Presentation for Session A16 at the Science Teacher's Association of Victoria conference, November 16 at LaTrobe University.

1. Digital Toolbox for Science
Teachers and Learners

2. Britt Gow
Science, Maths and VCE
Environmental Science
Online teacher at
Hawkesdale P12 College
SW Victoria
Technoscience blog since
2008
Twitter @brittgow
brittgow@gmail.com
Skype: britt.gow

3. “A decade ago, a
review of Australian
science education,
revealed many
students were
disappointed with
their high school
science. Today, this
disenchantment
continues, as
evidenced by the
declining number of
students choosing to
study science in
senior secondary
school.” Prof. S. Cory

4. Created online with “Create-A-Graph”
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/index.asp

6. Today’s learner’s are:
• Multi-taskers
• Digitally literate
• Mobile and connected 24/7
• Experiential and Social
• Visual / spatial learners with
• Fast response times & short attention spans

7. What Effective Teachers do…
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Clear Learning Intentions
Challenging success criteria
Range of learning strategies
Know when students are not progresing
Providing feedback
Visibly learns themselves
~ Prof. John Hattie

8. So that students…
• Understand learning intentions
• Are challenged by success criteria
• Develop a range of learning strategies
• Know when they are not progressing
• Seek feedback
• Visibly teach tehmselves
~ Prof John Hattie

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The Power to Engage
Students use technology already
It's not going to go away...it will only grow
Professional development
Employers want their workers to use internet tools

10. “If our kids are going to live longer than us, they need to
have a passion for learning to sustain them. Not content
knowledge, but learning to learn. One eighth of the 21st
century is gone already – get cracking with 21st century
learning” Stephen Heppell

11. “Teaching is an art form not
a delivery system.”
“A tool is only as powerful
as the creativity of the
person who uses it.”
“A cupboard full of
instruments does not
produce music – a suitcase
of web tools does not lead
to creativity on it’s own.”
Sir Ken Robinson

14. Word clouds
• Brainstorming at the beginning of a unit
• As a check that students have understood all
the terms used in a topic
• A summary of a unit of work

15. Wordle for word clouds

16. Tagxedo for word clouds

17. Notice boards and sticky notes
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Brainstorming
Exit slips – what have you learnt?
Questions students have about a topic
Surveys – what do you want to learn?
Reminders

18. www.padlet.com

19. Linoit for student feedback
http://linoit.com/users/brittgow/canvases/Web2.0%20tools%20I%20have%20used

20. Concept maps
• At the beginning of a unit to outline the scope
• Student-created to demonstrate
understanding of a topic

21. https://bubbl.us

24. Digital Buckets
• Collate a range of different digital sites –
videos, web sites, images
• One URL where students can access multiple
resources
• Use for direct instruction or project based
learning

25. www.thinglink.com

26. https://www.blendspace.com

28. Voicethread
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Voice
Text
Annotations with colour
Can be embedded in blogs, wikis etc.
Multiple people can comment on images
Can upload photos or videos from files, Flickr
Searchable
Assessment tool

29. http://quizlet.com

30. http://www.quizrevolution.com

31. Quizzes
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Terms and definitions
Student created for peer assessment
Quizlet has options (flashcards, study, test)
Can add images with Quiz Revolution
Saved online and searchable

32. Google Drive

33. Google Drive
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Shared documents
Shared presentations
Create forms (for student surveys)
Embed into blogs and wikis

34. Students can create their own webpage in a wiki and
use the URL to create a QR (quick response) code that
directs the user to the information in their webpage.

36. QR codes
• Treasure hunts
• Mystery organs/systems/animals/plants
• Link to student-created quizzes, videos, wiki
pages

37. Comics and cartoons

40. "Pivot" is software that allows creation
of stick figure animations that can be
converted to video.

41. Your students can enter the 60 second science
competition by explaining a scientific concept.
http://www.60secondscience.net/

42. Products for Assessment
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Blogs > global2 or edublogs
Slideshows > Slideshare
Animations > ToonDo
Cartoons > ComicLife
E-Posters > Glogster
Digital stories > Photostory
Team work > Wikispaces
Mash-ups > Windows Movie Maker; iMovie
Videos > You-Tube; Vimeo

43. Practical considerations
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Technology does not replace experiments
Does every student have access to devices?
Does every student have internet access?
Preferred learning styles?
Concentration span – mix it up!
Plan B and Plan C
Best tool for the job of learning

44. Thank you!
• Brittgow@gmail.com
• Twitter - @brittgow
• Technoscience blog http://technoscience.global2.vic.gov.au