Using Online Resources in the Science ClassroomMelanie Olson, ESU #2Sept. 29, 2010

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• Discussions without clear-cut answers (65%)

• Discussion/debate (61%)

• Group projects (60%)

• Projects and lessons involving technology (55%)

• Art/drama activities (49%)

• Presentations (46%)

• Role-plays (43%)

Re-thinking educationThe Death of Education, The Dawn of Learning

http://www.pearsonfoundation.org/education-leadership/video-series/cosn-voices-in-education.html

How does this affect your classroom?What are you doing to address the “the death of education, the dawn of learning”?

21st Century Skills

21st Century Skills

Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes Global awareness Financial, Economic, Business and

Entrepreneurial Literacy Civic Literacy Health Literacy Environmental Literacy

Learning and Innovation Skills Creativity and Innovation Critical Thinking and Problem

Solving Communication and Collaboration

Information, Media, and Technology Skills Information Literacy Media Literacy Information, Communications,

Technology Literacy

Life and Career Skills Flexibility and Adaptability Initiative and Self-Direction Social and Cross-Cultural Skills Productivity and Accountability Leadership and Responsibility

www.21stcenturyskills.org

Using Online Resources

Follow your district technology guidelines Refer to the privacy policy and terms of agreement. It is the classroom teachers responsibility to ensure

the resource meets your district guidelines. All resources should be reviewed by the classroom

teacher before students are allowed to use them. Some resources are appropriate for teachers to use

for instruction but not for students to use independently.

Using On-line Resources

Questions to consider Does this resource align with your curriculum? Are advertisements displayed on the site? What is being

advertised? Is a K-12 license available, if so how do you apply? Does the resource require a log-in? Validating the resource?

EasyWhoIs: www.easywhois.com/ or www.domaintools.com (advanced)

The Wayback Machine: www.archive.org Help for students to discern misinformation and validate

research materials http://factchecked.org/

Validating Web MaterialsTeach kids to get REAL

Read the URL

Examine the content

Ask about the author and owner

Look at the links

ESU GEMS, 21st century Skills group, 08-10

Help students with readability.com

Scope of tonight

Resources into two categories: general usage and content specific

Resources that can be used with only a computer and internet connection

Free

Limited practice time tonight

Small snapshot of resources available

Outcomes

Continue to build a network of Science teachers in ESU #2

Information on the importance of using on-line resources

Ideas for using on-line resources

Possible on-line resources to use

Our Wiki

www.esu2science.wikispaces.com

Science information kept there

Access for members only

Create an account to join wiki

Turn on, “notify me” for all changes

Wikispaces Teachers using wikispaces for class or student projects

www.wikispaces.com

Great help on site

Request K-12 upgrade (free!), make private

Turn off advertisements

Turn on “notify me” for all changes

Edit pages like a word document

Can track changes

Basic discussion board

Animoto

http://animoto.com

Create account

30 sec. videos for free, $3 per video upgrade

Uses Introduce material Vocabulary Review/Summary Sponge” or Bell Ringer questions

Standards Update

Glogster

http://edu.glogster.com/

Book Reports

Research Reports

Class Projects

Safe digital environment

Homework

Distance Learning

Presentations on any topic

Digital posters save paper

Create Digital knowledge library

Get inspired

Develop student creativity

Expand students' presentational skills

Adapt to any Curriculum

Lessons Preparations

Assignments on any topic

Tours

Explore

Glogster

http://edu.glogster.com/

Create an EDU Basic account

Help on the site

Look at example projects

Used to create a multimedia “poster”

Make sure to select “finished private” when glog is complete

Differentiation includes using multimedia resources in your classroom.

Videos and Podcasts

Glog, video and podcasts

Additional information on the ESU #2 Science wiki

http://esu2science.wikispaces.com

Prezi

www.prezi.com Create an account, indicate K-12 license

Good help on site, look at examples

Organize information, show relationships

Version of an online graphic organizer

Can use picture, video, and text

Can be downloaded

Choose to keep private

Prezi

www.prezi.com

Resources at ESU #2

ESU #2, www.esu2.org, go to Media Center

Gale: password ESU2 Research, multimedia

World Book: Username is: neneb Password is: world Go to World Book advanced and then my research Create an account to house research information notes

Visual Thesaurus: go to http://nnnc.visualthesaurus.com IP addresses already put in, if using at school shouldn’t need a

password Great for vocabulary, text analysis, and roots/prefixes/suffixes

Thanks

Thanks to the following people for suggesting online resources: Sheree Person-Pandil, ESU #3 Deb Paulman, ESU #16 Rick Williams, ESU #2 Diane Wolfe, ESU #2 Amanda Marshall, Millard Public Schools Jerry Olson, Millard Public Schools Jason Larsen, Mead Public Schools SDA GEMS 2008-2010, 21st Century Skills Group