Academic Musings & Tech for Learning

Today I facilitated the first of a week of science workshops for the Title IIB Grant.  After reviewing volcano information, groups worked together to complete some of the pre-vc activities for an Operation Montserrat videoconference offered by www.e-missions.net .. and then the fun began … we experimented with baking soda and vinegar, and effervescenet bi-carbonate tablets that could be used in volcano building activities.  Resources and files are online at http://technoed.wikipages.com/volcano/ Check back later for more details and pix.

… and that’s a good thing, ’cause it’s almost Summer! The last of a series of 5 workshops concentrated on the Solar System and using PowerPoint. We also played a game from NASA SpacePlace for Kids and then played Science NetLink’s Gravity Launch to get our rockets into orbit.

Thanks to everyone for coming and participating. I know it’s not always using the computer for new-fangled things.. but everyone did great.  I look forward to seeing you again… perhaps for Summer Workshops series. Log into www.mylearningplan.com for more info and to register.

Blasting off…. Lynne Marie Bailey…

Wow!! 5 days with such wonderful people. Thank you so much for your participation, unique contributions and enthusiasm.

 Please reflect on your experience in a comment… and let us know if there was something you’d like to see more of, or particular topics you think would make for an engaging time.

Click the button   to see the slide show!

All the best…. Lynne

Today marked my first full-day science workshop in the STEM grant. The topic was “Earthquakes” and there is a separate page with a list of resouces from the seminar. During the workshop we plotted some seismic events, pieced together a puzzle of tectonic plates and built spaghetti/marshmallow towers that withstood a simple shake table. Thank goodness for the WWW! All this and more I put together from online resources.

I want to thank all the teachers that attended for their wonderful enthusiasm and participation. It was a pleasure and honor to work with you today. I really enjoyed the day – hope you did, too. For the PowerPoint presentation I used during the workshop, click on the link Science Session 1: Earthquakes.

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Links for the Internet Resources are on another page of this blog labelled [Quakes] – look for the tabs at the top for additional pages, or links in the sidebar under PAGES.

As it took some time to get all that paperwork done this morning, we missed sharing out our reflections of the day. So please post some comments, reflections and/or ideas here about the material presented today.