The Lab

THE LAB : Tinker and play, engage with ideas and tools

Wander in. Try things out. Tinker and build. Create and collaborate.
This is a space for you to explore and engage with digital tools and technologies and apply them to learning about critical digital literacy. The links on this page are directly related to the weekly activities (i-tivities).

Links to Digital tools and Resources

Digital sandbox explorations

What is Slack? (video)
Steve Dotto, a Canadian tech journalist, share some tips in this Slack Tutorial.

How to Use Instagram - step by step guide

How to use Padlet - video

Mindomo - the basics

Mindomo - adding media

All about ZOOM video conferencing tool - one minute video tutorials

Google Tools for Teachers - shared presentation done at Lakehead University, Fall 2018.
Google Teacher Tribe - podcast to keep you informed and entertained on long commutes

Word Cloud Creators

Video guide to these word cloud creators HERE.

Twitter for teachers - the basics (video)

Twitter tutorial for beginners, especially teachers.

What is a blog? This video will get you up to speed quickly.
When you begin to work in blog spaces, you need to decode the lingo. This designer produced video will help you understand terms and references in blogging space.