Hello dear followers, Just when you thought I had officially finished writing for this technology project on place-based education and technology.... Surprise! I'm stopping in for a brief visit before saying 'goodbye' again! Check out the blog post Shaylin just published, tidying up the loose ends of our project and also including some helpful links …
Continue reading Technology Inquiry Project, Post #9: Wrap-up
Dear readers, As per Shaylin's last blog post, this week we went geocaching as the beginning of the end of our technology inquiry project. She downloaded the "Geocaching" app and discovered that there was actually a couple of geocaches hidden on the university campus that we both study at! So after class we set off …
Continue reading Technology Inquiry Project Post 8: Our Geocaching Experience!
Dear followers, This week Shaylin wrote a great blog post describing what and how the "Questagame" app and Geocaching can be used educationally. Check it out here for more information, and for an exclusive sneak peek into what we will be doing next week! Micro - OFFICIAL GEOCACHE by viZZZual.com/ CC BY 2.0, cropped ~Bethany
This week I read a fantastic article entitled "Sensory Tours as a Method for Engaging Children as Active Researchers: Exploring the Use of Wearable Cameras in Early Childhood Research” by Carie Green. Her research, conducted on thirty-one students between the ages of three- to six years old, was to observe these students exploring in a …
Continue reading Technology Inquiry Project Post 6: Wearable Cameras
Hello dear followers, My partner for this project Shaylin just wrote a great blog post on how to use technology for meaningful learning in the classroom. You can find it here. I'd highly recommend checking it out! Stay tuned for a blog post that I will be writing possibly reviewing another piece of research about …
Continue reading Technology Inquiry Project Post 5: Using Technology For Meaningful Learning
Dear followers, So both Shaylin and I have talked at length about different ways teachers have and can continue to take their students outside and the lessons be enhanced by students using networked technologies, but I realize we haven't yet formally presented why outdoor education is beneficial (or even necessary) in a formalized school setting. …
Continue reading Technology Inquiry Project Post 4: Why Outdoor Education?
Hello followers, My project partner Shaylin just wrote a great blog post that connects an article about tree mapping to technology education and the current B.C. curriculum. I would highly recommend checking it out, whether you know exactly what tree mapping is, or (like me) this is the first time you have heard of it. Stay …
Continue reading Technology Inquiry Project Post 3: Tree Mapping
Here it is! The long-awaited-for second technology inquiry project post. For this blog post, I chose to look into a master's thesis paper a UVic Masters of Education alumna wrote that Dr Valerie Irvine directed me to entitled "Learning in the Outdoor Classroom: Integrating Nature, Mobile Technology, and Constructivist Learning to Support Young Children". To …
Continue reading Technology Inquiry Project Post 2: Gathering Research
Hello everyone, Sorry to those who have been waiting for this week's post from Shaylin or I about how the worlds of networked technology and outdoor education can be blended for elementary or middle school students. I had written up an over 900-word blog post for it on Tuesday, which got deleted somehow just before …
Today marks the official beginning of the technology inquiry project Shaylin and I will be tackling together. I'm really excited to announce that we will be studying if, and how technology can be used in collaboration with teaching outdoor education. Shaylin wrote a blog post that describes a few more of our learning objectives for …
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