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Virtual Reality Along with all the other technological advancements, virtual reality is another way to show objects in a different dimension. “As a tool, VR has been applied to support teaching and learning in a wide range of disciplines,” (Detyna & Kadiri, 2020, p. 475). Detyna, & Kadiri (2020) go on to give prime examples likeContinue reading

Social Robots Other types of robots have been created in various robotics classrooms, but Social Robots are specially engineered robots created for interaction with humans. Some teachers may have heard of building robots in special engineering courses, but social robots will bring a different level of understanding to the human mind. They were initially “designedContinue reading

Augmented Reality AR has already started to take over some aspects of gaming and social settings. For example, the game popular Pokémon Go!®is a downloadable app where players use AR to catch and battle Pokémon. Just as AR is starting to be used more frequently in games, it is also being implemented in classrooms. “AugmentedContinue reading

Artificial Intelligence AI has been talked about for many years. There are numerous movies and TV shows about all types of Artificial Intelligence. And recently, “AI has received substantial attention in the twenty-first century by powerful business interests, researchers, governments, and the public,” (Schiff, 2021, p. 331). However, it is finally time for classrooms toContinue reading

Gamification This is where the fun begins. Gamification or gaming should be incorporated into classroom lessons. It creates an interactive, environment which fosters competition and team-building skills. “According to Shernoff, Csikszentmihalyi, Schneider, and Shernoff (2003), the level of student engagement is high when the students’ skills and the perceived challenge of a given task areContinue reading

Podcasts Typically, podcasts are used for entertainment purposes. They can be the audio version of a favorite TV show, radio series, book or documentary, but have you ever thought about using podcasts for your lectures? Podcasts can be used as an alternative for lectures or for supplementary information when students would like more information aboutContinue reading

Screencasting Screencasting is a way to project what is on the instructor’s screen to the students. It works extremely well for lectures, showing videos, or highlighting key features. Many teachers may already have a similar method to showcase what’s on their screen to bigger screens, but some screencasting features offer much more than just projection.Continue reading

Student Response Systems (SRSs) Student Response Systems are a way for students (either publicly or anonymously) to answer polls, quizzes/exams, surveys, etc. These responses can be published to a screen to showcase or extracted for instructor analysis. There are many different personalities in each classroom. There’s always students who are loud and out-spoken, but thenContinue reading

QR Codes “QR codes are two-dimensional images composed of small black squares. A free QR code scanner app can read the spaces between the black dots and take you to information stored on the web. They are similar to a barcode on the back of a cereal box, but they don’t require the red laserContinue reading

Microblogging Microblogging is the tie between blogging and social media. Blogs have been posted to online social networks since the internet started, and now teachers have a chance to reach their students using social media. When someone uses “Facebook” to publish a post about their day, that is essentially a blog. Other blogs can beContinue reading