Hulu has lots of science videos (search on science) some funny and some informative.
Blinkx is incredible. I had no idea it even existed.
PBS videos are excellent. This is one of my favorite Nova episodes - Hubble's Amazing Rescue
I can use this in my astronomy unit as an extension for my students who are ahead. They can watch it and write about the role they would most like to play on this team and why. I'll also ask them to write about what questions they would ask the team if they could interview them.
NeoK12 rocks!!! I can't wait to explore my first semester units and link to the videos on my webpage!! Yippee!!
Monday, August 9, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Thing #6 - iTouch and iPod
1. Download some educational apps to an iTouch (or find some good visual directions on how to download apps to an iTouch).
Apps are so easy to find and download. My 7-year-old nephew loaded Waterslide onto my iPhone the other day. It's a fun game.
App reviews:
http://www.iear.org/ - i Education Apps Review. More apps reviews than you will ever get thru.
iPad apps for science (somework for the iTouch or iPhone too) - http://www.iear.org/iear/2010/7/26/ipads-in-science-by-al-gonzalez.html
I love the lists of apps and references in this post. Lots to explore and download.
2. Create a list of ways to use the iTouch in the Library by multiple students (that is different than an iTouch being assigned to students).
I am having a hard time thinking about this on my own. Have to go and read others posts.
I'm back - Get in Gear says to use the iTouch as a listening station or as a roving way to interview people for podcasts, projects, etc.
Several people suggest using the iTouch for research for a couple of students together. That seems good.
Playing educational games against each other to get the highest/fastest scores also works.
What is the best way to keep up with the new apps that show up daily????
Apps are so easy to find and download. My 7-year-old nephew loaded Waterslide onto my iPhone the other day. It's a fun game.
App reviews:
http://www.iear.org/ - i Education Apps Review. More apps reviews than you will ever get thru.
iPad apps for science (somework for the iTouch or iPhone too) - http://www.iear.org/iear/2010/7/26/ipads-in-science-by-al-gonzalez.html
I love the lists of apps and references in this post. Lots to explore and download.
2. Create a list of ways to use the iTouch in the Library by multiple students (that is different than an iTouch being assigned to students).
I am having a hard time thinking about this on my own. Have to go and read others posts.
I'm back - Get in Gear says to use the iTouch as a listening station or as a roving way to interview people for podcasts, projects, etc.
Several people suggest using the iTouch for research for a couple of students together. That seems good.
Playing educational games against each other to get the highest/fastest scores also works.
What is the best way to keep up with the new apps that show up daily????
Thing #5 - Microblogging
My Facebook accounts: beth robertson and elizabeth robertson.
My Twitter account: emr024
I use both of these on a daily basis. Facebook has turned out to be a great way to keep in touch w current and former students. I've also used it to conduct tutorials from home after school hours.
Back-channeling - this could actually work at our school where we have two teachers in the classroom. One could facilitate the discussion and the other could lecture/respond. Very interesting application for facilitating learning. Today's Meet and TinyChat.
My Twitter account: emr024
I use both of these on a daily basis. Facebook has turned out to be a great way to keep in touch w current and former students. I've also used it to conduct tutorials from home after school hours.
Back-channeling - this could actually work at our school where we have two teachers in the classroom. One could facilitate the discussion and the other could lecture/respond. Very interesting application for facilitating learning. Today's Meet and TinyChat.
Thing #4 - Posting videos
I posted a video to YouTube of my daughters' message to my husband for Father's Day. Here is the link. I think it surprised him.
I tried to upload a video made by a student from iMovie. For some reason it would never complete the loading process. I tried it several different ways - loading directly from iMovie (publish to YouTube link) and loading from my YouTube account. Neither worked. I'm going to go back and check the following to make sure we didn't exceed any of these limits.
Important things to remember:
1. No more than 10 minutes.
2. No more than 1 GB
3. Must be in acceptable movie format including (but not limited to)
What would be some advantages of having teaching/learning videos available on online at sites like these? I would love to have all of my lectures taped and available for students on one of these sites. That way they can watch them again if they need additional help or they can watch them for the first time if they are absent.
