Jo Ann's Tech Book Notes

Ch 11 - Technology in Mathematics and Science Instruction

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Strategies for tech in math and science

math - students use the internet to obtain useful math related info, reasoning and skill building software increases students' fluency with prerequisite subskills while developing logic and comprehension.

science - GOS and GIS tools let students make observations and analizye data to support scientific investigations, digital imaging tools and simulations slow down or speed up processes for easier observation

Adapting for special needs - math - calculator.com, onlineconverters.com, www.martindalecenter.com

a diff tactic is to combine an online calculation tool with instructional support. Webmath provides how to and calc support for st struggling

For Science adaptation: digiblue.com/digital_blue/qx5.html - for students unable to access the lenses of a microscope

Brainpop - sci instruction in a multimedia format - subscription

Tech with math - approp combination of off and on comp activities (comp as a tool)

Virtual Manipulatives - matti.usu.edu/nlvm/index.html, www.shodor.org, www.ies.co.jp/math/java/indes.html, www.mste.uiuc.edu/java/default.php

Fostering mathematical prob solv - Zoombinis: Thinkin things, education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/sectionHome/download.html

allowing rep of math princ - geometer's sketch pad, kaleidoMania, keypress.com

data driven curr - Fathom, Tabletop, census.gov, statcrunch.com

supporting math related comunications - mathforum

skill bldg and prac - www.plato.com, wwwpearsondigital.com

PBs.org/teachers - mathline

Tech with sci - as a productivity tool, communicating ideas and info, investigating with tech tools, creating knowledge products

The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse offers a guide to improving professional development in the areas of math, science and technology

Doing sci insteat of just hearing about it - Jason.org, archimedes-lab.org, birds.cornell.edu/pfw, astc.org, earthkam.ucsd.edu, esri.com, planetary.org/rrgtm/, www.exploratorium.edu, www.dlese.org, dhem sim - cse.edc.org/products/simulations/default.asp, www.noaa.gov, www.nih.gov, www.cotf.edu/ete

ww.reciprocalnet.org - rotate multiple view points of an object

Chapter 9 - Technology in English and Language Arts Instruction

2009-08-23T11:58:00.000-07:00

ICT - information communication technology

TPACK - takes not of the curriculum goals and the learning objectives while simultaneously considering how/if technology could add value to the goals and objectives and identifying best practicesand pedagogy to use.

need for new inst. practices with new def of literacy

Adapting for special needs

www.infomotions.com

www.bibliomania.com/

www.gutenberg.org

can manip txt once in comp

The more students read, the better devel their language and writing skills become.

Teaching decoding - GameGoo: Learning that sticks - www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooeyhome.html

Between the Lions - pbskids.org/lions

www.meddybemps.com/letterary/index.html

www.bbc.co.uk/education/worsandpictures/phonics

software based and online systems

istation.com

intellitools, lexia early reading, openbook learning, STAR Early Literacy

Educational Insights"GeoSafari Phonics Pad

Online literature circles

Accelerated Reader - intervention program

Ch 8 -Integrating the Internet into the Curriculum

2009-08-23T11:01:00.000-07:00

If using internet -

What is the curriculum related purpose of activity

does the internet enhance the activity

how will students use online resources

do students have the necessary info analysis/info synthesisskills, or am I including these in the instruction

Do I have the necessary time and support for the activity

Electronic pen pals

www.epals.com

www.iecc.org

Electronic mentoring

quest.arc.nasa.gov/sso/chats/

Electronic (virtual) field trips

www.tramline.com, www.accessexcellence.org/RC/virtual.html, www.polarhusky.com

Electronic publishing

www.childrens-express.org/, www.cs.ucf.edu/∼MidLink?, voicethread.com

Problem based learning

www.globe.gov, kancm.org, gsn.org/gsh/cf/index/html, www.kidlink.org/kidproj/midi/, www.projectpioneer.com/mars

Social action projects

www.iearn.org/, www.cranesforpeace.org, www.kidlink.org/dream, www.earthdaybags.org

