Teaching Science with Tech -- TEC 2011

 

 

Workshop Introduction

• Personal introductions • sign up for EdTechTeacher Community Network (Ning) • respond to PollEverywhere.com poll (instant response system) • backchannel with Todaysmeet.com (chat room)

Conceptual Framework (C-R-C-D):

“Collect-Relate-Create-Donate” – Professor Ben Schneiderman
student-centered tech-integration projects: students research information, collaborative to solve problems, create content and understanding, and contribute to a community.

Collect

Future of research:
• Harvard’s libraries deal with disruptive change: harvardmagazine.com/2010/05/gutenberg-2-0 • "Stanford Ushers in the Age of Bookless Libraries" (NPR)

Inquiry Based Learning: Open Research and Guided Inquiry
Internet Searching Strategies & Custom Search Engine
• Google Wonder Wheel; Google Historical Timeline; Google Advanced strategies; Google Books; Google Squared - Google Tips and Strategies (EdTechTeacher video tutorials) • http://bingle.nu - Meta search: Bingle (Bing and Google) • Sweet Search: Search Engine for students • Refseek - strips away non-academic; non-scientific results • Wolfram Alpha (computational search engine) • Yolink micro searching • Website credibility: Whois directory; Wayback Machine; Schrock Critical Evaluation Guides • Google Custom Search Engine: http://google.com/cse

 

Copyright & Fair Use
• Copyright act of 1976 and “Fair Use” defined • how to license and search for Creative Commons content • Google Advanced Image search • Citations; modeling
Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Educators
Renne Hobbs- Media Education Lab: Fair Use Teaching Materials
Copyright Confusion- Teaching materials

Internet Science directories
Science%20websites.doc • (also see below)


Guided Inquiry Activities
1. meaningful question or activity
2. relevant and credible sources
3. engaging and interactive process

WebQuests: Founder Bernie Dodge’s two sites for WebQuests, http://www.webquest.org/ and http://www.questgarden.com/
"Best WebQuests" from Tom March

Relate – Create

 

Google Spreadsheet activity: http://tinyurl.com/5rq3tqx

Collaborative Brainstorming, Editing, Data Collection
• #1 Google Docs – Documents and Presentation • participants work in small groups synchronously on same document
• 1. Google Docs Challenge: Documents: Google Docs Doc Challenge.pdf
• 2. Google Docs Challenge: Presentation: Google Presentation Challenge.pdf
• 3. Google Docs Challenge: Forms Google Forms Challenge.pdf
• Go to Google Docs and create your own Form
-Geomapping Spreadsheet

 

Google Apps for Education Training http://edutraining.googleapps.com
Google Apps Lesson Plans www.google.com/apps/eduresources
Google Apps Education Community http://edu.googleapps.com/

 
 

Wikis and their classroom uses
• Presentation on wikis; free wikispaces account • class completes wiki challenges:
• Beginner challenge: wiki1.pdfbeginners do challenge #1 4-20. (format text, add links, images, files)
• Advanced challenge: wiki2.pdfmore advanced jump to #3#4 (embed video, embed audio, embed poll, embed map, edit navigation)
• related tools to embed in wiki: Google Docs - Forms, Google Books, polldaddy, vocaroo, Google Maps • managing your wiki: privacy, notifications and moderation,

etc.
• wiki examples: • Physics classroom • Science Fusion • Science Alive  • Reich Chemistry • Biowiki •
• EdTechTeacher wikispaces video tutorials

 

Blogs and Classroom blogging
• presentation on blogs with examples
• The Electric Teacher (BIology teacher now EdTech specialist) • Extreme Biology (classroom blog) • Reflections of a Techie (MS teacher) • Biology Animations • Discovering Biology in a Digital World • In Search of Scientific Creativity • Built on Facts (physics) • Lab Out Loud (podcast) • NSTA blog
EdTechTeacher Blogger video tutorials • EdTechTeacher Classroom Blogging Examples video tutorials

Misc. Web 2.0

EcoKids: Award-winning website for kids that teaches about the environment through interactive, fun, educational games and activities.

Kinetic City: collection of interactive Science Experiments, Games and Projects

Get Body Smart : virtual anatomy & physiology textbook using animations

Skool Math & STEM: interactive science and math activities

MyPhysics Lab: Physics simulations using Java

myExperiment share digital items associated with your research with colleagues

Virtual Dissections (list)

Freeze Ray: visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards

Glogster; DNA Project

Vernier LabQuest & Logger Pro

Data Graph for Physics - classroom example

Kick Analysis - analyze video in Logger Pro

 

Donate

Ways to donate:
• YouTube, TeacherTube, SchoolTube, KidsTube • Blog, wiki, podcast • Slideshare • many other ways



Small Group Jigsaw Activity
Break into small groups and explore new tools
• Diigo
• Twitter or Edmodo
• Google Earth
• Google Maps
• Jing project
• Animoto (for education)
• Bubbl.us or Gliffy or MyWebspiration

Building a Professional Learning Community (Network) - PLC (or PLN) • John Diamond & “peer-driven” Professional Development model • Build a PLN: 1. Participate 2. Evaluate 3. Prioritize 4. Balance
• Tools: Ning; Twitter, Blogs, Wikis, Diigo or Delicious, Google Reader (RSS), Skype, Slideshare.net, TeachTube, and others

 

Graduate Credit Assignment
1. Respond to discussion question below.

2. Web 2.0 Lesson/Activity Guide Web 20 project.doc
-Please complete the table and either email it to tom@edtechteacher.org send as a Google Doc

Assessment

U. of Wisconsin- Stout Rubrics for multimedia projects 

Discovery Ed Assessments & Rublics-Kathy Schrock list