EDUC 6470 Week 10
Contents
Using technology in the classroom
Using HOBO data loggers live in the class
- Light
- Temperature
- Acceleration
Activity for April 7
- Meet in Mann Library Computer Lab B30A.
- Launch HOBO measuring temperature and light in lab every 15 seconds for next 20 minutes.
- Split class into 4 groups of pairs:
| Questions about refrigerator | Questions about solar cooker | |
|---|---|---|
| Answer
given questions |
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|
| Generate
own questions |
- Have pairs report to whole group findings and perhaps relevant learning issues
- Get data from logger
- Apply lessons from discussion to this new data set as a whole class.
Different ways students can get active with the technology, for the purposes of learning science, not just the technology
Measure something arbitrary
- With accelerometer, measure acceleration while spinning.
Measure something historically important to science
- Measure change in temperature of a calorimeter.
Measure something important to current science
Measure something important to the teacher's research
Measure something important to the students or to the community
Readings
- Barak (2006)
When Miri Barak starts the article, the first subject is the use of internet for lessons and the instruction of how chemists use the internet. My reaction is that the internet, in this light, may be seen as opposite to innovation, allowing undergraduate instructors to shunt readings away from costly textbooks, lectures away from costly lecture halls, labs away from costly physical laboratories, and homework clerical work away from costly teaching assistants, thereby maintaining the tradition of readings, lectures, labs, and problem sets. So I agree with Barak that "integrating technology in a coherent and authentic way into curricula is a significant ... challenge." (p. 216)
- French (2006)
- Champion & Novicki (2006)
- Mantei (2002)
