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Using Google Maps, Earth and Street View to Enhance Inquiry-Based Learning

Area(s) of Focus: technology
Division(s): Primary, Junior
Level(s): Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 6

How can Google Maps, Earth, Street View and VR help enhance inquiry-based learning across the curriculum?

Keyword(s):
google earth, google maps, google street view, google vr, inquiry-based learning
Using Three-Act Math and Technology to Improve Student Engagement and Increase Conceptual Understanding in Mathematics
Area(s) of Focus: math, technology
Division(s): Intermediate
Level(s): Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Having experienced success with Three-Act Math, we were interested in pursuing more time to research and create a teacher-friendly Resource of Three-Act Math and related online activities. This resource would align to the Ontario Math Curriculum.

Keyword(s):
student engagement, technology, three-act math
Employing Technology and Modern Learning Strategies in Science and Math College Courses
Area(s) of Focus: math, technology
Division(s): Senior
Level(s): Grade 11, Grade 12
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The goal was to change the way our college-level students approached and engaged with the science and math curriculum by employing technology in the classroom that supports, augments and implements modern learning strategies.

Keyword(s):
math, modern learning, science, senior, technology
Skype in the Classroom: From Local to Global

Area(s) of Focus: technology
Division(s): Primary, Intermediate, Junior
Level(s): Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12

This project used a collaborative inquiry approach to explore the use of Skype as a means of a teaching and learning tool in grades 4, 5 and 6 social studies, as well as Core French.

Keyword(s):
communities, google, hangouts, mystery skype, skype
Teaching Mathematical Concepts using LEGO Robotics
Area(s) of Focus: technology
Division(s): Intermediate, Junior
Level(s): Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Computational literacy skills allow students to analyze a problem and come up with a variety of solutions to solve an open-ended problem. Our goal was to design a series of lessons, both with and without robotics, to address this fundamental skill.

Keyword(s):
coding, computational literacy, inquiry-based learning, mathematics, robotics

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