Kidlink multicultural calendar

www.kidlink.org/kidproj/mcc/

weather study site www.k12science.org/curriculum/weatherproj2/en

wildlife migration and seasonal change site - www.learner.org/jnorth

unsung heroes - www.epals.com/projects/unsung heroes

Geographic study and problems - www.geothentic.umn.edu

global groceries - www.landmark-project.com/ggl/index.html

Math is all around you - 222.nationalmathtrail.org

Downloading images - may need to change the image format from the original

Chapter 7 - Distance Learning Tools and role of the internet in education

2009-08-22T14:37:00.000-07:00

Metacrawlers - Dogpile.com

Strategies to incr privacy and safety on the internet - www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm/

Manage cookies - www.spychecker.com/software/cookiemanager.html

Eoticons - netlingo.com/smiley.cfm and www.robelle.com/smugbook/smiley.html

online collaboration - Second Life

Chapter 6 Teaching with Multimedia and Hypermedia

2009-08-22T07:56:00.000-07:00

Interactive books and eBooks - teacher.scholastic.com/cliffordI, alleducationalsoftware.com/interactive-storybooks.html, pbskids.org/lions/stories, grimmfairytales.com/en/main

www.storyplace.org/

digital.library.upen.edu/books/, free-ebooks.net/, books.google.com

Instructional software - tutorials,drills, simulations, instructional games, problem solving - www.tutorialfind.com, mchmultimedia.com/, www.educate-me.net/, adam.com/Our_Products?School_and_Instruction/Educators/K-8?atis.html, www.linda.com

IStockphoto.com, dafont.com, www.freesound.org

Audio - background music for presentations, sound effects to add interest or humor or to signal transitions, podcast audio files

Video - demonstration of procedures, recorded lectures, video decision making simulations, video problem solving situations

Photos - historical events, documents, famous people, illustrative tools (scanned pics, digital camera pics...)

Graphic Images - illustrative cartoons, charts and visualizations

Presentation software authoring tools - power point, openoffice.org, apple.com/iwork/keynote/, google docs (online productivity software)

Tips for effective power point and keynote:

large type - 32 point, no less than 20 pt

contrast text and background colors

minimize amt of txt on ea frame - main points

keep frames simple - no more than 3-5 bullet points per slide

avoid too many fancy fonts - plain sans serif for titles and plain serif for other txt, no more than 3 diff fonts

avoid gratuitous graphics and clip art - no decoration

no gratuitous sounds

use graphics, not just exts

present in dark rm

avoid reading txt aloud - guides the maing pts

Authoring software

www.mackiev.com/hyperstudio/

adobe dreamweaver

virtual field trips and 3-d models

www.vrtoolbox.com/vrthome.html, www4.discreet.com, www.panoramafactory.com/

Web 2.0 link

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In Web 2.0, information flows in multiple

directions, is user-generated, and is shared widely.

RSS allows you to subscribe and read news from your

favourite websites, withouthaving to visit each site. RSS

allows more people to share information more easily.

same info as pdf; less links; more user friendly terminology

hits on social networking more.

chapter 5

2009-07-23T14:53:00.000-07:00

Desktop publishing - InDesign and PageMaker by Adobe, Microsoft publisher

Test generators and rubric generators - www.testshop.com, www.centronsoftware.com, www.easytestmaker.com, landmark-project.com/rubric_builder/index.php, rubistar.4teachers.org, teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/general

Worksheet and puzzle generators - puzzlemaker.discoveryeducatio.com/, school.discoveryeducation.com, centronsoftware.com, www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/crossword/

IEP generators - www.schoolmax.net/, www.xperts.com/products/educational-product-suite/iep-online.aspx, www.publicconsultinggroup.com/educational/technology/easyiep/

Graphic doc maker - prinshop 23 deluxe, www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/certificates

www.smartdraw.com

pdf and form makers - www.adobe.com, www.colorpilot.com/pdfmaker/html, www.quask.com/survey/procucts.asp

Always us rules for effective desktop publishing

Electronic gradebooks - www.classactiongradebook.com

Student response systems - all students answer ? at same time and system summarizes, displays results immed. - to engage students and check comprehension - Qwizdom.com, www.h-itt.com

