Monday, April 2, 2012

Week 12: Internet of Things

In class tonight, we talked about "Internet of Things".  We had group discussion breakout rooms where we could brainstorm some ideas and we shared 3 of those ideas with the class. The three ideas we shared were:

  • Museum: Class excursion to a museum (BYOD environment) teacher allows students 1 hour to explore. GPS on phone to track students onto teacher's ipod and teacher can tell where students' are located within the museum and see who returns on time. Maybe museum has a app for it. Social learning atmosphere could be created with students interacting via class forum etc. (Could be for any location)
  • Culinary: device that calculates temperature & time and utensils, pots, etc. that measure students' performance,
  • PE/Nutrition: device that communicates calories intake, burned, etc  or PE teacher wants to chart student's progress, there can be a link to a class website where the info would upload directly to a gradebook, Using Edmoto to link student progress online
I also registered for the TCC Online Conference.  That should be exciting.  I've never been a part of an online conference and I'm looking forward to this one.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Chelsea,
    I really like the idea for the PE/Nutrition app. Childhood obesity is so rampant in our country, and well, just obesity in general. This could be such a useful tool and talk about innovative! Prime example of utilizing technology in an unexpected way, tracking progress in a physical education course. I think it could really spark interest and increase participation in a class that can often be regarded as a drag, or not as valuable as it's academic counterparts. Way to go guys!
    Aloha,
    Alia

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