Today we explored Force and Motion. The Academy incorporated the use of recording data, graphic organizers, writing, defending your claims with evidence in a team atmosphere.
Our focus question was "what are the attributes of tasks that invite student engagement and exploration"? As we went through our lesson, we were to keep this in mind to reflect at the end. The concepts we explored were
*data collection
*use of notebooks in math and science
- their componenets
- effectiveness
*speed
*acceleration
*vectors
*inertia
*variables
*experimental design
My team was great and we worked cooperatively on our tasks. The team and its dynamics greatly increased the enjoyment, discussion and learning for the day.
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This sounds like so much fun! Have you found any of the tools you have been exploring in '11 Tools' to be facilitators of the tasks or concepts covered?
ReplyDeleteYes. I just left a Web 2.0 training. It was presented by Sharon Bowers. She used livebinders; the url is livebinders.com. It allowed her to create a virtual "binder" of her favorite websites for a particular subject. She has an awesome she created as a joint project with NASA. In addition, she showed how teachers create their own livebinders for students to do research, webquests, workstations, etc. You can also use it for personal use to create a livebinder for family reunions. It also has a search mechanism where you can view livebinders that teachers have created on various subjects. She took me to on the American Revolution. Fourteen teachers created livebinders. It was a wealth of information.
ReplyDeleteThe livebinders are a great idea. We have been using OneNote, a Microsoft Office product (okay to put on the teacher laptop) in my technology class this summer. I really like it and can see many applications for teachers and students alike. Cost will be the concern.
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