Transforming Teaching with Technology (a preview)

I'm using my summer to create, explore and learn new things.  One thing that I am working on is a series of online courses for our teachers for the next school year.  This course is designed to provide some foundational understanding of the why behind tech in teaching and learning.  I am also participating in the Thinglink Teacher Challenge, so I chose to create my introduction to the course using Thinglink.  This is a bit of a mashup.  I used Canva as my main canvas for creating my infographic.  As I started working, I realised that I couldn't find the copyright friendly images I needed, so I created my own using Google Drawings.

 (Note to readers, if you create something that you don't plan on using to make money, consider using a Creative Commons license so that other teachers may use, with attribution, to build other great tools that they too, can share.)

 When I started looking for short and sweet introductory videos to link to my image, I found some really nice explanations that teachers had created (and shared) using Powtoon.  I will be creating another class on creating a Tech Tool Box. It's great to have tools like Thinglink, Canva, Google Draw and Powtoon in my Tool Box.

So here is a preview of one of my upcoming classes.

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Thinglink Teacher Challenge 2015: Design Your Digital Self

Doing a little rearranging and always a lot of learning during the summer.  I have plans for a new blog, but I am hoping to post on this blog as well as it will have a different audience.

I love the tool Thinglink, and so I decided to participate in the Teacher Challenge this year.  The first assignment is to create an avatar, upload it to Thinglink and then create active links.

This would be a fun idea for students at the beginning of the year.  An updated all about me.  It is also a great opportunity to teach students about digital citizenship and creating a safe and positive digital footprint.


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