Junior students will have laptops next year. Our Chemistry teacher was not interested in Gizmos, but we can revisit that. It allows for teacher assignment of simulations that students have to follow steps and answer assessment questions. One important thing to remember is that every student is engaged, not sitting back watching (or not watching).
That being said, I think we have a responsibility to find alternative visual and manipulative simulations for our science students, particularly at the regular level. Then we can learn about how to use them with 100% engagement, rather than only projected demonstration.
Here are some link to get us thinking:
http://www.freezeray.com/ has some for all sciences
http://group.chem.iastate.edu/Greenbowe/html%20%20files/resrch-simanim-content.html has some great chemistry ones that develop inquiry based activities for our classes
http://phet.colorado.edu/
That being said, I think we have a responsibility to find alternative visual and manipulative simulations for our science students, particularly at the regular level. Then we can learn about how to use them with 100% engagement, rather than only projected demonstration.
Here are some link to get us thinking:
http://www.freezeray.com/ has some for all sciences
http://group.chem.iastate.edu/Greenbowe/html%20%20files/resrch-simanim-content.html has some great chemistry ones that develop inquiry based activities for our classes
http://phet.colorado.edu/
I thought the Student Checklist was a good idea. With the Student Checklist, each student would write on a slip of paper one to two sentences on how they know they understand a topic or things they are not confident about. -Yoshie
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