10 tips for inspiring curiosity - a webinar for teachers
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10/25/12 Webinar presentation Description: Kids are curious. They have questions. Keep their curiosity piqued by teaching them how to find information, explore interests, and solve problems. Starting with the free resources provided through the Curiosity in the Classroom website, we’ll explore ten tips for sparking curiosity in the classroom. Educators will learn how to use free resources like agoogleaday to refine students' information literacy skills and Guess the Wordle to find the answers to challenging questions.TRANSCRIPT
10 TIPS FOR SPARKING CURIOSITY – A WEBINAR FOR TEACHERS
7pm ETOctober 25, 2012Kyle SchuttDiscovery Educator Network
About Me
• Director, Education Outreach & Curriculum Integration
• [email protected]• Twitter: @ktschutt• In 160 Characters or Less:
– Husband father friend; Outdoors lover; lifelong learner, listener; DIYer; Director, Discovery Education; DEN STAR, SMART Certified, 3rd grade coteacher
Navigating a Webinar• Participants have a “voice” via the chat window – please use this medium to ask
questions, respond to other educators ideas, and provide feedback
• Any web links posted in the chat room are “clickable”
• You can navigate to websites using your computer's web browser
• If you are lost, return to our session by finding the Webex application in your toolbar (blue/green ball)
• The event is being recorded and will be archived for viewing on the CuriosityintheClassroom.com website
Goals• Encourage educators to utilize the resources on www.curiosityintheclassroom.com
with students and parents
• Investigate resources and provide follow-up strategies, tools, and resources for classroom use
• Interact with participants in the chat window
• Provide feedback and enter to win $$$ in giftcards!
CuriosityintheClassroom.com
“The Answer”
“The Answer”
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“Lowell astronomers will use the DCT to answer fundamental questions about our universe. In fact, some big questions – for example, how our solar system formed and how dwarf galaxies evolve – are only the beginning.”
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Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) with his first phonograph. Edison came to symbolize for many the inventive genius of American technology.
Walt[er] Disney (1901-1966) was born in Chicago and came to Hollywood in 1923.
Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) was the most famous American architect of the 20th century. He designed 25 buildings in California.
Inventor and physicist, Reginald Fessender invented many devices such as the radio compass and sonic depth finder.
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#5Question Formulation Technique
http://new.livestream.com/DEN/rightquestion
A Google a Day#6
Guess the Wordle#6.5
CAPTCHACompletely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell
Computers and Humans Apart
CAPTCHA Examples
Some CAPTCHAs require users to trace a given shape found in a photograph.
Other CAPTCHAs require alphanumeric strings instead of words.
Lesson Plans and more#8
Creativity with Cardboard#9
Curating Tools#10
http://www.scoop.it/t/curiosityintheclassroom
Why Curation in the Classroom?
Upcoming Webinars
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Win Big!
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Continue the Conversation
– Continue the learning from this webinar with the Intel Engage Teachers Community!
– Respond to this discussion: http://engage.intel.com/thread/15870 in the next three weeks and you will automatically be entered into a $100.00 Amazon gift certificate drawing. Share, learn and explore with Engage. • Note: the more that participate, the more $100 gift
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QUESTIONS?
7pm ETOctober 25, 2012Kyle SchuttDiscovery Educator Network