left to their own devices: the everyday realities of one-to-one classrooms, Oxford Review of Education, 43:3, 289-310.
  • Assignment Due Friday 21 September | Video Game Exploration

Discussion I

  • How’s your exploration coming along; what are you learning? Struggles?
  • Video Gaming and Learning:
    • Conceptual
    • Technical
    • Pedagogical

Discussion II Authored by Project Tomorrow and Blackboard (2013) Learning in the 21st century: Mobile Devices + Social Media = Personalized Learning.

  1. The Crisis of Presence: It’s a Crisis of Presence….No Really
  2. Cell Phones in the Classroom? Oh My!!!
  3. Did you know…?
  4. What do you know, what do you think, what do you want to know?
  5. Perspectives: Principals, Teachers, Parents, Students, You…
  6. Common Sense Classroom Strategies | Where is your placement? What is the  policy/strategy at this school
  7. ED386/ED586 (Policy on cell phone use in our class)
  8. Poll EveryWhere

Mini-Lecture WordPress & the Design of a Mobile Learning App

Resource The Water Cycle — Just in time