http://biologyanimation.edublogs.org Ideas and attempts with tools in a science classroom Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:56:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wikis and Collaboration: Using Wikispaces as a platform for your classes and other strategies for effective teacher to teacher collaboration 1.75 hours Presented during Inservice Day February 13, 2009 by Amy Sanders and Catie Wooten Explore wikis being used in the school - 15 minutes - Catie Find at least 2 purposes that ... http://biologyanimation.edublogs.org/2009/02/11/29/ I wanted to post the final presentations for the class.  We recorded them at ustream.tv. (FYI: If you're particularly interested in my section, you can fast-forward to 1:09.  My section runs until about 1:27. ) Thanks to Alice, Cathy and the other members of the class!  I was thinking the other night, ... http://biologyanimation.edublogs.org/2008/04/12/our-tech-class-final-presentations/ Embedded | View | Upload your own Here's the link. http://biologyanimation.edublogs.org/2008/04/12/immune-system-powerpoint-from-previous-post/ Immune system - Animations We used 5 forms of "critical input experiences" for this content. Guided notes with a PowerPoint A set of flowcharts (innate and adaptive) Animations (linked from the powerpoint)/Youtube video Role play - the students generated this in groups and acted it out in class with props they brought from home Student ... http://biologyanimation.edublogs.org/2008/04/12/goal-revisit-part-2/ To work on my goal for improving the use of technology in Biology, we have embarked in a variety of projects over the past 4 months. I'm going to focus on three of the project and some of the evidence from students. Cells Parts and Functions Webquest Overview Innerlife of cells ... http://biologyanimation.edublogs.org/2008/04/12/goal-revisiting-proje/ These are some examples of the summary papers students wrote on the Astronomy topics. Life on Mars Halley's comet Big bang Life of the sun Planet formation Fate of the universe Life on Mars Wormholes Europa Star cycle http://biologyanimation.edublogs.org/2008/04/12/student-work-astronomy-papers/ As I watched Clarence Fisher in his talk about Classroom 2.0, I did have an "aha" moment when he talked about classrooms as a studio. This has sort of been the case in my Physical Science classroom for the past couple weeks as we worked on our Astronomy unit. ... http://biologyanimation.edublogs.org/2008/04/11/assignment-4-classroom-20/ Some video I uploaded to Teacher Tube of my students making craters. http://biologyanimation.edublogs.org/2008/04/10/astronomy-project-making-craters/ This week, my 9th grade students are preparing for a student-led conference with their parents. They are reflecting on their learning in each class. I'm asking students to do a comparison of two recent labs (one on light, one on sound) and the gains they have made in ... http://biologyanimation.edublogs.org/2008/03/25/video-sharing-with-students/ Here is a screencast I made (one of several) for my Biology class. I used Jing to do this. http://biologyanimation.edublogs.org/2008/03/08/using-jing-screencasting/