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Learning about the senses using technology

Learning about the senses using technology. Lidia Niro Nathalie Duponsel Samin Rezaeian. Introduction. Effectual science education requires both learning science concepts and developing scientific thinking skills. Teachers rely on various methods of teaching science.

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Learning about the senses using technology

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  1. Learning about the senses using technology Lidia Niro Nathalie Duponsel Samin Rezaeian

  2. Introduction • Effectual science education requires both learning science concepts and developing scientific thinking skills. • Teachers rely on various methods of teaching science. • The activities we chose are: • appropriate in general, for the specific grade level and also for the students with exceptionalities in our classroom. • effective in helping students to learn a scientific concept beside keeping them motivated, curious and engaged in the process of their learning.

  3. Classroom Setting Students: • 28 students, Grade 4 • 15 students have an IEP; they function at the grade three level. • 1 child with autism who has mild communication problems; he is tactile and very artistic. Technologies available: • 4 desktop computers all connected to the Internet. • A lab with 30 computers. The class is assigned two periods a week to use the lab. • All the students have computers at home.

  4. Instructional Material Guiding question: What senses do different animals use to survive in their habitats? Instructional strategies: • Indirect instruction • Interactive instruction • Cooperative learning Instructional methods: • Assisted research (WikiSpaces using WebQuest format) • Guided and assisted retelling

  5. Link to the Q.E.P. and Assessment Assessment of… Goal/Objectives Evaluation (student/student rubric) (teacher/student rubric) Q.E.P. • Main Competencies • Cross Curricular Competencies • Essential Knowledge

  6. Rationale for the use of technology • Why use technology to learn about the senses? • Allows students to develop internet search skills in a controlled environment • Allows students to control own learning • More interesting! • How will the use of technology enhance learning? • Guided search through the use of WebQuest structured Wikispaces page • Offering links and options that they can choose from • Pictures, dynamic web sites, movies

  7. Examples of some internet resources • Emphasis on student-centered learning • Technology to enhance/support learning • Resources available on-line • Neuroscience for Kids http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/amaze.html • YouTube video – Animals with 6th sense http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjI9Q-a4DpY http://youtu.be/4JHJS8GMcZk Reference: Foundations, A monograph for professionals in science , mathematics and technology Education, Inquiry ;Thought, Views and Strategies for k-5 classroom . (n.d.). Retrieved March 19, 2012 , from http://128.150.4.107/pubs/2000/nsf99148/pdf/nsf99148

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