Session Information:
Date: March 11th, 2015
Location: Scarfe Main Foyer
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Registration: Not required
Event Description
Drop by Scarfe Foyer at lunchtime on March 11th to see this month’s Technology in Transit showcase, which features mindmapping website instaGrok!
instaGrok is a research tool for students and teachers to use in the classroom. The website is set up using a brainstorming, or mind map, format. Users can search for any topic and the site will generate a web of many kinds of information on the topic. It also includes resources for the teachers, such as pre-made quizzes. Introducing this site to a classroom helps with research strategies, and provides a teachable moment to talk about credibility of sources.
Raising technology awareness is an important part of what we do. On the second Wednesday of every month, Educational Technology Support (ETS) hosts Technology in Transit. Technology in Transit is a space for Teacher Candidates and graduate students to demonstrate different teaching and learning technologies that they have been actively using. The one-hour session offers people the opportunity to engage with educational technology as they walk through the Scarfe foyer during their lunch break.
Presenter(s)
Our four featured students this month are B.Ed students from the Faculty of Education’s Personalized Learning and Technology cohort.
Cathy Andre
Teacher Candidate
Cathy is a Teacher Candidate in the UBC Bachelor of Education program 2015. Prior to attending UBC, she completed her undergrad with an Arts major in History at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in May 2013. She has been placed in the Surrey school district for her practicum, and hopes to try and use technology as an addition rather than a substitute in her teaching. She also tries to have fun with all her classroom lessons, as well as to create engaged and curious learners.
Charlie Cronin
Teacher Candidate
Charlie is a UBC BEd student with a background in psychology and French language and literature. She graduated from the University of Puget Sound in Washington with a Bachelor’s degree. Charlie is an elementary specialist in the Personalized Learning and Technology cohort.
Justine Johal
Teacher Candidate
Justine Johal obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and is currently in the Bachelor of Education: Elementary program at UBC. She decided to join the PL-Tech cohort to increase her knowledge on technology and education integration. She hopes to share her knowledge about technology as an educational medium with both students and teachers.
Matt Geisler
Teacher Candidate