seven skills of highly effective web2 science teachers
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Dr. Candace FiggBrock [email protected] 905-688-5550, ext. 5347Dr. Kamini Jaipal-JamaniBrock [email protected] 905-688-5550, ext. 4739
Seven Skills of Seven Skills of Highly Effective Highly Effective
Web 2.0 Science Web 2.0 Science TeachersTeachers
Are you ready for her?
Hewlett Packard print commercials (2003)
Southwestern Bell Telephone Book, 2005
Digital Natives
Prensky, M. (2004). Capturing the Value of "Generation Tech" Employees. Strategy +Business.
http://www.strategy-business.com/press/enewsarticle/enews063004?pg=all
10,000 hours playing video
games
200,000 emails and instant messages
10,000 hours of cell phone
usage
20,000 hours watching TV
500,000 commercials
5000 hours of book reading
Are we ready for the Are we ready for the FUTURE?FUTURE?
Teacher Knowledge for Teaching with Technology
Content
Pedagogy
Routines, Lesson Plans, Class Structures, Learning Styles, Teaching Strategies, Authentic Hands-On, Lesson Design
Teaching with tools for appropriate outcomes, Skills with tools
Knowledge of Content Area
Concepts and Skills
Technology
TechnologicalPedagogical And Content Knowledge (TPACK)
Transforming Education
Stakeholders contribute to the creation of documents in a shared space
Web 1.0Web 1.0Documents written offline and
uploaded to a shared space
Web 2.0Web 2.0
Web 1.0Web 1.0
Web Pages/SitesWeb Pages/Sites
Search EnginesSearch Engines
DatabasesDatabases
EmailEmail
Listening/WatchingListening/Watching
Web 2.0Web 2.0
BlogBlog
WikiWiki
PodcastsPodcasts
Facebook/MySpaceFacebook/MySpace
VideoVideo
Using Web2.0 Tools to Promote Scientific
Literacy
Demonstrating Scientific Literacy
• Collaboration to construct scientific knowledge
• Share resources to build knowledge & understanding of Science
• Communicate scientific understandings
• Showcase student projects that illustrate application in STSE context
Demonstrating Scientific Literacy Using Web 2.0 Tools
• Collaboration to construct scientific knowledge
• Share resources to build knowledge & understanding of Science
• Communicate scientific understandings
• Showcase student projects that illustrate application in STSE context
Share resourcesCommunicateShowcase
Collaboration
Seven Web2.0 Tools
• Social Bookmarks with Tags • Edublogs • Wiki • Streaming Video• Podcasting• RSS Feeds• Social Networks
Skill #1: Social
Bookmarking!
Sharing Resources
• Bookmark List – Teacher constructed– Class constructed
• Using Tags
http://delicious.com/handy4class/
Skill #2: Edublogging
What is a blog?
A blog is an online tool that allows the user to post messages that can be viewed
and commented upon.
What is a blog?
A blog is an online tool that allows the user to post messages that can be viewed
and commented upon.
What is an edublog?An edublog are those blogs specifically
designed for educational purposes—usually by teachers for use with their students.
Creating Blogs: Step 2
Create your Google account
if you don’t already have one!
Creating Blogs: Step 3
Name your blog!
Creating Blogs: Step 4
Pick a template!
Creating Blogs: Step 5
Write your first post!http://tpack4science-ed.blogspot.com/
Edublogs in Science
• Go to the Delicious bookmarks (http://delicious.com/handy4class)
• Enter the tags: Stao , blogging• Find ‘Check out Class Blogs’
Skill #3: Wiki Wiki-ing!
Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
Ward Cunningham
Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki1994
Ward Cunningham
Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
Wiki = Quick
1994
Ward Cunningham
• Editable web page – the new web page creator
• Collective pool of knowledge• Designed for collaborative
purposes• Teacher & student publishing
Q. How many Wiki people does it take to change a light bulb?A. One, but anyone can change it back.
What is a Wiki?
The Science Teacher’s Wiki
• Informative wikis for PD• Discussion started for students
(Teachers post resource; students comment)
• Sharing of online resources to extend learning
Sound familiar??
Wikis in Science
• Go to the Delicious bookmarks (http://delicious.com/handy4class)
• Enter the tags: Stao , wikis• Find ‘Nature Guide Home –
Littlewood Nature Guide’
Skill #4: Streaming
video!
What is streaming video?
Here's Wikipedia's definition: " ... multimedia (in our case, video)
that is continuously received by, and normally displayed to, the end-user while it is being delivered by the provider."
The Science Teacher’s Videos
• Demonstrations/experiments• Create your own and share• Locating videos and sharing• Locating videos and embedding
in your own wiki or blog!
Streaming videos in Science
• Go to the Delicious bookmarks (http://delicious.com/handy4class)
• Enter the tags: Stao , videos• Find ‘Science Videos at Steve
Spangler’
Skill #5: Podcasting!
What is podcasting?
Let’s use a streamed video to find out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-MSL42NV3c
Creating a Podcast
• Audacity• GCast or KidCast
Podcasting in Science
• Go to the Delicious bookmarks (http://delicious.com/handy4class)
• Enter the tags: Stao , podcasts
• Find Science Center Podcasts
Skill #6: RSS Feed Reading!
What is an RSS Feed?
An automatic update! No need to check a site every day—let the a Feed Reader do it for you!
Why?
• Subscribe to websites, blogs that are frequently updated
• Explore the latest news• Have your students
explore the latest news!
Two Steps!
• Set up a Reader such as Google Reader
• Subscribe to your favorite sites!
For Example:
http://hypography.com/
Using RSS Feeds in Science
Current News Events
Updates from NASA
Trends in Science
Read & Inform Others
Skill #7: Social
Networking!
What is social networking?
Connecting with a group or organization based on shared interests, political views, or activities
‘Tweeting’ in the Science Classroom
• Follow your own students as they reflect on science learning
• Follow scientists and science organizations
• Go to the Delicious bookmarks (http://delicious.com/handy4class)
• Enter the tags: Stao , twitter• Find 100 Best Science
Twitterers• Find Twitter4teachers
