Building Online Glossaries to Support Student Learning
Terminology and vocabulary is a critical component of information context, it allows students to build meaning about larger pieces of information and to connect pieces of information together which builds bigger meaning. These are some of the reasons that most textbooks on subjects will bold important words. These meaning of these is often in close proximity to the word in the text to provide the meaning and its context to the larger meaning and relationship to the informatio
Tech-Tuesday - Google Sheet: How to Make a QR Code
QR codes are a very convenient way to create a link to information or get someone to a specific web destination. Most people using either an android or apple phone can easily get to QR code read in their phones to complete the task that you need them to. We will take a look at a quick and easy way to create a QR code in Google Sheets directly. Select the cell where you want to create your QR code and you will need to paste in the following formula, =image("https://c
Promoting Hearing Protection
Photo by Mark Paton on Unsplash In shop classes safety glasses are a ubiquitous item, everyone wears they if anyone is doing any type of dangerous work or when a powered device is running. As shop teachers we teach out students the necessity of eye protection, because eyes can be easily damaged and can’t be repaired as easily as injuries to other parts of the body. However and often over looked and just as needed type of protection is hearing protection. In many shops both pr
The Great Phone Fight
Photo by Adrian Swancar on Unsplash Schools today have more rules and regulations than ever before it seems. It has become the schools’ job to enforce so many rules with zero tolerance policies that it is encroaching on the learning process in this educators mind. If we focused on teaching our students norms and proper conduct, I believe we would need fewer rules. Numerous teachers have made strides to break down these hidden norms and implicitly teach students what types of