Integrating Technology in Outdoor Environmental Education Lisa Koch, Curriculum Integration Coordinator Laurie Toll, Technology Integration Teacher Mary Moran, Grade 6 Teacher

A vision of K-12 students today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

Why Add Technology to Science? Technology & science is authentic Technology appeals to different learning styles Technology supports a multidisciplinary approach to learning

Technology & science is authentic

Technology appeals to different learning styles

Technology supports a multidisciplinary approach to learning

WEB 1.0 The Read Only Web

The Read Only Web

The Read/Write Web

The second generation of the World Wide Web, especially the movement away from static webpages to dynamic and shareable content and social networking en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Web_2.0

These usually include tools that let people collaborate and share information online, such as social networking sites, wikis, and communication tools. searchenginewatch.com/define

Research 1.0 Internet Textbook Lectures

Internet

Textbook

Lectures

Research 2.0 Wikipedia Youtube videos Video conferencing Skype

Wikipedia

Youtube videos

Video conferencing

Skype

Videoconferencing photo

Data Collection 1.0 Observe, write, and draw Record data in science notebook

Observe, write, and draw

Record data in science notebook

Data Collection 2.0 Document with digital cameras Combine data with other classsrooms using Google Docs Share data in global projects on the web

Document with digital cameras

Combine data with other classsrooms using Google Docs

Share data in global projects on the web

Add digital cameras

Data Analysis 1.0 Create a graph in Excel Reflect in science notebook

Create a graph in Excel

Reflect in science notebook

Data Analysis 2.0 Create, share and collaborate on graphs in Google Docs Reflect in a blog

Create, share and collaborate on graphs in Google Docs

Reflect in a blog

Publish 1.0 Create PowerPoint Create Brochure Create Newsletter Create Website

Create PowerPoint

Create Brochure

Create Newsletter

Create Website

Publish 2.0 Create a podcast Produce a video Record a voicethread Collaborate on a wiki

Create a podcast

Produce a video

Record a voicethread

Collaborate on a wiki

Digital Insect Collection Voicethread http://voicethread.com/#u154402.b634690.i3370181

Digital Insect Collection

What’s Next? Project Copernicus Collaborative Insect Collection

Project Copernicus

Collaborative Insect Collection

Environmental Lake Study How healthy is our lake? Are the organisms found in pond water the same all over the world?

How healthy is our lake?

Are the organisms found in pond water the same all over the world?

Field Probe

Voicethread as instructional tool

Voicethread Haiku My Other Presentation has web access!

Radio on the Edge - Podcast http://weaverlake.district279.org/Radio_on_the_Edge.html

Radio on the Edge - Podcast

Animoto as a Marketing Tool

Animoto http://weaverlake.district279.org/Weaver_Lake_Nature_Area.html

What’s next? Collaboration classroom to classroom through a wiki space iphone/itouch for students Google Earth GPS Field ID the web’s the limit!

Collaboration classroom to classroom through a wiki space

iphone/itouch for students

Google Earth

GPS

Field ID

the web’s the limit!

Top 100 Tools For Learning

Resources webtools4u2use. wikispaces .com voicethread.com (http://voicethread.com/share/634690/) twitter.com animoto.com google .com kidblog.com Top 100 Tools - http://c4lpt.co.uk Spell with Flickr - http://metaatem.net/words/ ning .com

webtools4u2use. wikispaces .com

voicethread.com (http://voicethread.com/share/634690/)

twitter.com

animoto.com

google .com

kidblog.com

Top 100 Tools - http://c4lpt.co.uk

Spell with Flickr - http://metaatem.net/words/

ning .com