Dear Colleagues,
Well I posted my question last week on ask a scientist, and it was prob. on of the most worthwhile things I have done in a while for one reason. It forced me to find a question that I did not know the answer to in a field that I consider myself an expert in. Through this experience, I was able to gain new knowledge and I began researching things inside the genetics field again and realized a lot has change since I got out of college. I have yet to receive an answer, but i think this assignment gave me a new vigor for the process of keeping on top of the new advances in the scientific field in which I teach.
I think creating a blog with local scientist that mimics an ask the scientist like forum would be a great way to involve students with the local scientific community and pique their interests within the scientific research that is going on within their area. Such a unique way to get both the buy in of the stakeholders within the community and the stakeholders within your classroom. Buy in is key to any educational experience and can lead to students gaining more knowledge and being more successful in class.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Presentation Tools
My goodness, I had no idea there were so many presentation tools available out on the web. What I liked about all of them was their relative ease of use. Most of them reminded me of a power point or photo story format, so these are very familiar to me. I use them a lot already, so it feels like I am just expanding my knowledge.
At this point I think I am going to use Prezenit for a two fold reason. One, I love the idea that individuals can access my presentation. It to me seems like a great way to make presentations accessible to students who are absent or cannot be in class for specific purposes. I also like the available pictures and the ability to upload pictures that you would like into your project. The ease of use was exemplary because it not only was easy to use, but there were a lot of easy to read and use help sections.
This evaluation was difficult for me, there are so many interesting and seemingly easy to use tools, but until you really get into the design and completion of you project will you really know how easy or difficult each program was. I am excited to use and learn about these projects and I hope to eventually become an expert on a couple of these in order to increase my presentation skills within the classroom and add an ease of accessibility to my students who need the information at home.
At this point I think I am going to use Prezenit for a two fold reason. One, I love the idea that individuals can access my presentation. It to me seems like a great way to make presentations accessible to students who are absent or cannot be in class for specific purposes. I also like the available pictures and the ability to upload pictures that you would like into your project. The ease of use was exemplary because it not only was easy to use, but there were a lot of easy to read and use help sections.
This evaluation was difficult for me, there are so many interesting and seemingly easy to use tools, but until you really get into the design and completion of you project will you really know how easy or difficult each program was. I am excited to use and learn about these projects and I hope to eventually become an expert on a couple of these in order to increase my presentation skills within the classroom and add an ease of accessibility to my students who need the information at home.
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