1. Digital Technologies in Science and Math Education

3. Teacher as… User  Simulations and DLOs KCVS/MAP KCVS/MAP KCVS/MAP Learn Alberta Learn Alberta Learn Alberta Learn Alberta Stellarium/Celestia Stellarium/Celestia StellariumCelestia StellariumCelestia Audacity Audacity Audacity Gene Explorer Gene Explorer Gene Explorer Gene Explorer  Skill&Drill “DIME A Dozen!” “DIME A Dozen!”  Games Dissonance (HalfLife2 mod) Dissonance (HalfLife2 mod) Developer  Image processing Photoshop/GIMP etcGIMP  Animation FLASH, Blender, MAYABlender BioBlender  Programming FLASH AS3, JAVA, VPython, PyGEO,Geometer’sSketch Pad VPythonGeometer’sSketch Pad EXCEL

4. A challenge…  A canon ball is in flight! Draw the force(s) acting on the ball: On the way up On the way up At the top At the top On the way down On the way down (ignore air resistance – it’s not important over so small a distance)

5. Today’s Goals…  Look at a number of “User side” tools developed by The King’s Centre for Visualization in Science Try to identify DLOs that will help you Try to identify DLOs that will help you Work collectively to identify teaching strategies to make effective use of these DLOs Work collectively to identify teaching strategies to make effective use of these DLOs Very scary applet – do not open!

6. Today’s Goals…  Look at a number of “Developer side” tools that you may want to explore Photoshop/GIMP/Fireworks Photoshop/GIMP/Fireworks From your own digital camera to producing illustrationsFrom your own digital camera to producing illustrations Blender/MAYA Blender/MAYA FLASH/FlashVideo/QuickTIme FLASH/FlashVideo/QuickTIme Your own digital movies (webcams, etc)Your own digital movies (webcams, etc) VPython & PyGeo VPython & PyGeo

7. Today’s Goals…  Major focus is, however, when to use and how to use DLOs  Exemplars… Climate Change Education (Science 9,10, Biology/Chemistry/Physics Climate Change Education (Science 9,10, Biology/Chemistry/Physics Climate Change Education Climate Change Education Modern Physics Modern Physics Modern Physics Modern Physics Mathematical Modeling (Math 31) Mathematical Modeling (Math 31) Mathematical Modeling Mathematical Modeling Astronomy Education Astronomy Education Astronomy Education Astronomy Education

8. Why Would You Want to be a “Developer”?  Exemplar using VPython to model a bouncing ball Math – how to model a continuously changing quantity (Math 31) Math – how to model a continuously changing quantity (Math 31) Physics 20 – how to model accelerated motion Physics 20 – how to model accelerated motion What “hidden” agenda is being used here? What “hidden” agenda is being used here?

9. Major Task  Identify a specific lesson topic that would lend itself to a DLO and explain to the rest of us how you intend on using it (we will do this only if time permits) – now do it! Prepare a lesson with strategic use of the DLO (This could be either individual, group of teacher demo)