EDEC 262 Lab Notes

  • Gamification

    Gamification

    http://twinery.org/2/#!/stories/a07e97ee-dbc9-456f-a725-6afa01d47f9b   I made a twine, or short text-based chose your own adventure game based on the begining of Leviathan Wakes using Twinery.org.  Gamification allows students and teachers to take almost any imaginable curriculum and create something totally new and potentially very fun. The teacher augmenting or modifying the lesson by gamifying it is cool, but…

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  • Websites!

    Websites!

    ryanpjdevine.wordpress.com So all meta aside, creating websites like this WordPress can be an excellent way for students to engage with and display the material they are learning in a meaningful way. If there is access an instructor can easily have students submit all their journals, outlines, essays, homework, formative assessments, tests, and projects in one…

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  • Graphic Design With Canava

    Creating a poster with Canava is simple and easy. I chose to go with an aggressive message that could work towards classroom management by showing that their is dire consequences for bullying and that this room does not tolerate making others feel unwelcome. Every classroom should be a safe place for all, and the dangers…

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  • Prezi on Media Literacy

    Prezi on Media Literacy

    https://prezi.com/view/28B2L5Kyx58dId2Lwy3x/ Prezi is an easy to use and rich website to create presentations for free. With tons of customizable options, templates, and an intuitive system, it is easy to pick up and can be ran far with.  Not only is this applicable to spicing up an educator’s lesson plan, it can be a tool used…

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  • Passing Video

    Passing Video

    Another example of the design process in action is the brainstorming, scripting, production, and editing of video clips. It is a fun and versatile way to have students take the content they are learning and redefine it through a new medium. It can be fairly simply accomplished with even the most basic of phones now,…

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