Transcript Connective Technology & Online Resources in the School

Using Connective Technology
Resources in Urban Science
Classrooms
Dr. Pamela Fraser-Abder
NOYCE Conference 2012
Thursday, May 24th
Co-Presenters – Jamie Dinsmoor, Meagan Driver, and Alice Yang
Contributors - Peter Agnew, Paul Hinchey, Rehana Latif, Yeri Park,
Michelle Portillo, Barbara Smith, and Angela Rim
Resources - Websites
• Exploratorium Website—Live webcasts with scientists and museum tour
guides http://www.exploratorium.edu/who/teens
• Website with small useful science modules on a variety of science topics
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/students
• Brain Pop—videos and quizzes on science topics
http://www.brainpop.com/science/seeall/
• For teachers: lets you customize your grade and subject and it gives you a list
of great resources http://www.pbs.org/teachers/sciencetech/
• www.education.gov.uk/schools/toolsandinitiatives/teacherstv Teachers TV,
British based website
• http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/npe11/ Digital media for the
Classroom and Professional Development
Source: Part of this list was adopted from a list developed by two NYC elementary teachers, Hallie Saltz and Lindsey Webster, using materials modified from
Teaching Science as Investigation by H. Meyer, J. J. K. Hackett, and S.A. Everett (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2006).
Resources – Khan Academy
Khan Academy
http://www.khanacademy.org/
Salman Khan’s TED Talk (video – 20:27)
http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_educatio
n.html
Khan Academy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Caa938ekTTc
Resources – Code Academy
Code Academy
http://www.codecademy.com/
-website that allows free interactive online instructional videos that teach
people how to write code for programming.
CNN video on Code Academy and why it is important
http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2011/11/28/ts_codecademy_codin
g.cnnmoney/
Resources – iTunes U
iTunes U
http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/
Apple’s iTunes U is home to more than 350,000 free lectures, videos, books, and
podcasts from learning institutions all over the world. Universities such as Yale,
Stanford, UC Berkeley, Oxford, Cambridge, MIT, Beijing Open University, and the
University of Tokyo, as well as broadcasters such as PBS, offer free content on
iTunes U.
Content ranges from lectures and presentations to syllabi and campus maps.
Accessing iTunes U is simple. Just tap More in the iTunes app and you’ll see
iTunes U.
From there, browse and download content directly to your iPad.
Virtual Field Trips
• Climate Change Issue in South Africa: http://oneworldgroup.org/durban
http://www.movementgeneration.org/durban-to-the-bay-area-virtual-toxic-tour
• Cornell Live Birds Cam: http://watch.birds.cornell.edu/nestcams/home/index
• Sustainable Forestry: http://ilearntechnology.com/?tag=google-earth-upm-forest-life
(click on Virtual Field Trip #2)
• Interactive Forest: discovertheforest.org
• NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/ (click on multimedia tab, there's a lot of videos you can
click!)
• Google Maps: http://maps.google.com (land use, developed areas vs. undeveloped
highways, urban vs. rural)
• NASA & Physics and Engineering: http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/npe11/
Virtual Field Trips
• Bill Nye: http://www.billnye.com/
• Mars: http://www.exploremars.org/#
• NY Underground:
www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/nyunderground/docs/nymain.html
• DNA from the Beginning: dnaftb.org/15/animation.html
• Monterey Bay Aquarium:
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/lc/activities/default.aspx?c=dd
• Virtual Labs: http://onlinelabs.in/chemistry
• What is life? http://lifeis.bbcearth.com
• Bob Wallace's Website:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11642503/WallaceWeb/Wallace_Home/Science_Education_Ne
twork.html
Virtual Field Trips
Galapagos Island Expedition –
International Consortium for Research in Science and Math Education:
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/steinhardt/teachlearn/science/galapagos/Galapagos%20Island
s/Introduction%20to%20the%20Website.html
Virtual Tours - Museums
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History:
http://www.mnh.si.edu/panoramas/#
Virtual Labs
Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Virtual Labs
Interactive labs on advanced scientific topics and lab techniques such as bacterial
identification, cardiology, making transgenic flies, and more:
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/
Google Maps - Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHJ77RsnFXI&feature=player_embedded#!
