Ten Websites for Science Teachers We all know that the web is full of excellent web resources for science teachers and students. However, unless you live on the web, finding the best websites can become quite a challenge. This isn't a "Top Ten" list -- instead, it is a list of websites that I either use on a regular basis or just find interesting. From teaching resources for the nature of science and authentic field journals to wacky videos about numbers, I am sure that you will find something in the following list the works for you! Please share your favorite science web resources in the comment section! 1) Understanding Science UC Berkeley's Understanding Science website is a "must use" for all science teachers. 2) Field Research Journals The Field Book Project from the National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution Archives intends to create a "one stop" archive for field research journals and other documentation. 3) Evolution 4) PhET Simulations 5) Earth Exploration 6) EdHead Interactives video
Blogger, Inoreader, Feedly: what a great way to start the semester!!! As people who know me over at G+ or Twitter saw this week, INOREADER was the big event! I am in love with this tool! So, in this post, I'll explain in detail (yes, it's another tl;dr post from yours truly) just how I am using Inoreader and why it is unexpectedly an essential new tool for my online classes. Blogging in my classes: Bloglines and Ning. That service then pooped out, but I gladly switched to Ning; that must have been in 2008. End of Ning. Blogger. Feedly Dilemma. Inoreader. Inoreader Rules. ("card view" is great for scanning image-focused posts) (column view is what I use for reading/commenting) (access to tags/folders for display, filtering) (list view for super-quick scanning) (a gazillion keyboard shortcuts!!!) Inoreader as Shared Space. Feedly Redux. blogspot.com/feeds/posts/defaultblogspot.com/feeds/comments/default I just change "posts" to "comments" in the OPML file from Inoreader, and it's good to go. Very VERY happy. Thanks to Inoreader (which means thanks to Stefan!)
Le pouvoir d’agir via les réseaux sociaux Ce billet est grandement inspiré d’un article de Scott McLeod, de l’Iowa. Dans un échange avec lui, il s’est dit heureux de voir que ses écrits inspirent d’autres gens à poursuivre la conversation et être aussi agents de changement. Mise à jour : ce billet est publié presque en même temps que celui-ci de Chris Kennedy, DG de Vancouver SB, et qui traite du même article de McLeod… Kennedy offre ces bons conseils pour le personnel scolaire, en marge d’une meilleure intégration des médias sociaux dans l’école, le district : Se fixer des attentes gérables et atteignablesChoisir un nombre restreint d’outils et bien les exploiterSe réserver du tempsDéterminer ce que cela va remplacerFaire le virage vers la mobilité Sages conseils. (Crédit image : Waag Society, sous licence Creative Commons) Le consensus est en train de se confirmer : l’école aujourd’hui doit être lieu de développement de compétences outillant chaque jeune pour sa vie et sa carrière, dans un monde en grand changement. Et vous ?
Commonplace book A commonplace book from the mid-17th century Commonplace books (or commonplaces) were a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing information into books. Such books were essentially scrapbooks filled with items of every kind: medical recipes, quotes, letters, poems, tables of weights and measures, proverbs, prayers, legal formulas. Commonplaces were used by readers, writers, students, and scholars as an aid for remembering useful concepts or facts they had learned. Each commonplace book was unique to its creator's particular interests. "Commonplace" is a translation of the Latin term locus communis (from Greek tópos koinós, see literary topos) which means "a theme or argument of general application", such as a statement of proverbial wisdom. History[edit] Zibaldone[edit] During the course of the 15th century, the Italian peninsula was the site of a development of two new forms of book production: the deluxe registry book and the zibaldone (or hodgepodge book). English[edit] Notes[edit]
Welcome to The Race Card Project! - The Race Card Project Video: Why grad students should have an online presence Making sure your digital brand aligns with your research and personality is key when applying to jobs. Amy Elder, director of Career Services at Brock University, speaks about the importance of having a social media presence. Whether you are looking for non-academic or academic employment, your digital brand will help show potential employers what kind of person you are. So be careful as to what you choose to put on the Internet, because employers are increasing their use of social media when looking at potential employees. Show/hide transcript If you're applying for work, outside of academia, all of the research points to employers increasing their usage of social media. Interestingly with grad students, there is some research out there. Graduate students, you know it is a serious business.
