Cori Owen's Blog – February 2015 Archive (3)

District 49 offers free educational courses to their teachers via the ERO.  Schoology training is a course I recently participated in; Schoology hosts your website, your content, and your files. Best of all, it connects you with your students to help improve outcomes.  Academic and technological agility have become necessary characteristics of 21st-century educational institutions. Schoology gives you an edge by simplifying the process of building unique webpages with dynamic content…

Do virtual worlds offer more advantages over more traditional learning environments?

The healthcare sector, as well as many other sectors, to include education, is a major user of virtual reality technology for training purposes. So what are the advantages of virtual reality training in these sectors?

The benefits are:

• Little/no risk
• Safe, controlled area
• Realistic scenarios
• Can be done remotely saving time and…

I have learned a lot about networking and digital citizenship through my studies. I did not know how easy, yet how important, it is to create a digital citizenship policy.  Technology is a great learning tool, but only when the proper privacy and security measures are in place.  There are many advantages to social networking; collaboration, communication, project based learning activities, writing, math, reading, and common core alignment. Teachers can monitor student achievement and…