Category Archives: Information and Communication Technology
Top 10 pages on my blog and search terms that found it
Having been blogging for about a year now, I have begun to spend some time examining the blog statistics, which pages are popular and which search terms people use to find my blog among others. I have graphed the Top … Continue reading
Using Twitter on Science Field Trips – Twittering on Pramuka Island
Something I have been experimenting with lately has been using twitter to supplement our learning. I’ve decided that Twitter™ is a great tool for Field Trips. One of the advantages is that many of our students already have smart phones … Continue reading
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Tagged Biology, Education, environment, field trips, indonesia, Pramuka, Science, teaching, technology, Twitter
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Using Twitter in the classroom as an Audience Participation Device or Clicker
For some time I have been a fan of clicker cases, they are similar to the buttons used in the TV show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and are a well documented means of improving student learning by providing … Continue reading
Kony2012 Video and Critical thinking.
Like most connected people on this planet in the last week or so, my attention has been drawn to the Kony2012 social media campaign. Some students from our student council first brought it to my attention. “Hey guys! As most … Continue reading
iThink I need iPads in the classroom
Sure they’re bright and shiny, but are they really learning devices? We’ll take a close look at how exactly these technologies are being leveraged in the classroom and what the best Apps are for educational purposes. We’ll also explore some … Continue reading
GADGETS GO TO SCHOOL
GADGETS GO TO SCHOOL Pandji Alfi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 10/04/2011 3:20 PM “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow” – John Dewey In this age of multiple gadgetry, the way … Continue reading
Applying science to the teaching of science
An alternative vote May 12th 2011 | from the print edition AS DOES much else in the universe, education moves in cycles. The 1960s and 1970s saw a swell of interest in teaching styles that were less authoritarian and hierarchical … Continue reading
‘Clicker Cases’: Introducing Case Study Teaching Into Large Classrooms
by Clyde Freeman Herreid Department of Biological Sciences University at Buffalo, State University of New York Large numbers of students do not like science (Seymour and Hewitt 1997; Kardash and Wallace 2001). Surely, this will come as no surprise. Most … Continue reading
Saving those great youtube videos for use in class
The Internet is a great resource for teaching. There are thousands, more, millions of great videos, tutorials and animations to use in classes. But the problem with the internet is that nothing stays the same, pages come and go, problems happen, schools … Continue reading
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Tagged animations, videos, youtube
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