In an education setting, authentic learning is a way of teaching that allows students to learn in a “learn by doing” environment. Using real-world projects and experiencing real world problems are considered the most effective way to learn (Lombardi, 2016). In my short experience as a teacher, I have found that my students respond much better [...]
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Introduction The beauty of digital media is, the learning never stops. What was used for a task one month, might be replaced the following with a bigger and better tool. For example, as soon as you purchase a new phone, the next model is already in production, making your new acquisition obsolete inside six [...]
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Of all the tools at the disposal of a Digital Media Graduate, who would have thought that I would choose to research PowerPoint. I even groaned out loud when I read that it was the first topic in Moodle. But I read anyway… And I am very glad I did. Many tools are available to Media Students [...]
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I created this game in the course: Game Development, in the second year of my undergraduate degree. Teaching, especially English, has always been my passion so of course when we had to create a game, my thoughts went straight to what games I could build that could be incorporated into a classroom environment. The genre that [...]
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The information this week on moodle is AWESOME. There is so much there I could have been lost for weeks. We were instructed to narrow our search to something that we could use in class that would benefit students and enhance the learning experience, and one digital tool really captured my attention. In the past I have created interactive [...]
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What is Wiggio WIGGIO is an amazing tool for group collaboration. It’s completely private – to see what is in the group or join you must be invited via email or via a link. Administrator sets what tools can be used – there are numerous tools at your disposal on Wiggio. Including video conferencing, telephone […]
Last week I created a post talking about EDU blogs and how to create a menu using categories and pages. I have experience with blogs, however because I only used Blogger in the past, I was not exposed to Categories. Categories is WordPress terminology and, to be honest, it took a little bit to get my […]
This week I absolutely loved creating my own word cloud. I tested out a number of tools offered by the course materials but I kind of became immersed in the content and specially liked the Teachers’ digital toolkit: Links4Learning. They have many tools linked on their site and it was here that I discovered Wordle. Loved, loved, loved Wordle. You […]
Image 1 – Google Cardboard Google cardboard works by inserting your smart phone into this inexpensive device ($16 from Kmart, yes, in Rockhampton) and it immediately turns it into a virtual reality experience. Google has developed applications specifically for this virtual reality experience and every day, developers are adding to the list. Even though it is still […]
This week I thought I would write a post demonstrating how to set up a blog. I have a background in Digital Media, but I have never used a WordPress site as a blog and as such, found it difficult to grasp the jargon used. In the past, I only ever used the pages and from there […]