1.  Using Online Resources in the Science Classroom Melanie Olson, ESU #2 Sept. 29, 2010

2. Educational Leadership, Sept. 2010, reports on a high-school study: What engages students? “ Make It Meaningful!” in Educational Leadership, September 2010 (Vol. 68, #1, p. 8); the full report is available at http://ceep.indiana.edu/hssse/images/HSSSE_2010_Report.pdfhttp://ceep.indiana.edu/hssse/images/HSSSE_2010_Report.pdf Discussions without clear-cut answers (65%) Discussion/debate (61%) Group projects (60%) Projects and lessons involving technology (55%) Art/drama activities (49%) Presentations (46%) Role-plays (43%)

3. Re-thinking education The Death of Education, The Dawn of Learning http://www.pearsonfoundation.org/education-leadership/video-series/cosn-voices-in-education.html

4.  How does this affect your classroom? What are you doing to address the “the death of education, the dawn of learning”?

5. 21 st Century Skills

6.  Core Subjects and 21 st Century Themes  Global awareness  Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy  Civic Literacy  Health Literacy  Environmental Literacy  Learning and Innovation Skills  Creativity and Innovation  Critical Thinking and Problem Solving  Communication and Collaboration  Information, Media, and Technology Skills  Information Literacy  Media Literacy  Information, Communications, Technology Literacy  Life and Career Skills  Flexibility and Adaptability  Initiative and Self-Direction  Social and Cross-Cultural Skills  Productivity and Accountability  Leadership and Responsibility www.21stcenturyskills.org

7. Using Online Resources  Follow your district technology guidelines  Refer to the privacy policy and terms of agreement.  It is the classroom teachers responsibility to ensure the resource meets your district guidelines.  All resources should be reviewed by the classroom teacher before students are allowed to use them.  Some resources are appropriate for teachers to use for instruction but not for students to use independently.

8. Using On-line Resources  Questions to consider  Does this resource align with your curriculum?  Are advertisements displayed on the site? What is being advertised?  Is a K-12 license available, if so how do you apply?  Does the resource require a log-in?  Validating the resource?  EasyWhoIs: www.easywhois.com/ or www.domaintools.com (advanced)www.easywhois.com/ www.domaintools.com  The Wayback Machine: www.archive.orgwww.archive.org  Help for students to discern misinformation and validate research materials http://factchecked.org/http://factchecked.org/

9. Validating Web Materials Teach kids to get REAL  R ead the URL  E xamine the content  A sk about the author and owner  L ook at the links ESU GEMS, 21 st century Skills group, 08-10 Help students with readability.com

10. Scope of tonight  Resources into two categories: general usage and content specific  Resources that can be used with only a computer and internet connection  Free  Limited practice time tonight  Small snapshot of resources available

11. Outcomes  Continue to build a network of Science teachers in ESU #2  Information on the importance of using on- line resources  Ideas for using on-line resources  Possible on-line resources to use

12. Our Wiki  www.esu2science.wikispaces.com www.esu2science.wikispaces.com  Science information kept there  Access for members only  Create an account to join wiki  Turn on, “notify me” for all changes

13. Wikispaces  Teachers using wikispaces for class or student projects  www.wikispaces.com  Great help on site  Request K-12 upgrade (free!), make private  Turn off advertisements  Turn on “notify me” for all changes  Edit pages like a word document  Can track changes  Basic discussion board

14. Animoto http://animoto.com  Create account  30 sec. videos for free, $3 per video upgrade  Uses  Introduce material  Vocabulary  Review/Summary  Sponge” or Bell Ringer questions

15. Standards Update

16. Glogster  http://edu.glogster.com/ http://edu.glogster.com/  Book Reports  Research Reports  Class Projects  Safe digital environment  Homework  Distance Learning  Presentations on any topic  Digital posters save paper  Create Digital knowledge library  Get inspired  Develop student creativity  Expand students' presentational skills  Adapt to any Curriculum  Lessons Preparations  Assignments on any topic  Tours  Explore

17. Glogster  http://edu.glogster.com/ http://edu.glogster.com/  Create an EDU Basic account  Help on the site  Look at example projects  Used to create a multimedia “poster”  Make sure to select “finished private” when glog is complete

18.  Differentiation includes using multimedia resources in your classroom. Videos and Podcasts  Glog, video and podcasts  Additional information on the ESU #2 Science wiki  http://esu2science.wikispaces.com http://esu2science.wikispaces.com

19. Prezi  www.prezi.com www.prezi.com  Create an account, indicate K-12 license  Good help on site, look at examples  Organize information, show relationships  Version of an online graphic organizer  Can use picture, video, and text  Can be downloaded  Choose to keep private

20. Prezi www.prezi.com

21. Resources at ESU #2  ESU #2, www.esu2.org, go to Media Centerwww.esu2.org  Gale: password ESU2  Research, multimedia  World Book: Username is: neneb Password is: world  Go to World Book advanced and then my research  Create an account to house research information notes  Visual Thesaurus: go to http://nnnc.visualthesaurus.comhttp://nnnc.visualthesaurus.com  IP addresses already put in, if using at school shouldn’t need a password  Great for vocabulary, text analysis, and roots/prefixes/suffixes

22. Thanks  Thanks to the following people for suggesting online resources:  Sheree Person-Pandil, ESU #3  Deb Paulman, ESU #16  Rick Williams, ESU #2  Diane Wolfe, ESU #2  Amanda Marshall, Millard Public Schools  Jerry Olson, Millard Public Schools  Jason Larsen, Mead Public Schools  SDA GEMS 2008-2010, 21 st Century Skills Group