It will be probably sixth or seventh semester of me teaching the science and technology methods course. It has been quite an adventure on its own. I love science and more now being involved in the environmental/sustainability science. I will be teaching Sustainability Literacy for Social Change course in the Fall of 2018.
This semester parallelly to teaching the course I also challenged myself to explore the technology program I used a lot in different ways and in different classes - VoiceThread. I decided to get a Voicethread certification. I completed a 2-week course and now have to finish a project with the teacher candidates. I chose my science methods classes as I came up with an idea of running a Virtual Science Fair. Teacher candidates from my classes usually have their fieldwork at Bishop Dunn Memorial School. They usually run their Science Fair in the Spring and my classes usually contribute to the Science Fair through designing their own projects and then through judging students' projects. So --- I decided, that in the Fall, I will provide teacher candidates an opportunity to select their Science Fair project ideas, conduct their scientific methods, create digital posters and share them via Voicethread.
This month is devoted to working on the Science Fair projects. I created Guides, rubrics, video-tutorials, invited science consultant, Mr. Love, to speak about the scientific method.
Last Tuesday, one of my research students, Kelsey, taught the class peers: how to sign up, create Voicethread slides, add links and images and the ways of recording comments. We are set to go with the Virtual Science Fair project on the Voicethread.
This project is over. So is my Voicethread certification challenge. I completed a Voicethread training course, engaged my classes in the Virtual Science Fair project via Voicethread, practice students' skills in designing their Voicethread stories from simple (About me) to more complex, their Science Fair posters, presentations and their communication with each other on their SF projects. It turned out to be challenging and enjoyable at the same time!
I am now a Certified Voicethread Educator. Here is my badge:
Here is the link to the Wall fame of the Voicethread Certified Educators. Scroll way down to the bottom to find me.
This semester parallelly to teaching the course I also challenged myself to explore the technology program I used a lot in different ways and in different classes - VoiceThread. I decided to get a Voicethread certification. I completed a 2-week course and now have to finish a project with the teacher candidates. I chose my science methods classes as I came up with an idea of running a Virtual Science Fair. Teacher candidates from my classes usually have their fieldwork at Bishop Dunn Memorial School. They usually run their Science Fair in the Spring and my classes usually contribute to the Science Fair through designing their own projects and then through judging students' projects. So --- I decided, that in the Fall, I will provide teacher candidates an opportunity to select their Science Fair project ideas, conduct their scientific methods, create digital posters and share them via Voicethread.
This month is devoted to working on the Science Fair projects. I created Guides, rubrics, video-tutorials, invited science consultant, Mr. Love, to speak about the scientific method.
Last Tuesday, one of my research students, Kelsey, taught the class peers: how to sign up, create Voicethread slides, add links and images and the ways of recording comments. We are set to go with the Virtual Science Fair project on the Voicethread.
This project is over. So is my Voicethread certification challenge. I completed a Voicethread training course, engaged my classes in the Virtual Science Fair project via Voicethread, practice students' skills in designing their Voicethread stories from simple (About me) to more complex, their Science Fair posters, presentations and their communication with each other on their SF projects. It turned out to be challenging and enjoyable at the same time!
I am now a Certified Voicethread Educator. Here is my badge:
Here is the link to the Wall fame of the Voicethread Certified Educators. Scroll way down to the bottom to find me.
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