Educational Technology – Smartboard: Basics
This short, entertaining, and educational video will help you master some of the basics of your Smartboard. Here are some of the topics covered in this first episode:
Connectivity – hooking up the cables
Screen settings – how to change display settings (single, clone, extended screen)
Focusing and aligning the screen image on the Smartboard
Basics of using the Smartboard in a classroom setting
Basics of the Smartboard Notebook software
Duration : 0:9:40
“The Inclusive Classroom” (Short version)
Including children with disabilities in regular classrooms benifits all.
Duration : 0:7:10
Life Cycle of a Hurricane
The Imaging Research Center in collaboration with David Stroud of GEST and the OIT New Media Studio, conducted an Internet2 Netcast featuring Dr. Jeffrey Halverson of JCET on the “Lifecycle of a Hurricane.” This interactive presentation linked the IRC and the University of Pennsylvania over Internet2. An audience of science teachers (grades 6-8) interacted with Dr. Halverson as he delivered a dynamic presentation on the development and evolution of hurricanes. This was followed by John Leck of NASA who discussed how teachers can use NASA science data such as this in the classroom. The Netcast was part of a grant that the Franklin Institute has with the NSF on using Internet2 and research data for professional development of K-12 STEM education. The presentation is a great example of STEM outreach and portends some additional exciting opportunities for both teacher professional development and student engagement in STEM.
Duration : 0:59:59
Scientific Literacy in China
Video blog by ScienCentral’s news director, after attending a conference on public scientific literacy in Shanghai. Also: don’t miss the “Science Literacy Olympics” at sciencentral dot com! http://www.sciencentral.com/video/
Duration : 0:7:48
Zero Gravity Classroom
When we see astronauts walking in space, a lot of us wish we could do the same.
Sharyl Attkisson got a chance to join a group of science teachers to check out zero gravity and its benefits.
Duration : 0:4:44