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Dynamic Geometry Software (DGS) is an important technology that develops enriched teaching and learning environments, because the instrumental characteristics of this software are appropriate to accomplish the internalisation process of incorporating mathematical knowledge (Mavrotheris, Mavrotheris & Maouri, 2004, p. 115).
Dynamic geometry software can transform the teaching of mathematical concepts by engaging students in interactive [...]


Posted at: November 11th, 2008 - 4:50 am - Number of Comments » 0

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Posted at: November 10th, 2008 - 1:10 pm - Number of Comments » 0

This video podcast talks about a voice recognition program that has helped a student with their learning. It has motivated students to do more work.
Listen hear to learn more.


Posted at: November 10th, 2008 - 1:00 pm - Number of Comments » 0

There are many resources that can be used to engage and enhance students learning from the world wide web. A really good resource I found was teachertube.com.
Teacher tube clips vary from short lesson presentations which students could view at the beginning of a topic, to examples of events which students could then explore. It is [...]


Posted at: November 10th, 2008 - 12:54 pm - Number of Comments » 0

Do more males prefer to use technology as a learning tool compared to females?
Research has shown significantly fewer female students are enrolling in technology education courses.
 According to the research done by Weber and Custer (2005) on the preferences of females in technology education, females prefer activities that focus on design and communication.
Males preferred activities where [...]


Posted at: November 10th, 2008 - 12:41 pm - Number of Comments » 0

I found Pauls blogging about Wikis rather interesting.
Wikis are used in all KLAs and are a good learning tool especially when students want to know about different concepts. Currently in our science methods we have created a wiki that shows different teaching strategies that could be used to help teach students. Everyone has been putting [...]


Posted at: November 10th, 2008 - 4:00 am - Number of Comments » 0

I was looking up some different learning technologies that could be used to teach students science in k-12. I came across a really good reading accidently as i was looking through the DET website.
 It talks about the different software programs that could be used to teach science, and make it more meaningful to students. It shows [...]


Posted at: November 10th, 2008 - 3:30 am - Number of Comments » 0

I found very  interesting the blog that Mark did on teaching POE’s digitally. As a science teacher i would find this most beneficial for students to learn from as they can visually see the experiment being done on the computer. Hence, when it comes to doing it in real life it would be easy for them [...]


Posted at: November 6th, 2008 - 4:24 am - Number of Comments » 0

How students teach teachers about technology
This is a good video worth watching.
It talks about her students are teaching teachers about learning from education. As Don mentioned in his reading about teaching teachers about digital, this video shows that the students know more about technology than us.
Digital Storytelling by High School Students – 25 min – May [...]


Posted at: November 5th, 2008 - 4:41 am - Number of Comments » 0

I was looking at a page in the DET for different resources that can be used for different KLAs. I found this site to be very beneficial.
One really good program that i got addicted to was the visual thesauraus. You type in a word, and a mind map of all the different similar words come up. I found [...]


Posted at: November 5th, 2008 - 4:20 am - Number of Comments » 0