3.++TPACK

Weekly Agenda :

1) Complete social bookmarking assignment from week 2.

If you didn't complete the social bookmarking assignment during week 2, go back to the [|submission forum] and follow the instructions for submitting that part of the assignment. 2) Learn about Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Scan through the course resources on TPACK until you feel confident that you can answer the following questions. Go to the [|Video Modeling Database]. Use the login id "guest" and leave the password blank. This database contains video examples of teachers modeling technology use in their classrooms. In the database search for one or more of the video examples below.
 * 1) What are the three main components of TPACK?
 * 2) What does the word "pedagogy" mean?
 * 3) How is TPACK different from PK, CK, and TK?

LE#2: Old McDonald Had a Farm LE#3: I Love Spiders LE#4: Foster’s Fantastic Frog Pond LE#5: Giving Em the Business || UE#1: Freezing Point Depression UE#2: Bookends of War UE#3: Picture This in Your Community UE#4: March of the Monarchs UE#5: WebQuest Solar System Colonization Project ||
 * = Lower Elementary ||= Upper Elementary ||
 * LE#1: Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you see?

As you watch the video, make sure that you can identify the three aspects of TPACK in the teaching examples.

3) Complete the Copyright and Fair Use Assignment (5 pts)

The [|[[http://28x.byuipt.net/moodle/mod/lesson/view.php?id=175|Copyright and Fair Use Tutorial and Quiz] ]] is a self contained module with 4 quiz questions at the end (worth 5 points). You can take the lesson and quiz as many times as you need to to get full points.

4) Explore some technologies for use with elementary science.

( Note: This science exploration part can be spread over this week and next. The science assignment will be due next week and this exploration prepares you for completing the assignment.)

Science Inquiry (full and/or guided) is one of the most important methods or pedagogies that you can use when teaching children science. The main idea behind science inquiry is that children are DOING science - no just LEARNING ABOUT science.

A [|page in the course resource section] will help you to briefly explore two different kinds of science technologies that your students can use in the elementary classroom.

5) Read the description for the Technology in Science Assignment due next week. Here is the link to the [|Technology in Science Assignment Description and Checklist]. This assignment is due week 4 - next week. 6) Don't forget to contribute to your PLE and record your attendance.

This week I would like you to [|contribute 2 things to your PLE]:
 * 1) add at least one link to a resource on copyright and fair use
 * 2) reflect on what you have learned about fair use for educators and what you understand about TPACK.

[|TPACK Wiki] [|Video Modeling Database] ID:guest Password: none

You can work on this science tool exploration with another student or on your own.

There are so many free online science resources that kids can use hands-on in doing science.


 * = For lower elementary ||= For upper elementary ||
 * You want to explore tools that allow students to observe the world in new ways. || Students can use tools that help them to collect and analyze data about the world around them. ||

Review the science [|core curriculum] for grades 3-6 or the science integrated into the content core curriculum in grades k-2.

A) Explore 1 of the following simulation resources and how they might be used in your science classroom:


 * = Tool ||= Access ||= Description ||
 * Stellarium || Download: http://www.stellarium.org/

This tool is also already installed on the computers in the MCKB lab (rm 180) || Stellarium is a free program that allows you to look at the night sky from anywhere on the earth at any time – even the future and the past. It is great for demonstrating phases of the moon – especially when it is cloudy outside. ||
 * Google Earth & Sky || Download (must be 4.2 or greater): http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html

Tours in Google Sky: http://earth.google.com/gallery/kml_listing.html#csky#s1#e10

Web-based version: http://www.google.com/sky/

This program is already installed on the computers in the MCKB lab (rm 180) || The popular tool Google Earth now has a “sky” feature that lets you explore the universe beyond the earth in a similar way to how you can explore the earth’s surface. ||
 * Virtual Pond || The Microbe Zoo: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/index.html

A Virtual Pond Dip: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/index.html || Both of these sites can be used hands-on by kids to explore and learn about micro-organisms. ||
 * World Wind || Program Download: http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/ || This is a free 3D interactive real-time astronomy tool from NASA that lets you explore the surface of the earth, moon, and other planets in a similar way to how Google Earth lets you explore the earth. ||
 * Celestia || Program Download: http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/planets/

Educational Resources: http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/educational.php || This is a free 3D interactive real-time astronomy tool from NASA that lets you explore the solar system in a similar way to how Google Earth lets you explore the earth. ||
 * Virtual Electron Scanning Microscope || Program Download: http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/vlab/

Specimen Files: http://virtual.itg.uiuc.edu/training/

Educational Resources: http://education.ksc.nasa.gov/edtech/vl.htm || A scanning electron microscope can be used to look close-up at very tiny objects such as insects, computer chips, plants, etc. The VSEM allows students to become the scientists and upload pre-scanned images to explore. (I found out about this at UCET – but haven’t had time to download and try it myself yet.) ||

B) Explore 1 of the following resources that require you to have special software or hardware. How might you use them for hands-on science.


 * = Tool ||= Access ||= Description ||
 * Kidsperation || You should be able to download a 30-day free trial version of this software if you want to try it at home.

Download trial version: http://www.inspiration.com/freetrial/index.cfm

The computers in the MCKB lab (rm 180) have this software installed. The software is also installed on computers that can be checked out for 24 hours from the lab. || Kidsperation is a popular tool used by K-6 educators. It is a concept mapping tool with many build in educational templates for hands-on science. Many school districts have invested in Kidspiration for their teachers. ||
 * Digital Microscope || We have 2 digital microscopes that can be used in the MCKB lab (rm 180). You will want to check out a tablet PC to use with the microscopes because they have the software for the microscope already installed on them. || Here is a [|link] to the microscopes that can be checked out. ||
 * Temperature Probes || Temperature probes work with the Logger Pro software and can be checked out from the MCKB lab. The Logger Pro software is installed on all of the lab machines as well as the tablet PCs that can be checked out from the lab to use at home.

You can also request a book from the MCKB lab desk that has instuctions for dozens of experiments that can be done with elementary students using the probes. || These temperature probes can be a really fun way for students to do hands-on science.

Here are some videos of things that students have done in the past:

http://ipt28x.byu.edu/287/examples/science.html

If requested use the ID: ipt28x and password: ipt28xstudent ||
 * Other Science Probes || same instructions as for the temperature probes.

check out the [|science project resources document] for a list of all the probes you have access to. || same as above || See more Resources at: 3b. TPACK, Copy Right and Science Resources
 * Global Positioning System || We have 2 GPS units for checkout. Be sure to request the instruction book too so that you have instructions on how to use the GPS device. || same as ||