1. Do It Yourself Science Collaboration
Teaching with Probes and Models
Welcome!
ITSI activities run on Windows, Macintosh and Linux computers with Java 5 (1.5) or later installed.
If you are using Java 1.5 on MacOS 10.4 or later, you will almost certainly need to fix a Java Web Start bug:
Carolyn Staudt -
Sam Fentress -
Ben Greslick -
Ed Hazzard -
ITSI material is based upon work supported by the National
Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI
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2. Agenda
Introduction to Concord Consortium and Information Technology in Science Instruction (ITSI)project
Log onto the Portal
Motion graphing activity
Diffusion model activity
Try out a temperature sensor activity
Customize an activity
Q & A
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3. The Concord Consortium
Realizing the educational potential of information technologies
Not-for-profit
Educational research and development
Focus: Educational Technology
Funding: grants
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4. The Concord Consortium
Modeling Tools
Enabling students to interact with the unobservable
Online Learning
Democratizing education with anytime, anywhere learning
Probeware
Developing new tools for data collection and analysis
Handhelds
Moving closer to the promise of ubiquitous computing
Sustainable Development
Confronting global issues with decision-making tools
Assessment Research
Improving methods for measuring deep learning in science
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5. ITEST Information Technology Experiences
for Students and Teachers (ITEST)
was established by the National Science Foundation
in direct response
to the concern about shortages of
information technology workers in the United States
ITEST Learning Resource Center
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6. ITEST Funding H-1B is a non-immigrant visa category
Allows American companies and universities
to seek temporary help from skilled foreigners
who have the equivalent US Bachelor’s Degree education
H-1B employees are employed temporarily in a job
category that is considered by the US Citizenship &Immigration
Services to be a "specialty occupation”
Microsoft,IBM,Oracle Corporation, Cisco,
Intel, QualComm, Yahoo, Hewlett Packard, and Google
$5,000/year for 65,000 not including non-profit universities
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7. Why ITSI? • There is a recognized need to increase the
number and diversity of students entering careers
in the information technologies
• This problem is national in scale and is particularly
acute in urban and rural communities serving low-
income minorities
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8. ITSI Sites
• 126 hours of lab-based, credit-bearing activities for 90 teachers
• Full support for classroom implementation, using models and sensors
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9. Inquiry through Models and Probes
Computer models can simulate situations that are hard to see (molecular motion) or hard to understand (complex systems). They allow students to study and manipulate phenomena that are otherwise inaccessible. Students can also modify the models and experiment with different rules and starting conditions. They learn programming and technology skills and science content at the same time.
Probes:
Using sensors attached to real-time graphs, students can do real experiments and take vivid and compelling measurements. This encourages active engagement in science and exploration of the natural world. Students also learn the technology underlying the sensors and how they collect and display information.
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10. Inquiry through Models and Probes
• Molecular Workbench
• NetLogo
• Physics Education Technology (PhET)
• Seismic Eruption/Waves
• Modeling Across the Curriculum (MAC)
Probes:
• DataHarvest EasySense
• Fourier EcoLog
• Pasco AirLink/Science Workshop 500
• Texas Instruments CBL2
• Vernier LabPro/GoLink
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11. Inquiry through Flexible Tech Tools
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12. Do It Yourself (DIY) Customization
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13. Do It Yourself Science Collaboration
Carolyn Staudt -
Sam Fentress -
Ben Greslick -
Ed Hazzard -
ITSI material is based upon work supported by the National
Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI
9/17/2018