1. Great Learning with Touch Interaction
The Magic Touch
Great Learning with Touch Interaction
Jesslyn Wilkinson
Educational Technology Officer, Teaching and Learning
Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Learning
@jesslyndw

2. About Me… International and Ontario public educator
Accessible Technology Trainer
Google and Microsoft Education Trainer
IT Training Specialist
Educational Technology Officer
Twitter:
@jesslyndw

3. Multi-Touch Gesture Development and Devices
In 2006:
Most popular phone is the Nokia Classic
Computer market is varied PC devices, and mostly Windows XP
59% of Canadians have a cell, 4% use the Internet on it.
That Year
Jeff Han debuts multi-touch gestures.
Apple releases the first iPhone.
Google releases the first version of Android.
“Nokia Classic” by Nokia, Retrieved January 30th, 2019, from Wikipedia

4. Multi-Touch Gesture Development and Devices
By 2017:
The average Canadian household had:
Smart phone (76%) (38% increase yearly)
Laptop or Netbook (71%)
Tablet or eReader (54%)
Approximately 80% of our devices are touch responsive.
By 2020, the use of conventional desktops is expected to decline significantly.

5. Touch Based Teaching Devices
Mobile Phone or Tablet
Laptop
Interactive Projector

6. Live Annotation
T Chart
Venn Diagram

7. Live Annotation
Nearpod
Go to Nearpod.com
Code: XVTIC

8. High Value Teaching Tool
Content neutral tech like virtual whiteboards “promote self-reflection and makes learning visible, has students sharing thinking processes and making connections, and are linked with higher level thinking.” (Edutopia, 2018).
Collaborative
Multimodal
Annotation
Engage in Self-Reflection
Solving Problems

9. Live Annotation
A flying bird swerves around a tree, and moves along the path shown from Point A to B in a time of 10 seconds.
Determine:
a. The average speed
b. The average velocity
Explain Everything

10. OneNote Class Notebook
Live Annotation Tools
Content neutral tech like virtual whiteboards “promotes self-reflection and makes learning visible, has students sharing thinking processes and making connections, and are linked with higher level thinking.” (Edutopia, 2018).
Microsoft Whiteboard
OneNote Class Notebook
Nearpod
Explain Everything

11. High Value Gestures
Pinch Zoom
Virtual Manipulations
Rotation
Swipe

12. Virtual Manipulations
“PhET Interactive Simulations logo” by University of Colorado Boulder, Retrieved January 23rd, 2019 from PhET Interactive Simulations.

13. Virtual Manipulatives in AR
Geogebra AR
Math VR

14. References
“Explain Everything Logo” by Explain Everything, Retrieved January 30th 2019 from ExplainEverything.com “Nearpod Logo” by Nearpod, Retrieved January 30th 2019 from Nearpod.com. “OneNote Logo” by Microsoft, Retrieved January 30th 2019 from support.office.com. “PhET Interactive Simulations logo” by University of Colorado Boulder, Retrieved January 23rd, 2019 from PhET Interactive Simulations Picha, Gina. (October 17, 2018) “Effective Technology Use in the Math Class” [Blog post]. Retrieved January 30th, 2019, from Edutopia. Stats Canada (November 14th, 2017) “The Internet and Digital Technology.” [Infographic]. Retrieved January 23rd, 2019 from Stats Canada. TED Talk. The Radical Promise of the Multi-Touch Interface [Video] Jeff Han (2006). University of Geneva. (June 6th, 2018) “Concept Map” [Wiki Article]. Retrieved January 30th, 2019, from EduTech Wiki. Bairral M., and Azarello F. The use of hands and manipulation touchscreen in high school geometry classes. CERME9 – Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Feb 2015.