Thursday, June 09, 2011

Links of interest 06/09/2011

  • tags: google googledocs

  • tags: lucygray youtube

  • "Do you ever wonder why we still have faculty meetings? Do you ever walk away from a meeting feeling refreshed and energized about what you just heard? Do you approach these meetings with excitement and genuine wonderment?

    To me, a meeting is a very basic transfer of information. It usually involves a speaker or speakers distributing information to an audience of consumers who sit and passively take notes. What's missing? Audience engagement, processing, conversation, interaction, and collaboration -- all the valuable elements of learning. "

    tags: googledocs GoogleEducation administration

  • Welcome to the First Semester Project website for Biotechnology. This project will involve individual research, analysis, teamwork, technology, design skills, and communication, and will involve several steps over the entire semester. The goals for this project are that each student will:

    * Research and analyze a bioethical issue
    * Write an analytical, conclusive, academic paper suggesting and supporting the assigned side of the issue
    * Work with a team of students to create a group website that highlights the strongest pro and con sides of the issue

    tags: googleapps Googlesites curriculum:Science

  • "Welcome to the First Semester Project website for "Technology Through The Ages." This project will involve individual research, analysis, teamwork, technology, design skills, and communication, and will involve several steps over the entire semester. The goals for this project are that each student will:

    * Research and analyze the important inventions of specific times and places in history
    * Write an analytical, conclusive, academic paper suggesting and supporting the most important of those developments
    * Work with a team of students to create a group website that highlights the most important inventions of specific times and places in history"

    tags: Googleapps Googlesites research collaboration

  • tags: googlesites googleapps curriculum:Science

  • Nice example of publishing videos

    tags: video youtube example

  • "This project was created by Emily Adams (biology) and Thomas Cooper (technology) of the Walker School. The project asks students to collect data on vernal ponds near there school over a period of time to understand how the changing water levels in these ponds affects this small community. Students collect data on pH, temperature, water levels, nitrates, phosphates, dissolved oxygen, and biological diversity. Students create a Google spreadsheet of their data, use formulas to calculate statistical data, create charts to visualize changes in their data over time, and then share their data with other student groups. Students then use Google Docs to collaboratively write and peer review lab reports on their data. Students use Google Sites (wiki) to collaborate on building a web portal where students can learn about the general health of seasonal ponds and their changing environments. We are currently building an accompanying layer in Google Earth to help us visualize the data from other schools."

    tags: googleapps googlesite googlesites projectbasedlearning thomascooper curriculum:Science

  • Google's Twitter accounts.

    tags: twitter Google

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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