{"id":242,"date":"2019-06-02T16:03:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T23:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/?page_id=242"},"modified":"2020-04-24T09:45:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T16:45:44","slug":"ed-tech-toolkit-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/ed-tech-case-studies\/ed-tech-toolkit-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Tech Toolkit:  Tech Tools for the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/files\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-02-at-4.00.39-PM-1-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/files\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-02-at-4.00.39-PM-1-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/files\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-02-at-4.00.39-PM-1-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/files\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-02-at-4.00.39-PM-1-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/files\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-02-at-4.00.39-PM-1.png 1325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Greetings\nKPU Faculty and thanks for checking out this blog post.&nbsp; As part of KPU\u2019s VISION 2023 we want to\nexpand on innovation in teaching, learning and curriculum.&nbsp; We also want to enhance the experiences of our\nstudents (and ourselves), and incorporating Ed Tech into the classroom is one\nway to make this happen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my own teaching practice at KPU, I use a plethora of software and hardware to incorporate video, online resources, and digital media into my curricula and classroom activities.&nbsp; In order to physically use these technologies, there are a variety of gadgets, dongles, thumb drives and hand-held devices that I employ to get the job done.&nbsp; I always take these items with me &#8211; even the ones that I don&#8217;t use very often.  In this blog post, I\u2019m going to show you what is in my teacher\u2019s tool kit and what I use each item for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Intro Video!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ed Tech Tool Kit Intro video\" width=\"688\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pL3FtcfhezA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>This is the intro video for this blog.  Play this first before you check out the videos below!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s in the bag?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What&#039;s in the Bag w music\" width=\"688\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qfhrXEl0muQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Let me show you everything I carry in my Ed Tech Toolkit as I lay it all out on a white surface to some pretty cool music!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Making a case for a pencil case&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Making a Case for a Pencil Case w music\" width=\"688\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9odiL6Qtl3k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>The best way to ensure you bring your toolkit with you is to find cool pencil cases to contain your tools.  Let me show you some of my favourite ones!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where to find these items online&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-3\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"3\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Find these tools online\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In conclusion&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These items range in price from $10 to $400.  Your own tool kit will evolve slowly over time &#8211; don&#8217;t expect to purchase it all at once.  Start with a few of the items you think you might use regularly and then keep a list of items you may have needed at a conference or in a guest lecture or in your daily teaching practice.  I tend to look on Amazon.ca for the best selection, and retail outlets such as Best Buy and London Drugs often have sales on dongles, adapters, thumb drives, cables\/chords, chargers, microphones, and hand-held cameras.  Often when I am out shopping and just happen to see a good deal on an item I will purchase it and add it to my tool kit.  It might be an item you only use once a year, but sometimes it is EXACTLY what you or a colleague might need in a moment of stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please feel free to contact me at the KPU Teaching and Learning Commons if you have any further questions or suggestions for this blog post.  I can be found online at gordon.cobb@kpu.ca or in the TLC office on the Surrey campus.  And remember, teaching with tech is much more fun when the tech functions correctly &#8211; and at times it might be a small item you dig out of your tool kit that saves the day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by\/4.0\/88x31.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This work by&nbsp;Dr. Gordon Cobb&nbsp;is licensed under a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings KPU Faculty and thanks for checking out this blog post.&nbsp; As part of KPU\u2019s VISION 2023 we want to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":182,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-242","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":684,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242\/revisions\/684"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/drcobb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}