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Learning Technology & Tech Observations by Dr. Helen Teague

Mar
21

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Best Hero of the Day ~ Wylie and Abilene ISD High School Robotics

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                                                                                                        Students from Abilene, Wylie, and ATEMS High Schools are using their time productively during school closure. They are working collaboratively to build a robot for service at local Abilene hospital, Hendrick Hospital. The robot will help hospital staff to keep a safe distance by rolling in and out of hospital rooms. 

Community and Business partnerships leverage the project. Tiger Manufacturing, a local manufacturing company is providing covers for the robot. “The cover we build allows them to cover [the wiring], and so when they’re sanitizing it going from room to room, that allows them to sanitize it completely, smoothly and less contamination going from one person to the next,” Tiger Manufacturing Service Parts and Sales manager Troy Miller.

According to Wylie High School engineering and science teacher Andy Hope, “We just got them all together and started working, and seeing them work it’s the best feeling you can have as a teacher. Seeing them take the stuff they learn in the classroom and apply into real life.”

 

 

 

 

 

UPDATE: March 25: This story featured online at this link

 

 

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Mar
20

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Weekend Ed. Quote ~ March 20

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“Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses – especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.” ~Leonardo daVinci

 

 

 

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Mar
19

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Gardening for Academic Growth – It begins

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Over the years, my advice to students remains … “Set a schedule for your work.”

Here is the little patch of yard I have cleared for the little garden.

There is a bit more weeds and leaves to clear.

The clearing away reminds me of my F2F classrooms and my online course spaces.

There are always detritus to clear and things to clean left over from others.

The only exception has been at PBS TeacherLine/PBS Learning Media.

Francine and Reed are tech and educational wizards. Each course arrives from a Master Course that we as course facilitators approve.

Because of Francine and Reed, we can focus on teaching, guiding, responding, instead of “administrivia” of course bureacracy.

 

This is the “Before” photo. I hope the “After” photos will be green and “planti-ful!”

Garden Before with Ruby
The “Before” photo of the little garden, with Ruby the Wonder Dog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mar
17

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Gardening for Academic Growth – Aspiration

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Welcome to Gardening for Academic Growth

This is a new category and series of occassional posts. The March lockdowns and “14 Days to Stop the Curve” have reached our little corner of the world. While working exclusively from home now, this little project will have time to begin and with hope, flourish.

It will also help with my pre-course routines for the online graduate courses that I teach for the best, dedicated graduate student-educators!

Perhaps the gardening activity and the metaphor for intellectual growth will become sustainable.

Singapore Botanic Garden Teague

Not my garden… yet….    🙂

 

 

 

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Mar
17

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Alternatives to Online Course Comms

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Bright Ideas#EFH: Alternatives to Online Course Communication

  1. Audio Posting for Discussion Boards: Students can use in-course audio and vid feature … to submit their posts, reflections, journal entries, short assignments.
    ** Examples: Canvas, Edmodo, YouTubeLive,  Flipgrid, Loom, Collab Ultra in Blackboard, Google Meet, Zoom, etc
  2. Google Type is a adaptive alternative to written assignments. Students (and the teachers who love them) can use Google Type to submit posts, reflections, journal entries, short assignments, etc. Early learners love to see their words scroll across a Google document as they speak! (Older learners like this too!) Here is a short video with show-hows:
  3. Google Type is also an excellent option for transcription for diverse learning compliance. I create transcripts for instructions, communications, etc… I use the resulting file transcription and Google Translate options so that all learners can have access in their preferred language.
  4. From Julie Jones’ Twitter Feed: “Create online experiences that encourage connections. Connections to family, connections to nature, connections to new understandings.”

 

Please leave a reply with your ideas!

#WFH is really #EFH (Educate from Home)

 

Link for this post: https://4oops.edublogs.org/2020/03/28/wfh1/ 

Mar
16

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Best Hero of the Day: Dr. Dennis Marquardt

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Organizational Behavior professor Dr. Dennis Marquardt created this video to ease his students to learning online. Dr. Marquardt’s university, Abilene Christian University went to learning online to enable social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak.

 

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Mar
15

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Distance Learning and COVID-19 Resources for Teachers

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Literate Word Cloud by A.C.

Literate Word Cloud

In response to the growing number of schools that are moving to distance learning because of the current Covid-19 epidemic, PBS LearningMedia has collected a number of useful online tools and resources for educators.  Also, we will be hosting a free Webinar on Wednesday, March 18 at 7:00 PM Eastern Time to address these issues. 

For more information or to register for the webinar, please visit the PBS Learning Media website.

 

 

 

Additional Resources: 

Mar
13

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Weekend Ed. Quote ~ March 13

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Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experiences of others? ~Voltaire

 

Playing Teacher

Image from the Library of Congress- loc.gov

 

 

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Mar
12

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Common Bond STEAM ~ 1

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As we continue to build and strengthen our concept integration of STEAM, let’s look for commonalities and connections. This little exercise will help us build awareness of the many, many connections for STEAM beyond the limited confines of artistic expression. I’m calling this “Common Bond STEAM.” Please read each common bond component and consider what or who or where they coalesce. Place your educated guess as a reply here and please share any resources you use.

Here is the first “Common Bond STEAM” card:

CommonBondSTEAMTeague1

 

#CUNE603   #CUNE604   #CUNE606   #STEAM

 

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Mar
9

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The Return of the Little Girl’s Doll ~ A Chance Meeting in the Park

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https://tinyurl.com/TeagueStory1

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