The Digital Learning Corner

Principles of Visual Design Hello Friends! Welcome back to the Digital Learning Corner! According to Theodorou et al. (2022), visual impairment is the third most frequent disability. What can teachers do to help make it easier for students with mild visual impairment to engage with learning content? We can design our content in ways that follow a few basic principles of effective visual design. Some of these principles include contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity (Whybrow, 2015). These principles can help content producers design headings and lists, select font types, and integrate colors to facilitate an experience for students with special needs that is more accessible and can help students achieve desired learning outcomes.   While applying these principles to our learning materials will not reduce a student's visual impairment, it can help them better navigate and understand what they are learning. I developed a short instructional video to help explain and model...

The moment we have awaited is finally here! Faculty, parents, and students are excited about the arrival of our new mobile computer labs. Why do we have computer labs? Integrating computer technology in the classroom provides a structured environment for students to learn through technology and learn  how to use technology (Davis, 2019). Computer labs are an economical alternative to providing each student with a computer (Hertz, 2013).  What is included in our mobile computer labs? We have 14 mobile computer labs. This means each grade at our school has access to two labs! Classes should have several sessions with computers each week. Each mobile lab comes with 32 Acer Chromebook Spin 311 Convertible laptops allowing every student in the class to engage with a device. The laptops are stored and charged on a steel cart with wheels for easy transport between classes. A Hewlett Packard printer completes the setup and enables easy wireless printing of documents and images.  ...