Draw/paint program - kid pix, adobe illustrator

Image editing - adobe photoshop, gimp.org

Charting and graphing tools - www.teachtsp.com, www.serpik.com, www.visualmining.com

Clip art, animation, sound, video and font collections - teachingheart.net

microsoft cipart, flamingtext.com, animationfactory.com

Outlining and concept mapping software - www.inspiration.com, soso.so.u, story weaver

Lesson planners - teacher planet

Scheduling and time management tools - www.handshigh.com, www.thecalendarplanner.com

reading tools - www.readabilityformulas.com, www.renlearn.com/ar/

TI graphing calc - education.ti.com/

SS software - www.gps4fun.com, www.census.gov/geo/www.maps, google earth, www.esri.com/software/arcview

Web 2.0

2009-07-23T09:55:00.000-07:00

Effective e-learning through collaboration

It’s hard to miss the fact that e-Learning provides learning resources in interesting electronic media and makes them available ‘anywhere, anytime’.

Such media provides enhanced impact, improved accessibility, can be re-purposed for new uses and also help improve differentiation.

Tim Rylands’ (http://timrylands.com/) use of the Myst computer games in literacy classes, resulting in impressive improvements in descriptive writing, especially from boys.

In ordinary, classroom teaching, we now enjoy a range of approaches that improve on the traditional ‘talk and chalk’ method used on its own. These embrace a social, interactive and constructionist approach to whole class teaching.

Many students find that their learning is most effective when they actively construct knowledge during group social interaction and collaboration - social constructivism

because the technology acts as a levelling force, in which all may collaborate as equal partners, students who might not ordinarily contribute, perhaps as a result of a disability or shyness, can now join in activities as equals

This allows students and teachers to fit in with busy schedules, meets the needs of those with a range of learning styles, provides flexible class timetabling, and means that class sessions can

concentrate on key social interaction, with assessed activities left till later. In addition to flexibility in timing, there is flexibility in geographic location

posting a blog - needing corrections - students log in and make corrections

RSS

really simple syndication

internet users to subscribe to websites that have provided RSS feeds; these are typically sites that change or add content regularly.

user is in control of info coming to them with a filter

web blogs and news sites - good examples

www.weblogged.com - get started guide for setting one up for teachers

when you’re ready, you open the aggregator to read the individual

stories, file them for later use, click through to the site itself, or delete them if

they’re not relevant. In other words, you check one site instead of 30… not a

bad trade-off for a typically busy teacher

able to feel closer to leading edge of info by staying up to date

Uses - professional development, up to the minute content info, time saving, Teachers and their students could subscribe to feeds from different parts of the

news world about a current event in the news to compare and contrast the

information and/or to check to see if there were any biases, can share info with other teachers via blog or webpage rss feed

Power of blogging

one of many tools that pioneering teachers are using to

empower students to take more responsibility of managing their own work and

adding value to the world.

it’s imperative that we be able to teach our kids

how to use the tools effectively and appropriately because right now they have

no models to follow

post student work for authentic review

need to teach students how to blog - i.e. what is appropriate

Photo sharing and clip art

http://www.flickr.com

students gain interest in blogging because not so much like writing with a lot of rules, more like communicating

not just writing what teachers want, writing to a bigger audience

It is my contention that a blogger prompt is different than a journal prompt due

to its interactive nature. A blogger prompt has to encourage participants to

address issues from multiple perspectives. Whereas, most journal prompts do

not encourage multiple perspectives and lead to a monocular thesis, which are

often as 2D as the paper it’s written on.

students need help knowing how to deal with the variety of viewpoints that others may post

need to set rules for class blog

web 2.0 is all about collaboration

any comments on blogs should be polite and useful

http://www.bloglines.com

http://www.techlearning.com/blog/main/

http://www.elgg.net), which is open-

source blogging software for education, but far more besides

www.edublogs.org

http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/infolit/edupodcast/

Wikis

Hawaiian word meaning “quick”.

web page collagoration

wiki lends itself to having short

amounts of text connected by hyperlinks, rather than a lot of text.

http://www.pbwiki.com/ - to set up wiki