Transcript Using Technology in Education

Do It Yourself Science
Collaboration
Teaching with Probes and Models
Welcome!
http://itsi.concord.org/share/blc08/
ITSI activities run on Windows, Macintosh and Linux computers with Java 5 (1.5) or later installed.
If you are using Java 1.5 on MacOS 10.4 or later, you will almost certainly need to fix a Java Web Start bug:
http://confluence.concord.org/display/CCTR/How+to+fix+the+WebStart+bug
Carolyn Staudt - [email protected]
Sam Fentress - [email protected]
Ben Greslick - [email protected]
Ed Hazzard - [email protected]
7/7/2015
ITSI material is based upon work supported by the National
Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0624718
Slide 1
Agenda
• Introduction to Concord Consortium and Information Technology in
Science Instruction (ITSI)project
• Log onto the Portal
• Motion graphing activity
• Diffusion model activity
• Try out a temperature sensor activity
• Customize an activity
• Q&A
7/7/2015
Slide 2
The Concord Consortium
• Realizing the educational potential of
information technologies
• Not-for-profit
• Educational research and development
• Focus: Educational Technology
• Funding: grants
7/7/2015
Slide 3
The Concord Consortium
Modeling Tools
Enabling students to interact with the unobservable
Online Learning
Democratizing education with anytime, anywhere learning
Probeware
Developing new tools for data collection and analysis
Handhelds
Moving closer to the promise of ubiquitous computing
Sustainable Development
Confronting global issues with decision-making tools
Assessment Research
Improving methods for measuring deep learning in science
7/7/2015
Slide 4
ITEST
Information Technology Experiences
for Students and Teachers (ITEST)
was established by the National Science Foundation
in direct response
to the concern about shortages of
information technology workers in the United States
7/7/2015
ITEST Learning Resource Center
http://www2.edc.org/itestlrc/
Slide 5
ITEST Funding
H-1B is a non-immigrant visa category
Allows American companies and universities
to seek temporary help from skilled foreigners
who have the equivalent US Bachelor’s Degree education
H-1B employees are employed temporarily in a job
category that is considered by the US Citizenship &Immigration
Services to be a "specialty occupation”
Microsoft,IBM,Oracle Corporation, Cisco,
Intel, QualComm, Yahoo, Hewlett Packard, and Google
$5,000/year for 65,000 not including non-profit universities
7/7/2015
Slide 6
Why ITSI?
• There is a recognized need to increase the
number and diversity of students entering careers
in the information technologies
• This problem is national in scale and is particularly
acute in urban and rural communities serving lowincome minorities
7/7/2015
Slide 7
ITSI Sites
• 126 hours of lab-based, credit-bearing
activities for 90 teachers
• Full support for classroom implementation,
using models and sensors
7/7/2015
Slide 8
Inquiry through
Models and Probes
Models:
Computer models can simulate situations that are hard to see
(molecular motion) or hard to understand (complex
systems). They allow students to study and manipulate
phenomena that are otherwise inaccessible. Students can
also modify the models and experiment with different rules
and starting conditions. They learn programming and
technology skills and science content at the same time.
Probes:
Using sensors attached to real-time graphs, students can do
real experiments and take vivid and compelling
measurements. This encourages active engagement in
science and exploration of the natural world. Students also
learn the technology underlying the sensors and how they
collect and display information.
7/7/2015
Slide 9
Inquiry through
Models and Probes
Models:
• Molecular Workbench
• NetLogo
• Physics Education Technology (PhET)
• Seismic Eruption/Waves
• Modeling Across the Curriculum (MAC)
Probes:
7/7/2015
• DataHarvest EasySense
• Fourier EcoLog
• Pasco AirLink/Science Workshop 500
• Texas Instruments CBL2
• Vernier LabPro/GoLink
Slide 10
Inquiry through
Flexible Tech Tools
7/7/2015
Slide 11
Do It Yourself (DIY)
Customization
7/7/2015
Slide 12
Do It Yourself Science
Collaboration
http://itsi.concord.org/share/blc08/
http://itsi.portal.concord.org/
Carolyn Staudt - [email protected]
Sam Fentress - [email protected]
Ben Greslick - [email protected]
Ed Hazzard - [email protected]
7/7/2015
ITSI material is based upon work supported by the National
Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI-0624718
Slide 13