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Using Online Resources in the Science Classroom. Melanie Olson, ESU #2 Sept. 29, 2010. Educational Leadership, Sept. 2010 , reports on a high-school study : What engages students?. Discussions without clear-cut answers (65%) Discussion/debate (61%) Group projects (60%) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Using Online Resources in the Science ClassroomMelanie Olson, ESU #2Sept. 29, 2010
Educational Leadership, Sept. 2010, reports on a high-school study:
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• Discussions without clear-cut answers (65%)
• Discussion/debate (61%)
• Group projects (60%)
• Projects and lessons involving technology (55%)
• Art/drama activities (49%)
• Presentations (46%)
• Role-plays (43%)
Re-thinking educationThe Death of Education, The Dawn of Learning
http://www.pearsonfoundation.org/education-leadership/video-series/cosn-voices-in-education.html
How does this affect your classroom?What are you doing to address the “the death of education, the dawn of learning”?
21st Century Skills
21st Century Skills
Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes Global awareness Financial, Economic, Business and
Entrepreneurial Literacy Civic Literacy Health Literacy Environmental Literacy
Learning and Innovation Skills Creativity and Innovation Critical Thinking and Problem
Solving Communication and Collaboration
Information, Media, and Technology Skills Information Literacy Media Literacy Information, Communications,
Technology Literacy
Life and Career Skills Flexibility and Adaptability Initiative and Self-Direction Social and Cross-Cultural Skills Productivity and Accountability Leadership and Responsibility
www.21stcenturyskills.org
Using Online Resources
Follow your district technology guidelines Refer to the privacy policy and terms of agreement. It is the classroom teachers responsibility to ensure
the resource meets your district guidelines. All resources should be reviewed by the classroom
teacher before students are allowed to use them. Some resources are appropriate for teachers to use
for instruction but not for students to use independently.
Using On-line Resources
Questions to consider Does this resource align with your curriculum? Are advertisements displayed on the site? What is being
advertised? Is a K-12 license available, if so how do you apply? Does the resource require a log-in? Validating the resource?
EasyWhoIs: www.easywhois.com/ or www.domaintools.com (advanced)
The Wayback Machine: www.archive.org Help for students to discern misinformation and validate
research materials http://factchecked.org/
Validating Web MaterialsTeach kids to get REAL
Read the URL
Examine the content
Ask about the author and owner
Look at the links
ESU GEMS, 21st century Skills group, 08-10
Help students with readability.com
Scope of tonight
Resources into two categories: general usage and content specific
Resources that can be used with only a computer and internet connection
Free
Limited practice time tonight
Small snapshot of resources available
Outcomes
Continue to build a network of Science teachers in ESU #2
Information on the importance of using on-line resources
Ideas for using on-line resources
Possible on-line resources to use
Our Wiki
www.esu2science.wikispaces.com
Science information kept there
Access for members only
Create an account to join wiki
Turn on, “notify me” for all changes
Wikispaces Teachers using wikispaces for class or student projects
www.wikispaces.com
Great help on site
Request K-12 upgrade (free!), make private
Turn off advertisements
Turn on “notify me” for all changes
Edit pages like a word document
Can track changes
Basic discussion board
Animoto
http://animoto.com
Create account
30 sec. videos for free, $3 per video upgrade
Uses Introduce material Vocabulary Review/Summary Sponge” or Bell Ringer questions
Standards Update
Glogster
http://edu.glogster.com/
Book Reports
Research Reports
Class Projects
Safe digital environment
Homework
Distance Learning
Presentations on any topic
Digital posters save paper
Create Digital knowledge library
Get inspired
Develop student creativity
Expand students' presentational skills
Adapt to any Curriculum
Lessons Preparations
Assignments on any topic
Tours
Explore
Glogster
http://edu.glogster.com/
Create an EDU Basic account
Help on the site
Look at example projects
Used to create a multimedia “poster”
Make sure to select “finished private” when glog is complete
Differentiation includes using multimedia resources in your classroom.
Videos and Podcasts
Glog, video and podcasts
Additional information on the ESU #2 Science wiki
http://esu2science.wikispaces.com
Prezi
www.prezi.com Create an account, indicate K-12 license
Good help on site, look at examples
Organize information, show relationships
Version of an online graphic organizer
Can use picture, video, and text
Can be downloaded
Choose to keep private
Resources at ESU #2
ESU #2, www.esu2.org, go to Media Center
Gale: password ESU2 Research, multimedia
World Book: Username is: neneb Password is: world Go to World Book advanced and then my research Create an account to house research information notes
Visual Thesaurus: go to http://nnnc.visualthesaurus.com IP addresses already put in, if using at school shouldn’t need a
password Great for vocabulary, text analysis, and roots/prefixes/suffixes
Thanks
Thanks to the following people for suggesting online resources: Sheree Person-Pandil, ESU #3 Deb Paulman, ESU #16 Rick Williams, ESU #2 Diane Wolfe, ESU #2 Amanda Marshall, Millard Public Schools Jerry Olson, Millard Public Schools Jason Larsen, Mead Public Schools SDA GEMS 2008-2010, 21st Century Skills Group