What about student created work -- would there be advantages to having it uploaded? Students love to see their work on the internet. They think it is very cool. This is another way to get parents and others involved in their learning - they can show their cool work. That reminds me, I need to contact a student from last year to get a great video from him.
I tried to upload a video made by a student from iMovie. For some reason it would never complete the loading process. I tried it several different ways - loading directly from iMovie (publish to YouTube link) and loading from my YouTube account. Neither worked. I'm going to go back and check the following to make sure we didn't exceed any of these limits.
Important things to remember:
1. No more than 10 minutes.
2. No more than 1 GB
3. Must be in acceptable movie format including (but not limited to)
- .AVI (windows)
- .MOV (mac)
- .MP4 (ipod/psp)
- .MPEG
- .FLV (adobe flash)
- .SWF (shockwave flash)
What would be some advantages of having teaching/learning videos available on online at sites like these? I would love to have all of my lectures taped and available for students on one of these sites. That way they can watch them again if they need additional help or they can watch them for the first time if they are absent.
What about student created work -- would there be advantages to having it uploaded? Students love to see their work on the internet. They think it is very cool. This is another way to get parents and others involved in their learning - they can show their cool work. That reminds me, I need to contact a student from last year to get a great video from him.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Thing #3 - Skype
We use Skype at home already. My youngest daughter doesn't have a cell phone yet and we cancelled our home phone number. So she uses the Skype phone service to check in with us every day when she gets home from school.
We also use Skype to talk with my husband when he is on a business trip. We Skype every night that he is gone. It is a much better form of communication that just the phone. I really like seeing him and he really enjoys seeing us - facial expressions or examples of what happened that day - rather than just descriptions.
My nephew lives in Stockholm, Sweden and I would love to connect with his school so we can exchange information and ideas with students in another country. We Skype with him personally but not yet at school.
I love many of the ideas in the article 50 awesome ways to use Skype in the classroom. Connecting with anyone (parents, researchers, authors, real friends, virtual friends) who might have something to contribute to a student or to the classroom. I've got to write that grant for headphones!!!!
We also use Skype to talk with my husband when he is on a business trip. We Skype every night that he is gone. It is a much better form of communication that just the phone. I really like seeing him and he really enjoys seeing us - facial expressions or examples of what happened that day - rather than just descriptions.
My nephew lives in Stockholm, Sweden and I would love to connect with his school so we can exchange information and ideas with students in another country. We Skype with him personally but not yet at school.
I love many of the ideas in the article 50 awesome ways to use Skype in the classroom. Connecting with anyone (parents, researchers, authors, real friends, virtual friends) who might have something to contribute to a student or to the classroom. I've got to write that grant for headphones!!!!
Friday, July 30, 2010
11.5 things - Thing #2
I like Wordle much better than Wordsift. The resulting pictures are much more interesting and you can manipulate them in more creative ways. I can see using Wordle as a hook to get the students to pick out the most important concepts in a new unit and as a way for the students to present their vocabulary definitions more creatively. I do like the fact that the WordSift words become hot links but I think that is not worth the lack of creativity.
Glogster is very beautiful. I could never be that creative/professional on my own. I want to try to summarize a unit or concept with Glogster on my own and then have the students do some as well. It also seems like a great way to introduce the procedures for a science lab. I think it would be great to have the students turn in an online poster. I wonder how much it costs to print them?
VoiceThread is fun. I want to post some pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and have a discussion about what the students are seeing. I need to explore how easy it is to set everything up. Also fun for talking about family pictures, as seen in the demo.
Animoto seems really awesome. I want to learn more about sharing videos and what level of access we already have at school. I know some teachers have used them with the students already and the work is really excellent.
I'd like to see more of Voki but I couldn't get a good connection to watch the featured teacher video.
Bookr is really easy to use and to publish. I don't like the fact that you can only put one picture on a page or the fact that your book is automatically shared with everyone. Students could use Bookr instead of PowerPoint or KeyNote or PhotoStory. But I like that you can do other things with those tools in addition to photobooks. Bookr seems pretty limited.
