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Issuu Number 3 of Digigogy Magazine, created with the help of pre-service teachers at Niagara University on October 14th, 2010.
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Digigogy
Designing A Framework For GROWTH Issuu Three
Special SCIENCE Edition:
Pre-Service Science Teachers Articulate
Task-Specific Tech Tools for Instructional Purposes
DIGIGOGY
This issue of Digigogy was largely written
by preservice teachers in a Master’s
Program at Niagara University, much like the April Issuu. I had the pleas-
ure of guest lecturing in their methodology class, and they created the
pages for this Issuu in the moment. They described a technology tool
with a frame for how they might use it in the classroom. They emailed
their documents to me so that I could compile them into one document
to create the file I’ve uploaded to ISSUU.com. I appreciate their willing-
ness to share and collaborate with this 21st Century tool, and I hope you,
the reader, appreciate this insight into their thoughts.
Cover image remixed from: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1160569
This page computer image from Flickr user “izzymunchted” at http://www.flickr.com/photos/izzymunchted/1419115048/
Contents
Teacher’s Toolbox | 3
Teacher Contributions | 4
Preservice Teachers share
a variety of technology
tools with an overview of
using the tool as well as
their ideas for a specific
purpose for that tool.
Published with:
October 2010
©Michael Fisher
Digigogy.com
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DIGIGOGY TEACHER
TOOLBOX
Recently saved to
http://www.historypin.com/ —Pin your history to the
world. Collaborative project with Google to ―map‖
your history through photos and stories.
http://yttm.tv/ - The YouTube Time Machine. Pick
and date, and go back in time with videos from a se-
lected year! Lots of classroom implications here. http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit/26195 -
LiveBinder of using iPads in Schools. Lots of re-
sources!
Get all my Diigo bookmarks at: http://
www.diigo.com/user/mikefisher821
Champions of Ubiquity Now that the school year is underway, I thought I would write about a ―Back 2 School‖
idea for starting the year off on the right foot.
I’d like to first have you consider whether technology itself is worthy of being a set of
―skills‖ that we must develop. The usage of ―21st Century Skills‖ is quickly becoming a ba-
nal phrase and only carries as much meaning as the person who says it is committed to its
meaning…and there are multiple meanings and interpretations!
That said, isn’t technology so infused for our students now that saying that we’re going
to use it is like saying the movie we are going to go and see is ―in color?‖ Isn’t it a given?
(At least for the kids?)
So, I’d like to ask you to commit to being a ―Champion of Ubiquity‖ this coming year.
Assume the technology is a framework for everything you do or everything you offer to your
students. Let your teaching methodologies and student assessment products be menu items
rather than set in stone artifacts and modalities.
Give your students opportunities to design their own instruction based on their experi-
ences, based on their own readiness and interest, or any other platform from which you might
consider differentiating yourself. (You know this stuff…why should you be doing all the
work?!?!? Let the kids be tired at the end of the day from their hard work—not you!)
Make a difference this year by becoming the teacher you wish you had, or by making
instructional design choices that truly benefit the 21st Century Learner (including yourself!)
The ―21st Century‖ isn’t about the transference of information – it’s about the sharing of in-
formation and the collective creation of something new from that. It doesn’t matter what the
label is on the learner…whether they are the teacher or the student or the administrator or
anyone who wants to be in the process! Everybody is a learner now—that’s really what the
21st Century is all about! Here's to a great year!
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Title: www.Todaysmeet.com
Overview/Summary: TodaysMeet is a student and teacher friendly blog/ web board/
chatroom that holds live conversation. To create the chat room one enters a room
name (Note: no spaces in room name allowed), how long to keep the room posted, and
if you want twitter access. Upon entering the room there is a simple set up of “say” and
“listen” that works similar to an instant messaging program. An instructor just has to
provide a URL to students to have access to this chat room. The students just create a
name and are given access to the chat. Other features include a transcript option
which gives you the ability to organize the entire conversation from the very first post.
The projector feature organizes the entire conversation starting from the most recent
post.
Screen Shot:
Instructional Use: This tool could be used for group discussion assignments. The
teacher would create a group specific URL where group discussions could be re-
corded. This also could be used for a general help chat (homework help /tutoring/ test
prep) where the teacher could help assistance to students at certain times during non-
school hours. Teachers also could post assignments on this blog site or place remind-
ers of class projects/assignment whose due dates are coming up. Outside special
guest speakers could meet up with students on a blog pertaining to class content and
discuss certain specialties related to coursework.
Other Ideas:
Connect multiple sections of a class
From Flickr user: langwitches http://www.flickr.com/photos/langwitches/4408017823/sizes/o/in/set-72157605083562304/
Overview/Summary: Google Search Stories is a video creator. It allows the user to
type in their searches and select the kind of results that best commu-
nicate their story. Making videos out of Google searches isn't exactly
elaborate Hollywood film-making, but it lets everyone get in on the
fun. All you need to do is type in your Google searches, pick some
music and — presto! — you've got your very own Search Story to
share with your friends or showcase on our YouTube channel.
Screenshot:
Ideas for Instructional Uses:
Any scientific process of multiple steps – ie, mitosis
Evolution Story
Google Search Stories
History of Scientists
Other Ideas:
Introduce a new topic/unit
Close a lesson
Go-to tool to get started
Assessment tool
Title: www.wordsift.com Overview/Summary:
Word sift is a program that can take any text and create a
―word cloud‖ based on the most important and used vocabulary
words in the text. It will also pull up images of the main word, but
you can click on the other words in the ―word cloud‖ and other im-
ages of that word will appear. This program will also create a word
web with definitions connected to it. This program is called visual
thesaurus, which is a web link connected to this program. This
word web has the main word in the middle with other words related
to that topic along with definitions if you click on the word. On the
side bar, there are boxes labeled nouns, verbs, and adjectives that
are connected to the word. Another feature this program has is an-
other side bar that when you click on a word in the word cloud, it
will show you the portion of the text where that word is found.
Screen shot:
Ideas for instructional use:
This website is great not only for science classes but any class.
It allows a teacher to isolate vocabulary words and describe them.
A teacher could use this program before starting a new section, a
piece of text, article, and newspaper. This program can allow the
students to analyze the vocabulary words in different ways; there is
even a spelling bee game. It’s a good way to have students find
what the important parts of a difficult or challenging text. This also
lets the students have a tool that they can use inside and outside the
classroom. If they are stuck on a word at home, they can simply
type it in and see what happens. This can be used as a resource for
writing papers and also finding relevant pictures that are actually
related to the topic.
Other Ideas:
Find key points or main idea
Voki Web Avatars
Overview
Voki is an avatar creation service where one can
record their voice and associate it with an avatar. It
provides a personal touch to online classes putting a
voice and a character to a question, comment or state-
ment.
Instructional Use
Students
Posting discussion questions
Reflection
Summary/Review
Blogging
project about a topic
song
book on tape
speech
soliloquies
interview
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Teachers
Personalize an online presence
Provide overview of what will be discussed in the day/
week
Can get missed class information
Announcements/reminders
Other Uses:
Lighten up serious topics
Introduce a theorist (make a Darwin and have him speak)
Basic Facts
Have different students recap the day
