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Resources

dstall — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:33:41 CDT

Nebraska State Science Standards

General Science Sites:

Physical Science Sites:

New Bay Bridge - Build Your Own Bridge

Hyper Physics

Newton's Physics Notebook

Earth Science Sites:

Life Science Sites:

Podcast Directories:

Podcast Alley - http://www.podcastalley.com/
Podcast Net - http://www.podcast.net/
Podcast Directory - http://www.podcastingnews.com/forum/links.php

The Education Podcast Network - http://epnweb.org/

General Education Tools:

Curriki - http://www.curriki.org/
Power Media Plus - http://powermediaplus.com/
Edutopia - http://edutopia.org/
SMART Board - http://smarttech.com
RubiStar - http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
NoteStar - http://notestar.4teachers.org/
KidsClick! Web Search - http://www.kidsclick.org/
netTrekker - http://www.nettrekker.com/di/

Discussion Forum

dstall — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:06:29 CDT

This section is set up to use as place for discussion, sharing, collaboration, etc. Add a comment, discussion item, blog, questions!

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Hey Gang! I am curious to know how things are going with technology and with assessement. I would love for any of you to share any tips or tricks for dealing with standards/assessments. Sometimes, it can just be an organizational disaster so if anyone has recommendations, please share.

Also, it is textbook time for many of you. Does anyone have any recommendations for the latest and greatest texts? Any that follow or assist in teaching the NE State Science Standards?

Deanna

Home

dstall — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:43:16 CDT

Welcome to the ESU 10 Science Teachers Web Site!

TODAY....

Spring Programs at Rowe Sanctuary! Check out the web site for more information! Nebraska's Water and Wildlife AND SPLASH

Sign up for the Science Teachers mailing list! Did you know that ESU 10 has many mailing lists available to all its members? There is even one for the Science teachers. Subscribe to the mailing list and begin sharing and collaborating with others on the list!

Make suggestions for the NEXT TSC Meeting!

Technology in the Science Classroom

If you have not done so, please complete the evaluation!

workshop evaluation

PHOTO GALLERY - TSC 2007!

Book Discussion

dstall — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:02:39 CST

Books to Consider Reading:

Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
Web Resource resulting from this book - http://www.cnaturenet.org/
*Short video featuring Richard Louv and his book "The Last Child in the Woods". This is one we talked about at our workshop. This takes a little to get it loaded but I think you will all like it!

Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement
by Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering, and Jane Pollock

No Strings Attached

jeverett — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:59:01 CST

Wireless Laptops in Education

This website shows videos of technology integration use across Florida. I have linked the science videos from this website. For other curricular areas, go to the main site.

Science

K-2

3-5

6-8

9-12

Photo Gallery - TSC 2007

jeverett — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:31:12 CST

What a GREAT group!!!	Coffee, donuts, and discussion!	S-T-R-E-T-C-H!
Oh man, Jason, put that camera away!	Finally, some time to visit.	The presentations were wonderful!
Thanks to all who participated!	Let's do this again next year!	Everyone was exhausted but we had such a great time!

The NEXT Technology in the Science Classroom

dstall — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:45:19 CST

Post your suggestions for the next TSC! The past agendas are posted below.

PHOTO GALLERY - TSC 2007!

Digital Storytelling

jeverett — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:54:21 CST

Digital storytelling is a wonderful tool to enhance your curriculum and allow your students a different medium by which to do their projects. Within these pages you will be able to find and contribute to resources that have to do with digital storytelling in the science classroom.

Example Movie - Bernoulli Principle

The Process

Pre-Production - Planning
Production - Collecting
Post-Production - Editing
Distribution - DVD, Web
Evaluation - Rubric

Links

http://www.rockitscience.org/
http://del.icio.us/jason.everett/science
http://www.powermediaplus.com/
http://www.digitales.us/
http://www.jasonohler.com/
Digital Storytelling Software - http://jason-everett.blogspot.com/2007/02/digital-storytelling-software.html

Podcasting

jeverett — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:09:08 CST

Have you heard a podcast? Created one? Well it just might be a tool you can use in your science classroom. A podcast is an Internet "radio broadcast" that you can either subscribe to or create yourself. The possibilities are endless for use. You may want to have your students subscribe to a science based podcast and get information for classroom discussion. You may find that your students are ready to create a broadcast to help your school become more environmentally friendly and host a weekly show on what they can do to help make the school more green. Whatever it may be, podcasting can be a fun way to engage your students.

Please contribute to the podcasting page. Add any resources or ideas you may have or have already used.

Podcast Consumer

Find
Being a consumer of podcasts is the first step to take. Check what's out there. Do you have an interest in science? How about health? How do you go about finding podcasts and listening or viewing them?

Here are a list of places to search for podcasts.

Subscribe
The first step in subscribing to a podcast is to have a "podcatcher" or software to get the RSS feed. Probably the most popular software is iTunes. It is free software from Apple that runs on both Windows XP and OS X. iTunes Download Page Another place to find a list of podcatchers is: http://podcastingnews.com/topics/Podcast_Software.html

iTunes has a great directory of Podcasts built right in to the iTunes Store. If you do a search you will see a section for podcasts. There are others, though, that may not be listed in iTunes.

Listen
Once you have your podcatcher installed, you can now listen to them or sync it with your MP3 player and listen "on the road" so to speak.

Podcast Producer

With the technology we have available at our finger tips today, being a producer of podcasts is as easy as opening your laptop. Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit but not much! The most important part of the podcast is the design and scripting of show or episode. There is much more prep time than there is computer time. These are some things to consider before you get started.

Pre-Production/Design

Script - What format? Journal, Interview, Discussion
Bumper Music (Jingles)
Using Podsafe music (make sure your additions are copyright friendly - consider Creative Commons works)
Roles for the students - Technical and Non-technical

Production/Recording

Recording Software - Audacity, Garageband
Or other recording hardware - ie: digital recorder

Post-Production/Editing

Cleaning and editing audio
Adding jingles, sound bytes, etc.

Distribution/Publishing

RSS Generator - Podcaster, Casteasy, The RSS Buddy, Server software
Server - A place to upload the podcast - Manila, Web Apache, IIS

Interesting Podcasts

The Nature Podcast - http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast/
This Week in Science - http://www.twis.org/
Science at NASA - http://science.nasa.gov/podcast.htm

Integrating Technology

jeverett — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:31:30 CST