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Martin Burrett

Citizen Science - 81 views

www.filamentgames.com/...citizen-science

science eco environment citizen science games

shared by Martin Burrett on 17 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 17 Jul 12
     
    A role-playing game which highlights what we can do to make a better world by being citizen scientists. Take the character on a science adventure and follow the clues to complete the missions. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science
Martin Burrett

Snapshot Serengeti - 32 views

www.snapshotserengeti.org

animals science crowdsourcing biology citizen science

shared by Martin Burrett on 23 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • Martin Burrett on 23 Dec 13
     
    This is a wonderful citizen science project where users are asked to classify animals on the Serengeti from camera traps to help real scientists survey and track populations of important and endangered wildlife. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science
anonymous

Biodiversity Snapshots | Home - 60 views

biodiversitysnapshots.net.au/...home.htm

snapshots biodiversity news resources

shared by anonymous on 08 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • anonymous on 08 Mar 11
     
    Biodiversity Snapshots will help you to learn more about the animals around us every day by combining mobile technology and science. We provide you with a field guide, identification tool and way to record your observations all on a mobile device - your phone, netbook, or tablet. You make the observations and participate as a citizen scientist.
  • Bob Calder on 10 Mar 11
     
    Also take a look at the Encyclopedia of Life eol.org and their associated podcasts. There are efforts to create comprehensive collections in several places. There is even a game that helps classification efforts for children that want to add to the sum of human knowledge.
Trevor Cunningham

Project Noah - 71 views

www.projectnoah.org

Library iphone apps ipad science

shared by Trevor Cunningham on 23 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Jude Kesl on 23 Aug 11
     
    tool to explore and document wildlife and to harness the power of  citizen scientists
  • Gerald Carey on 10 Dec 11
     
    This could be a good way to get students to understand biodiversity. Pity about the name.
  • Trevor Cunningham on 20 Nov 12
     
    Science education social networking platform integrating technology, the surrounding environment, and contextual learning. Powerful stuff here folks!
Jude Kesl

MAKE HOMEMADE SCIENCE TOYS AND PROJECTS - 12 views

www.sciencetoymaker.org

science toys you can make

shared by Jude Kesl on 04 Aug 11 - Cached
  • You have found the non-commercial, teacher-created site for people who like to roll up their sleeves and make science toys and projects. You won't find slick, well-designed web pages here--more like the digital equivalent of a messy workshop. If you poke around though, you'll find good stuff. Science toy maker is a resource for inspired kids, parents, teachers, teenagers, home schoolers, science fair participants and citizen scientists everywhere.
  • Gerald Carey on 04 Aug 11
     
    Nice examples of easy to make science toys. Hat tip to @Skipz
Rafael Morales_Gamboa

Contemplating the consequences of Constructivism - The Learner's Way - 21 views

thelearnersway.net/...consequences-of-constructivism

constructivism teaching learning

shared by Rafael Morales_Gamboa on 10 Sep 17 - No Cached
  • learning is a process which occurs within the mind of the individual as they process stimuli arriving from their sensory buffer from their environment (broadly speaking), into working memory and onward into long-term memory. 
    • Rafael Morales_Gamboa
      Rafael Morales_Gamboa on 11 Sep 17
       
      The emphasis does not have to be on the individual, as is common. The social group learns by means of individual, but joined and synchronized, learning.
  • self-guided learning or self-initiated learning
    • Rafael Morales_Gamboa
      Rafael Morales_Gamboa on 11 Sep 17
       
      Not in the case of social constructivism.
  • what is significant
    • Rafael Morales_Gamboa
      Rafael Morales_Gamboa on 11 Sep 17
       
      To others...
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  • independent practice
    • Rafael Morales_Gamboa
      Rafael Morales_Gamboa on 11 Sep 17
       
      and social practice
  • the research on what produces effective learning supports this
    • Rafael Morales_Gamboa
      Rafael Morales_Gamboa on 11 Sep 17
       
      Of course, that depends on what exactly is evaluated.
  • This desire is evident when we expect our learners to be scientists, historians, geographers, researchers and problem solvers/finders.
    • Rafael Morales_Gamboa
      Rafael Morales_Gamboa on 11 Sep 17
       
      As well as critical citizens.
  • We teach the skills of inquiry, problem solving and experimentation and then provide opportunities for independent practice.
    • Rafael Morales_Gamboa
      Rafael Morales_Gamboa on 11 Sep 17
       
      Can you imagine anything a better explanation of "knowledge transfer"?
  • we have previously instructed them in
  • The gradual release of responsibility model of instruction suggests that cognitive work should shift slowly and intentionally from teacher modeling, to joint responsibility between teachers and students, to independent practice and application by the learner
    • Rafael Morales_Gamboa
      Rafael Morales_Gamboa on 11 Sep 17
       
      Does not sounds like the classroom is empty? Classmates? Who cares about them?
  • It is not always the case that learning is best served when the process begins with direct instruction.
  • Schools provide a rich environment within which such learning may occur
    • Rafael Morales_Gamboa
      Rafael Morales_Gamboa on 11 Sep 17
       
      It is not always the case, and I would rather say that is not often the case, if our cultural legacy that depicts the school in literature and films.
  • best model can be to begin with an independent exploration of new content even when this produces failure
  • schools maximise their impact on the learning that occurs
  • constructivism urges teachers to ensure that the learner is at least as involved in the process as their teachers are
    • Rafael Morales_Gamboa
      Rafael Morales_Gamboa on 11 Sep 17
       
      I would call that "teacher-centred constructivism".
  • Nigel Coutts on 10 Sep 17
     
    Constructivism is one of those ideas we throw around in educational circles without stopping to think about what we mean by it. They are the terms that have multiple meanings, are at once highly technical and common usage and are likely to cause debate and disagreements. Constructivism in particular carries a quantity of baggage with it. It is a term that is appropriated by supporters of educational approaches that are in stark contrast to the opposing view; constructivism vs didactic methods or direct instruction. The question is what are the origins of constructivism and does a belief in this as an approach to understanding learning necessitate an abandonment of direct instruction or is this a false dichotomy?
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