Glogster is very beautiful. I could never be that creative/professional on my own. I want to try to summarize a unit or concept with Glogster on my own and then have the students do some as well. It also seems like a great way to introduce the procedures for a science lab. I think it would be great to have the students turn in an online poster. I wonder how much it costs to print them?
VoiceThread is fun. I want to post some pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and have a discussion about what the students are seeing. I need to explore how easy it is to set everything up. Also fun for talking about family pictures, as seen in the demo.
Animoto seems really awesome. I want to learn more about sharing videos and what level of access we already have at school. I know some teachers have used them with the students already and the work is really excellent.
I'd like to see more of Voki but I couldn't get a good connection to watch the featured teacher video.
Bookr is really easy to use and to publish. I don't like the fact that you can only put one picture on a page or the fact that your book is automatically shared with everyone. Students could use Bookr instead of PowerPoint or KeyNote or PhotoStory. But I like that you can do other things with those tools in addition to photobooks. Bookr seems pretty limited.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
11.5 things 2010 - Thing #1
The connected student video
Resources to look at: Google scholar, iTunes U
Teacher's role: Learning architect, modeler, learning concierge, network sherpa, connected learning incubator, synthesizer, change agent
Activities: guidance when student is stuck, how to communicate properly and ask for help from experts, vet a resource, how to turn a web search into a scavenger hunt, get excited when they find that pearl of content, organize the mountains of information.
I love this video!! I think this is the way school should really be conducted. Students in charge of their own learning with caring adults pointing them in the right direction. A few big questions for me - is this appropriate for middle schoolers? (I think so) How do I make this happen in middle school? How do I grade what they have learned? (certainly not w/ a standardized test!).
I do think that librarians can play the role of the 'teacher' in this video. Any adult who has a significant presence in a student's life should be playing this role.
Resources to look at: Google scholar, iTunes U
Teacher's role: Learning architect, modeler, learning concierge, network sherpa, connected learning incubator, synthesizer, change agent
Activities: guidance when student is stuck, how to communicate properly and ask for help from experts, vet a resource, how to turn a web search into a scavenger hunt, get excited when they find that pearl of content, organize the mountains of information.
I love this video!! I think this is the way school should really be conducted. Students in charge of their own learning with caring adults pointing them in the right direction. A few big questions for me - is this appropriate for middle schoolers? (I think so) How do I make this happen in middle school? How do I grade what they have learned? (certainly not w/ a standardized test!).
I do think that librarians can play the role of the 'teacher' in this video. Any adult who has a significant presence in a student's life should be playing this role.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Beginning again
David has been on my case to blog for quite a while now. So here I go again.
Hard day at work. Many of the kids didn't have their review papers much less have them done. I felt very frustrated at making my family suffer and me suffer for kids who don't care. But then I mowed the front lawn and felt better after physical exercise.
Hannah had her first play at Country Playhouse tonight. She was very cute. Poised and purposeful and slow enough in her first scene. Her second scene felt rushed to me. She spoke too fast and not quite loud enough. I think she really enjoyed herself during the performance though. She saw one of the girls at Skeeter's afterwards and had fun.
Rachel is very excited about going to New Braunfels for the SBGC trip the first weekend in May. She got her list of roommates today and seemed very happy. She was quite bouncy at dinner and at home.
Great, long time w/ DSR in the hot tub tonight. Talking about the girls, school, curriculum, employees, Sharleen's vacation, etc. He is really smart and fun to talk to.
Hard day at work. Many of the kids didn't have their review papers much less have them done. I felt very frustrated at making my family suffer and me suffer for kids who don't care. But then I mowed the front lawn and felt better after physical exercise.
Hannah had her first play at Country Playhouse tonight. She was very cute. Poised and purposeful and slow enough in her first scene. Her second scene felt rushed to me. She spoke too fast and not quite loud enough. I think she really enjoyed herself during the performance though. She saw one of the girls at Skeeter's afterwards and had fun.
Rachel is very excited about going to New Braunfels for the SBGC trip the first weekend in May. She got her list of roommates today and seemed very happy. She was quite bouncy at dinner and at home.
Great, long time w/ DSR in the hot tub tonight. Talking about the girls, school, curriculum, employees, Sharleen's vacation, etc. He is really smart and fun to talk to.
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