Technology Integration

Gail Dickinson – gdickinson@madison-schools.com

John Hunt – jhunt@mc.edu

Before we begin- if youhave a smart phone please go to the appstore and downloada free QR reader

National Technology Standards (NETS)

 • Use digital photographs to answer writing

prompts, Web 2.0 (Wikis, Blogs) websites to collect and share information

 • Conduct Internet research using WebQuests

(includes a project) • Explore Internet resources that enhance lessons

such as: BrainPop, Educational Videos, Interactive websites and Spreadsheets to create graphs/tables for lab activities

• Students will analyze lab experiments, compare their results and display the information in the appropriate graph format.

Blogs

A blog (sometimes referred to as a weblog) is a Web publishing tool that allows authors to quickly and easily self-publish text, artwork, links to other blogs or Web sites, videos and a variety of other content.

• Blogging in the classroom - google search - automotivator wigflip

• Use our picture – choose the cloud• Title – Cloudy With a Chance• Text -- You walk outside and notice it is

very cloudy today. How do clouds form? Why do some clouds produce rain?

• To save – right click in the middle of your image and click – save image as

Let’s practicewww.mauejags.org

• Technology• Blogging• Answer the blog “Away From it

All”

• Tip – show students a sample of both good and bad comments.

Educational Uses:

• Reflection• Summary• Sharing (discussions)• Expression of Opinions• Current Events

QR Codes

• QR stands for Quick Response – they are bar codes on steroids.

• It is a matrix that when scanned by a camera immediately brings up text, website, video and other types of information.

• You can go to an online QR code generator and then use a QR code scanner app for a smart phone to scan and read the generated code.

Let’s try it.

www.unitaglive.com/qrcode

• Educational Uses:• Videos• Websites• Instructions• Notes• Personal Information – name, email,

website address

Prezi – Presentation Tool• Prezi is cloud-based presentation

software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas.

• www.prezi.com – show video• Explore, Education, More, Search, Glenn

Rankin Newton’s Laws• Elementary – Parts of a Plant• Educational Uses: same as PowerPoint• To download your prezi - http://

Prezi.com/your– Click on your prezi and look at the

bottom

Photovisi –www.photovisi.com• Photovisi is an online image tool that

lets you create collages from your photos.

• Photovisi - Let’s try it – see notes

• Educational Uses:• Create presentations about topics

such as simple machines, types of energy or land forms

Spezify – www.spezify.com

• Search tool with visual results – click on the image and it magnifies then click on the link at the bottom of the image to go to the website.

• Search the following by typing in the search box:

• Spezify – click on video on how to use• Venn diagram• Newton’s 3rd law of motion

Wordle – www.wordle.net

• Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.

• The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.

• You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.

• The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like.

• You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

• *Note that the wordles are not screened for content.

• Let’s try it

Educational Uses for Wordle:

• “About Me”• “Guess What” – description of an animal, topic,

book • “Word Wall” – consist of new vocabulary (or

phrase) that is displayed in a prominent position throughout the unit.  It identifies the key vocabulary students need to understand the subject.

• Check for Prior Knowledge – brainstorm words that relate to a particular topic. For example – DNA

BrainPop – www.brainpop.com

• BrainPOP is an educational website with hundreds of short Flash-based movies for students in grades K-12 (ages 6 to 17) covering the subjects of mathematics, technology, health, science, social studies, arts and music, and English.

BrainPOP Prices

• This is for one teacher which includes 3 simultaneous users.

• BrainPop jr - $145 per year• BrainPop - $205 per year• Under subscribe – funding BrainPop• Homepage has a free trial link

Glogster- www.glogster.com

• Glogster is a social network that allows users to create free interactive posters, or Glogs.

• A "Glog", short for "graphics blog", is an interactive multimedia image.

• Go to glogster.com and click on the green EDU on the bottom right.

• Click on – best glogs- at the top and then view the moon landing.

• Educational Uses – themed projects

WebQuests

• A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web and typically ends with a student created project.

• Zunal – www.zunal.com• Is the Force of Gravity

With You?• Webquest –www.webquest.org• To search for a webquest go to the

link “Find a WebQuest” on the left side of the page,

• Click in the yellow box “search the QuestGarden data base”,

• Go to Curriculum x Grade Level Matrix and select science and the grade level then search.

Wikis

• Wiki is a term meaning "quick" in Hawaiian

• It is a website where contributors can easily add, delete or generally change the content which has been put there.

WikiSpacesEducational wikis – video http://www.wikispaces.com/content/teacher• Sample educational wikis:• http://

educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis

• 1000 names• Bergmann Science• Cool Tools for Schools• Science – Disease

Other Things to Try

• Projects - http://bighugelabs.com/• Resources for Teachers -

http://www.tammyworcester.com/Tips/Tammys_Technology_Tips_for_Teachers.html

• Educational Apps for iPad - http://www.apple.com/education/apps/

• facebook pages – Sci/Tech Connect– Mississippi Science Teachers– John Hunt