Science for dummies - now with more poop
Great blog post by one of my favorite science writers. Enjoy!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Getting into the swing of things
With the school year well underway, things have gotten very busy. Both 7th and 8th grade students have completed their first unit “Becoming a Scientist” and experienced their first experimental lab. Students are also becoming more comfortable with all the new technology we have this year. The class has been very excited about using My Big Campus to communicate and collaborate with one another. This year I have also introduced students to the Khan Academy library of educational videos. Narrated by Salman Khan, the videos provide students with easy to understand lectures about just about any topic they desire to learn about. Something I would like to eventually do with my students this year is to “flip” the classroom. What this means is that notes will be taken at home by watching lectures like those provided by the Khan Academy. This will free up class time for more engaging activities, collaborative student work, and laboratory experiments. Since many students don’t have Internet access at home, I’m still trying to figure out how to make this work. Despite this obstacle I’m optimistic that with the help of the tech department I’ll be able to find some way to have students download videos onto their laptops so that they can watch them without Internet access.
In the video below, Salman Khan describes his vision for how educational videos can help us revolutionize the way we teach students. Enjoy!
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