Transforming Science with Technology
iPads at National Teachers Academy
Topics in today's Tech Talk Presentation
Multimedia Science Journals
Student Screencasting
Student Movie Making
Blogging
Which leads to questions about....
Examining the traditional Science journal...
- Positives
- Science Process
- Sketch and graph
- All labs/experiments in one place
- Bloom's high level of thinking
Mental Note App
- Lined or Graph paper
- Typed text
- Annotation
- Voice Recording
- Photos
- Separate Notes
- Tagging Feature
- Export to other apps including Google Drive
Multimedia Science Journals
- Add research from online sources to journal entry
- Email lab and give feedback through Edmodo, create a library file for students as record of work
- Student generated science term note for vocabulary collection
Blogs
- Students writing in the content area
- Authentic audience
- Kid-friendly format
- Kidblog.org
Quadblogging.net
- 4 classrooms
- comment on each other's work
- similar grade levels
Questions or Comments?
Educreations for sorts
Next steps.....
Educreations
-FREE
-screencasting
-access to dropbox
-uploads and saves
Explain learning.....
How to create a multimedia
Science Journal....
Mental Note App
Bloom's Revisited...21st century skills
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Create
Evaluate
Analyze
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Autumn Laidler
National Teachers Academy
mslaidler.blogspot.com
Twitter @mslaidler
- Negatives
- Limited to pencil and paper
- Giving feedback is a challenge
- Organization of elementary students
- Limited sharing of ideas
- Isolated from other science knowledge
PDF to Flipsnack
Stop motion
- Mycreate app
- cycles & patterns
Stop motion 3rd graders
Movie Making in Science
iMovie and iMovie Trailers
- Green screen with student backgrounds
- iMovie scripts
- trailer planning
- QR code link to trailer
Stop motion Water Cycle 3rd graders
From Craig Dwyer http://teachingparadox.edublogs.org/files/2012/08/iMovie-Trailer-Storyboard-2b1qirp.pdf