Pinterest Group Boards Can Improve Collaborative Work Pinterest is an online pinboard but growing more rapidly as a social networking platform, particularly through collaborative group boards. Pinterest, formed in early 2009, is evolving much like other social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, but in a different way. What makes Pinterest so different? People we already know, by virtue of the site's Facebook or Twitter sign-in process, will become linked when you join Pinterest. The foundation of Pinterest is a dynamic linking technology often referred as the "interest graph" - a network of sharing and finding links that grow new connections through linked interests. Lili Randazzo, a photographer friend, decided to link her passions and products using Pinterest, and hopefully generate an online group with similar interests. Forming an online group may require evaluating whether the social networking site is right for your endeavor. So Lili Randazzo describes her board, Paths this way, "I am attracted to paths.
Practical Theory | A View From the Schoolhouse [This year marked the first graduating class of our second campus – SLA@Beeber. I was honored and thrilled to be asked to be the keynote speaker. It’s been such an incredible experience to watch this group of students and families and educators build this school into something wonderful, and I was so excited to share the day with them. — Chris] To the Science Leadership Academy @ Beeber inaugural class – the Class of 2017 – congratulations! I cannot begin to tell you how much it means to me to be standing in front of you today. And you did not do this alone. And still – there were more. And now – what I want to talk to you about this afternoon is what all this means for the rest of your life. What we build may not be perfect – but it can be beautiful. And that’s what you did. What you did was beautiful. And not just the outcomes – the process matters too – a lot, actually. After all – If it were easy, everyone would do it. You can do it. Think about it – what would have happened if Mr.
Genetics Genetics includes the study of heredity, or how traits are passed from parents to offspring. The topics of genetics vary and are constantly changing as we learn more about the genome and how we are influenced by our genes. Inheritance Mendel & Inheritance – powerpoint presentation covering basics of genetics Simple Genetics Practice – using mendelian genetics and punnett squares Genetic Crosses with two traits – basic crosses, uses Punnet squaresGenetic Crosses with two traits II – basic crossses, uses Punnett squaresDihybrid Crosses in Guinea Pigs (pdf) – step through on how to do a 4×4 punnett square Codominance & Incomplete Dominance – basic crosses involving codominance X-Linked Traits – practice crosses that involve sex-linkage, mainly in fruitflies The Genetics of Blood Disorders – a worksheet with genetics problems that relate to specific disorders: sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, and Von Willebrand disease. Human Genetics Presentation Chromosomes Modeling Chromosomal Inheritance
Redesigning the Social Network There's an artistic vision behind Ello, the latest Facebook competitor to trigger hype and backlash. Barokas Public Relations Even before he founded the social-media network Ello and championed the pleasures of ad-free browsing, Paul Budnitz was an entrepreneur with a flair for the visual. With Kidrobot, the anti-cute alternative toy and street fashion company that he founded in 2002, he kindled a kidult craze for limited-edition, artist-designed collectible figurines. Today Kidrobot’s designs are iconic: Munny, a minimalist, white toy with movable joints, has served as an unconventional blank canvas for street and comics artists. Frank Kozik’s Labbit has won the distinction of being adapted into over 150 commercial items and immortalized in its own Urban Dictionary entry. In 2010 Budnitz sought a challenge in another recreational pastime—cycling. “I was just fed up with other social networks,” Budnitz recalls. To follow through Budnitz embraces the basics of the social-media experience.
La liste des réseaux sociaux La liste des réseaux sociaux : Quel réseau social choisir ? Quel réseau social utiliser pour un usage professionnel ou personnel ? Quels sont les nouveaux réseaux sociaux tendance ? Quelle est l’offre de réseau sociaux sur ordinateur ou mobile pour me connecter avec les communautés qui m’intéressent et échanger via photo, vidéo, messages, audio… Mis à part Facebook, réseau social sur lequel ma mère est devenue experte, quels sont les réseaux sociaux émergents sur Internet ? Étant donné qu’une « couche sociale » est présente dans quasiment l’ensemble des services en ligne et applications, vous ne trouverez dans cette liste que les réseaux sociaux ayant dépassé le 1 000 000 d’utilisateurs pour une meilleure visibilité. Consultez le classement mondial réseaux sociaux et le classement France des réseaux sociaux pour connaître les réseaux qui dominent actuellement. Note de Rudy : Si vous êtes expert en marketing, vous pouvez proposer vos articles en me contactant sur la page dédiée. Facebook