Resources – iPad Applications
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24R1QJAXL4s
http://www.apple.com/education/ipad/#video-ipad-learning
Varying Opinions and Examples of
iPads in the Classroom and Beyond
• Outline of how iPads and Education can create a good learning Environment
(Article)
http://blog.stratepedia.org/2010/01/29/5-ways-the-ipad-and-education-couldgo-together/
• iPads in Classroom (video – 4:50)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43384144/vp/44542309#44542309
• Students’ perspective of iPads in Classroom (Video 2:45)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43384144/vp/44542309#44551562
• Should young children use iPads? (Video – 1:45)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/45099986#45099986
• Baby using Magazine as she would use Ipad (Video- 1:26)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXV-yaFmQNk&feature=player_embedded
• Applications for Autism- from 60 Minutes special on Steve Jobs (Video- 13:07)
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7385686n
iPad Applications
Lists of Educational Applications for ipad, iphone, ipod from the internet
http://www.apple.com/education/apps/
http://www.apple.com/ipad/from-the-app-store/education.html
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2011/03/10-excellent-ipad-applications-forteachers/
http://www.onlineclasses.org/2010/06/16/40-amazingly-educational-ipadapps-for-kids/
http://www.funeducationalapps.com/
iPad Applications
Our Lists of Educational Applications for ipad, iphone, ipod
Middle School
• Fotopedia Wild Friends
Fotopedia Heritage
• Fotopedia Japan
• Fotopedia Paris
• Fotopedia North Korea
• Fotopedia National Parks
• FingerMaze
• Project Noah
• Solar Walk
• Star Walk
• Geo Walk
• Air Coaster
• Xperica HD
High School
• Weather Radar
• WeatherBug
• Earthquake
• Hurricane Track
• Geology NY
• Google Earth
• Genetic Code
• Molecules
• Genetics
• iCelsius
• Muscle Bone
• Frog Dissection
• HHMI Virtual Bacterial
ID Lab
• Chromatic Vision
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Simulator (CVSimulator)
NOVA Elements
NASA Visualization
Explorer
Frog/Rat Dissection
iPad Applications
Our Lists of Educational Resources for ipad, iphone, ipod
Educational Tools
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DocsToGo
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Dropbox
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360 Panorama
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Clinometer
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LabTimer
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DistanceFinder
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iStopMotion
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Calculator Pro
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Dragon Dictation
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Business Board
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Educreations
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iBrainstorm
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Showme
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TeachPal
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Mental Class
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ScreenChomp
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FormEntry
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Evernote
Educational Resources
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Khan Academy Mobile
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TED
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PBS
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Science 360
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Audible
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Bacterial ID Lab
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iTriage
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Webster Dictionary
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iTunes U
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Notability & Sundry Notes:
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Educreations
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e-Clicker Audience
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NOVA Elements
Educational Tours
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ProTours360
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Museum Planet
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Central Park Conservancy
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Central Park NYC Lite
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HDecology
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PanFolio
Educational Social Media
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Back Noise
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Videolicious
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Ustream
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VoiceThread
Chemistry Resources
• http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/chemistry simulations that need to be downloaded
• http://employees.oneonta.edu/viningwj/sims/ - web simulations
• http://mw.concord.org/modeler/showcase/chemistry.html - interactive
animations on the web or in Molecular Workbench
• AirSketch for iPad - allows you to draw something on iPad and it shows up
on the smartboard via a laptop. You don't have to download anything on
the laptop to use this. Paid version lets you annotate PDFs as well.
Nova Elements: Alice
• Interactive, visual games teaching atomic
chemistry, chemical bonding, and basic organic
chemistry using familiar items like food
• Interactive periodic table with photos
• Hunting the Elements full movie
• Download for free in the app store
• Explore and think: How could you use this in a
lesson? What ideas from the app could you use if
you don’t have iPads in your classroom?
Chemistry App
Xperica- interactive app that allows students to visually see
certain experiments that they are not allowed to experience
first hand (i.e bomb calorimetry for specific heat capacity)
Biology Resources
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim
• This site allows you to explore the
various chromosomes and genetic
disorders. When you get to the
main page, simply click on the
Search Database tab and you can
choose either specific
chromosomes or diseases to
research. Its more applicable and
might be more practical to use this
resource in a high school
classroom.
Biology and Education Apps
• Human Cell- Good for students to review the cell!
• Survival Cell- Game to about different survival
mechanisms to survive bio-engineered disease.
• Blogger- blog where you can have students post
their work or comment on science readings, pose
questions.
• Phonix- Create your own flash cards.
• Doodle Hangman- Hangman game which can be
used during class to have students remember
specific scientific vocabulary and make it fun!
Anatomy Apps: Meagan
• 3D Brain- Interactive exploration of the brain’s
structures.
• Anatomy Browser- Interactive exploration of
the GI tract and the body systems.
• Science 360- Science videos and photographs
with descriptions. Allows for connections
among science disciplines.
Biology App
Cell and Cell Structure - focuses on cell structure and functions.
Students can travel into the cell and take a virtual tour of all the
parts and their functions. There are also quizzes, word searches,
and flashcards available for students to practice.
Biology App
Video Science- Students can view experiments that involve
simple everyday questions most people have. This tool also
teaches students how to use materials that are in the classroom
to conduct simple experiments.
Biology App
Teacher's Assistant Pro
• This application can be used with
students of all ages. It is a useful
tool for organizing information
on student work and behavior.
This can include infractions and
achievements. You can
communicate with parents and
administration.
• It is also a useful tool for teacher collaboration in that
it allows you to share information about student
performance and behavior in your classroom.
• With all the paperwork that is involved in teaching, this
app. is useful for saving time that’s involved in
searching for files and paperwork on your desk.
Educational Website and App
Brain POP - Animated Science, Health, Technology, Math, Social Studies, Arts
& Music and English movies, quizzes, activity pages and school homework
help for students
http://www.brainpop.com/
Educational App
Click and Learn - Interactively explore topics in biology with the Click and
Learn app. Each module features supporting videos and animations (Internet
connection required). Learn about topics in evolution, neurobiology,
infectious diseases, bioinformatics, stem cells, RNA, obesity, cancer, and
genomics.
Educational App
TeacherPal - lets teacher setup class digitally and then keep track of
attendance, assignments, and grades. At any point you can have all the
information emailed to you for your own records or printing out hard copies.
Educational Tool
Splashtop -allows individual to remotely control
their laptop with ipad or iphone.
• Individual can choose from an assortment of
different tools to edit, manipulate, or annotate
over anything displayed on the screen.
• The app is useful to give the teacher freedom of
motion as well as allowing students to
participate without ever leaving their desks.
Educational Program: Jamie
Screencast-O-Matic
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/
• Students can narrate powerpoints or youtube videos and save for future
educational use.
• Example - Students synthesized a google powerpoint about their dissections
and then narrated their own science story Link
Traditional Educational Resource,
Website and App
Sometime teachers decide to get a subscription to science magazines like
National geographic or science illustrated. Both of these apps can be
downloaded to the iPad, giving the teachers easy access to science magazine
and can allow the students to see the videos in the magazine.
Educational Hardware: Meagan
eBeam Edge - The smallest, most intuitive interactive solution available,
eBeam Edge Projection transforms any flat surface into an interactive
teaching experience.