ipads for collective knowledge construction in science
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This presentation was shared at the Science Teacher's Association of Victoria conference in November, 2013.TRANSCRIPT
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iPads for Collective Knowledge Construction in Science
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Why go mobile?
• Engagement• Connection with environment• Students have the tools• Great outdoor learning opportunities• Extend camps and excursions• Science is fun!
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Flora and Fauna apps
Atlas of Living Australia
Museum Victoria’s “Field Guide to Victorian Fauna”
Zoo’s Victoria “Act Wild”
Ecolinc Field Guide to the VVP
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Voice recorder
• For reluctant writers• Students who have difficulty with literacy• Record predictions, observations and
explanations• Not necessarily assessing literacy but
understanding of science concepts
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Communication with Images• Find creative commons images on “Flickr” ,“Getty
Images” or search http://creativecommons.org
• Take a screen shot and then crop the image with “Crop Suey”.
• Annotate the image with “Etch Lite” eg. Experimental equipment
• Draw diagrams with “Draw Free” or “Doodle Buddy” eg. Water Cycle
• Images can be sent by email to the teacher or to a “Posterous” blog.
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Evaluate Understanding
• Students can create their own images and videos using pictures stored in the device or Creative Commons images clipped from the internet.
• They can annotate photographs or other images from the Photo Album.
• Draw your own Water Cycle or diagram of experimental equipment and save it, email it or post it to a “Posterous” class blog.
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• Students can use “Draw Free” to create diagrams to insert in digital stories or email their drawing to you as an ‘exit slip’ •“What did you learn today about photosynthesis?” • “Draw a labelled diagram of how you will set up the equipment tomorrow.”
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Communication
• Use “Strip Designer” or “Comic Touch” to annotate images and create comics.
• “My Life as a Carbon Atom”
• “Journey down the Digestive System”
• “How Rocks are Formed”
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Skitch for annotating images
• Use an image from the camera roll or creative commons image from the internet
• Annotate to label parts or explain processes
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Explain Everything and Show Me
• Create short, sharp screencasts to explain a concept using images, annotations, text and audio
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iCard Sort for Matching
• Match key terms and definitions• Classify and group• Body systems• Rock Types
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Thinglink – a digital bucket
• Create a dynamic, interactive image with links to various videos, web pages and other digital content.
• Use as a way of checking student references for projects.
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Explaining Biology
• Virtual dissections are possible with the iPad, for students who are squeamish, if you cannot obtain specimens or for practise prior to the real thing.
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Explaining Cells
• iCell has annotated diagrams of plant, animal and bacterial cells (iPod only)
• 3D CellStain allows users to selectively stain different organelles.
• Vcell has animations about photosynthesis and the electron transport chain.
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Exploring with QR codes
• Use a mobile phone or iPad with a camera to scan a “quick response” code, which is similar to a bar code.
• It allows almost instant print to mobile to web messaging, with the code directing the user to a website.
• Information, such as names, addresses, phone numbers and URL’s, are stored in the code, which can hold up to 7,000 digits.
• There are web and mobile apps which generate QR codes, so students can create their own codes.
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QR codes
• Use the qrstuff website to create your own codes
• Link to student-created content and scan to share
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QR codes to learn chemistry
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Evaluate Understanding
• Students can create their own digital stories using text, images and audio.
• “Reel Director” is a movie making app using your own videos or images from the Photo Album and allows you to add your own audio, including music from iTunes.
• “Show Me” allows you to create ‘Khan-style’ video clips using drawing and audio recording.
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Communicating and Collaborating• Puppet Pals• Comic Life• Strip Designer• Toontastic• StoryMaker• StoryKit• All apps for creating digital
stories.
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Learning Collectively - PBL
• Sonic Pics• Evernote• iMovie• Show Me• Popplet• FlipIt
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Citizen Science
• Project Noah• Collect badges for different
challenges• Images are shared to build a
data base of flora and fauna