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Technology Page

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DIGITAL LITERACY AND CITIZENSHIP

1.  Common Sense Media

 

 

 

 


 

TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES FOR THE CLASSROOM

 

1.  Wiki Pages

     Readings:

     Example Wiki Pages:

     ACFT Science Lab (Grade 5)

     Commonwealth Academy Wiki


 

2.  Social Education Networks

     Links:


 

3.  Educational Videos

     Links:

     Next Vista               Chemistry          Day & Night          Phases of Earth/Moon          Element Podcasts     

     YouTube                 Downloading YouTube Videos        TED                                      State of the World

     NOVA: Science Now                           Biology Alive        Chemistry Tube                    Click Here for Additional Resources!

     Science Clips          WatchKnow.org


 

4.  Images for Science

     Links:

     Volcano World          Fossil Images                                   Click Here for Additional Resources!

     Erosion 1                 Hubble Space Telescope

     Erosion 2                 What We Eat Microscopy

     Creative Commons Image Search

     Image Editing:

     Picnik    Pixlr


 

5.  Computer Simulations

     Links:

     Explore Learning              PBS You Try It          Titration Simulator        Absorb Physics        Pathfinder Science (Biology)          Bugscope (S.E.M)

     Virtual Planetarium           Frog Dissection       Genetics Simulation      Virtual Optics           Chemistry Simulations                  JASON (National Geographic)

     Atom Builder                    Learning Science     Periodic Table               Chemistry Lab          NPS: Animals & Microbiology        North Harris (All Topics)

     Circuits                            CU Physics               Cell Biology                  Human Body             General Science (All Topics)          NOVA Online

     McGraw Hill Biology          PhET (CU Boulder)   CLASS ZONE SIMULATIONS

 


 

6.  Blogs

     Links:

     Make A Blog

     How to add a slideshow

     Example 1: Arapahoe High Blog

     Click Here for Some Great Educational Blogs!


 

7.  Google Earth

     Download     Google Earth Gallery (Data Sets)               Click Here for More!


 

8.  Online Data Collections

Using online data in inquiry-based instruction has many potential benefits, including gains in students' content knowledge and increases in student interest, engagement, motivation, and sense of control of learning.

  •      Earth Science Data Links:

     GLOBE Program              USGS: Science in your Backyard (water & earthquake data)     UNAVCO (plate tectonic motions)

     EPA: Air Pollution           UC Berkeley Volcanoe & Earthquake Data                              EPA: Data for your community

     NOAA Tidal Data

  •      Physical Science Data Links:

     Periodic Table               Speed Skating Data               Skiing Data               Running Data               Automobile Data

  •      Life Science Data Links:

     USGS: Water Use          USGS: Water Quality Data          NOAA: Coral Reefs          Great Apes          State Cancer Data  

     World Biodiversity        Census Data                             USGS: Tracking Wildlife                              Click Here for More Data Sets!


 

9.  Web-Based Science Inquiry Projects

     Links:

     UC Berkeley: WISE

     Click Here for Additional Resources!

 


 

10.  Powerpoint Presentation, Screencasting & Voicethread

     Links:

     TED Talk: Bonnie Bassler lecture on bacterial communication *An example of a good Powerpoint presentation

     Slideshare: A website designed to share Powerpoint Presentations and post them to your Blog.

     Screencasting: Check out Jing in order to record whatever is happening on your computer screen. Also: Jing Help Video

     Go here to see an example of a Screencast on Food Chains & Food Webs

     Click here to see a voicethread of this presentation.

 

                    Click Here for More Examples!

 

11.  Google Docs

     Links:

     Google Docs: Sign up for a free account

     Tech Learning Article (Teacher Help)

 


Why Technology is Important & Further Information

     Must Reads:

     "The World is Flat" (N.Y. Times)

     Did You Know? (YouTube)

     Evaluating Technology Teaching in the Classroom (Blog)

     NSTA Press: Technology in the Secondary Science Classroom   *Click on link, Scroll Down and Click on "Contents" tab to download for free!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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