Integrating Web Resources into Your Teaching
Developed for:
High school teachers of physics, chemistry, biology, and/or Earth science.
Format:
A two-day workshop (six hours per day). Can be offered during the school year or the summer.
Goal:
To make pedagogically sound use of simulations, applets, live Web cams, and Weblogs.
Content:
Participants will:
- Learn to identify interactive science-simulation freeware that aligns to the standards to which your lessons are directed.
- Learn techniques for framing the use of such Web-based software within class presentations.
- Learn techniques for managing the use of Web-based software in science laboratory situations.
- Build a collection of Web sites offering interactive science software. This workshop will favor activities in which students play an active problem-analysis or problem-solving role.
- Create and share with each other standards-aligned science lessons that incorporate interactive science software.
Features:
The workshop leaders will:
- Conduct demonstration lessons and labs.
- Present an expandable matrix of standards and simulations.
- Provide a Reflection Guide for promoting student discussion.
- Present strategies for assessing and evaluating student interaction with the simulations.
Follow-up:
- In workshops held during the school year, the sessions will include opportunities to debrief classroom experiences.
- In workshops held during the summer, a one-day follow-up workshop will be available to debrief classroom experience.
To learn more about this opportunity, contact us at highschool@edc.org.
