Technology Integration

1. Technology Integration Gail Dickinson – gdickinson@madison-schools.com John Hunt – jhunt@mc.edu Before we begin- if you have a smart phone please go to the app store and download a free QR reader

2. 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.

4. 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.

6. Blogging in the classroom - google search - automotivatorwigflip • 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

7. 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.

8. Educational Uses: • Reflection • Summary • Sharing (discussions) • Expression of Opinions • Current Events

9. 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.

10. Let’s try it. www.unitaglive.com/qrcode • Educational Uses: • Videos • Websites • Instructions • Notes • Personal Information – name, email, website address

11. 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

12. Photovisi –www.photovisi.com • Photovisi is an online image tool that lets you create collages from your photos.

13. Photovisi - Let’s try it – see notes • Educational Uses: • Create presentations about topics such as simple machines, types of energy or land forms

14. 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

15. Wordle – www.wordle.net

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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.

19. BrainPOP Prices • This is for one teacher which includes 3 simultaneous users. • BrainPopjr - $145 per year • BrainPop - $205 per year • Under subscribe – funding BrainPop • Homepage has a free trial link

20. 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

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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

25. 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