I am amazed at all the stuff that can be done on the computer now. I feel like I have come out of the technology cave! I recall reading about the argument a long time ago as to whether or not a horse had two feet on the ground at the same time when running. I believe a slow motion video was made to determine the answer to that question. Thomas Edison comes to mind. I thought of this while reading chapter 2. We have come a long way!
Videos and pictures help improve learning. I saw the light bulbs come on when I showed students the pictures of the "waves" after teaching the lesson and doing the lab. They understood. I realized I needed to do this more often.
I would like to start a classroom blog. Each day a student could be chosen to update the blog. This is an idea stolen from a "master" teacher many years BC (Before Computer). They would be in charge of recording what was done, what was found out and could include video or photos. Some funny fact that happened that day could be included. Thanks Tom Sayers!
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Wally,
ReplyDeleteI don't teach physics but I remember using these awesome simulations from the University of Colorado at Boulder during my college physics courses. Check them out at this website:
http://phet.colorado.edu/index.php
Hopefully they will come in handy. Cheers, Quinn
I like the idea of students updating the blog. Perhaps letting each student pick a topic for a blog- something they are particularly interested in, have experience with, can share with their peers, etc.
ReplyDeletei like the idea of using blogs in the classroom as well, in fact one of the things this course has really gotten me thinking about is how to make my students use then internet in terms of Web 2.0, right now i feel like i have been having them use it in terms of web 1.0 only
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