Technology Integration
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Technology IntegrationGail Dickinson – gdickinson@madison-
schools.comJohn Hunt – [email protected]
Before we begin- if youhave a smart phone please go to the appstore and downloada free QR reader
National Technology Standards (NETS) • Use digital photographs to answer writing
prompts, Web 2.0 (Wikis, Blogs) websites to collect and share information
• Conduct Internet research using WebQuests
(includes a project) • Explore Internet resources that enhance lessons
such as: BrainPop, Educational Videos, Interactive websites and Spreadsheets to create graphs/tables for lab activities
• Students will analyze lab experiments, compare their results and display the information in the appropriate graph format.
Blogs
A blog (sometimes referred to as a weblog) is a Web publishing tool that allows authors to quickly and easily self-publish text, artwork, links to other blogs or Web sites, videos and a variety of other content.
• Blogging in the classroom - google search - automotivator wigflip
• Use our picture – choose the cloud• Title – Cloudy With a Chance• Text -- You walk outside and notice it is
very cloudy today. How do clouds form? Why do some clouds produce rain?
• To save – right click in the middle of your image and click – save image as
Let’s practicewww.mauejags.org
• Technology• Blogging• Answer the blog “Away From it
All”
• Tip – show students a sample of both good and bad comments.
Educational Uses:• Reflection• Summary• Sharing (discussions)• Expression of Opinions• Current Events
QR Codes
• QR stands for Quick Response – they are bar codes on steroids.
• It is a matrix that when scanned by a camera immediately brings up text, website, video and other types of information.
• You can go to an online QR code generator and then use a QR code scanner app for a smart phone to scan and read the generated code.
Let’s try it.www.unitaglive.com/qrcode
• Educational Uses:• Videos• Websites• Instructions• Notes• Personal Information – name, email,
website address
Prezi – Presentation Tool• Prezi is cloud-based presentation
software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas.
• www.prezi.com – show video• Explore, Education, More, Search, Glenn
Rankin Newton’s Laws• Elementary – Parts of a Plant• Educational Uses: same as PowerPoint• To download your prezi - http://
Prezi.com/your– Click on your prezi and look at the
bottom
Photovisi –www.photovisi.com• Photovisi is an online image tool that
lets you create collages from your photos.
• Photovisi - Let’s try it – see notes
• Educational Uses:• Create presentations about topics
such as simple machines, types of energy or land forms
Spezify – www.spezify.com
• Search tool with visual results – click on the image and it magnifies then click on the link at the bottom of the image to go to the website.
• Search the following by typing in the search box:
• Spezify – click on video on how to use• Venn diagram• Newton’s 3rd law of motion
Wordle – www.wordle.net
• Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.
• The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.
• You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.
• The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like.
• You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
• *Note that the wordles are not screened for content.
• Let’s try it
Educational Uses for Wordle:
• “About Me”• “Guess What” – description of an animal, topic,
book • “Word Wall” – consist of new vocabulary (or
phrase) that is displayed in a prominent position throughout the unit. It identifies the key vocabulary students need to understand the subject.
• Check for Prior Knowledge – brainstorm words that relate to a particular topic. For example – DNA
BrainPop – www.brainpop.com
• BrainPOP is an educational website with hundreds of short Flash-based movies for students in grades K-12 (ages 6 to 17) covering the subjects of mathematics, technology, health, science, social studies, arts and music, and English.
BrainPOP Prices
• This is for one teacher which includes 3 simultaneous users.
• BrainPop jr - $145 per year• BrainPop - $205 per year• Under subscribe – funding BrainPop• Homepage has a free trial link
Glogster- www.glogster.com
• Glogster is a social network that allows users to create free interactive posters, or Glogs.
• A "Glog", short for "graphics blog", is an interactive multimedia image.
• Go to glogster.com and click on the green EDU on the bottom right.
• Click on – best glogs- at the top and then view the moon landing.
• Educational Uses – themed projects
WebQuests
• A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web and typically ends with a student created project.
• Zunal – www.zunal.com• Is the Force of Gravity
With You?• Webquest –www.webquest.org• To search for a webquest go to the
link “Find a WebQuest” on the left side of the page,
• Click in the yellow box “search the QuestGarden data base”,
• Go to Curriculum x Grade Level Matrix and select science and the grade level then search.
Wikis
• Wiki is a term meaning "quick" in Hawaiian
• It is a website where contributors can easily add, delete or generally change the content which has been put there.
WikiSpacesEducational wikis – video http://www.wikispaces.com/content/teacher• Sample educational wikis:• http://
educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis
• 1000 names• Bergmann Science• Cool Tools for Schools• Science – Disease
Other Things to Try
• Projects - http://bighugelabs.com/• Resources for Teachers -
http://www.tammyworcester.com/Tips/Tammys_Technology_Tips_for_Teachers.html
• Educational Apps for iPad - http://www.apple.com/education/apps/
• facebook pages – Sci/Tech Connect– Mississippi Science Teachers– John Hunt