These are the principles that I think are important for using technology in a high school classroom.
1. Using technology to enhance content learning for students.
2.Using technology to enhance content learning for the teacher.
3.Using websites that engage students in learning and not just to play games.
4.Having students use technology that they already know how to use and have an interest in (cell phones, texting, blogging, social networking, digital cameras)
5.To show experiments or procedures that would not be possible in a high school classroom.
6.Allow students to collect data and do research for inquiry based experiments.
7.Teach students how to find relevant sites, monitor students use of the technology, and provide feedback on better ways to use the technology
Websites I have used as part of an internet activities in biology that help to show cellular processes and genetic ideas that are difficult to understand by just reading about them in a textbook.
Genetics Tour: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/tour/
Mitosis: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/divide.html#
Kreb cycle: http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/Bio231/krebs.html
Hi Joy-
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of collecting data. Anything that increases the interactiveness of technology really increases learning. I had an epiphany at an Ed Tech conference a few years ago when I saw animations that the students could manipulate and collect data from. For example, in an astronomy class the students would use gps coordinates to position themselves and then observe the night sky at the same time in different locations and then take measurements...makes traditional animations just not enough for me anymore!