IPEVO IDocCam is a great tool for repurposing your iphone or an ipad into a document camera. The app costs .99 a month or $9.99 a year. Once you download and install the software the only trick is creating a stand. Of course IPEVO sells a really nifty smartphone stand for $59.00. You can also use a cookie rack and a stack of books and position the camera through wires. A piece of plexiglass is also a good tool.
IPEVO AnnotateIPEVO Annotate. This is a free download from IPEVO. It allows you to mark up anything that displays on your computer. I use a Wacom tablet to annotate but this will work with a trackpad or a mouse. You will see I am using a mouse in the demo. This is a great way to screen record and annotate on PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Slides. You can also pop up a whiteboard to solve problems.
Note you cannot annotate in a full-screen presentation. You need to present in the window. This took me a while to figure out. Here are the directions for doing this in Keynote, PowerPoint and Google Slides.
You can also use IPEVO Annotator in Whiteboard mode. Here is a video to explain this.
For an ipad like experience, you can use a Wacom graphics tablet that comes with a pen. This will allow you to annotate with the pen and is much easier to draw equations with.
The Avatar Classroom Idea from Cult of Pedagogy- https://youtu.be/VccvswDchl8
Please help us collect great ideas that connect science to Alaska students using phenomena, ideas, and resources that spark wonder!
Thanks to Vicki in Homer for sharing this one with me.
I have started a draft list that you can see here. Alaska Phenomena Word Doc Draft
You can submit your ideas and resources using this google form link
EcoMuve is an immersive ecology game built by the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The game is downloaded and installed on student computers. Students explore pond ecology while playing the game and interacting with data collection simulations. I plan to explore this with my ecology students working remotely this winter. Teacher and students guides are available to support integration of this game. https://ecolearn.gse.harvard.edu/projects/ecomuve
Patterns of Science is an AWESOME open source science curriculum published by the Portland Metro STEM Collaborative. They have an amazing NGSS science curriculum available on their web site. Then, to top of their main resources, they have been pulling together support on how to reach ALL of their students during the Pandemic remote learning crisis. They aren’t simply throwing everything online and telling teachers to “have at it” They are also developing equitable paper packets that try to retain the same interaction, inquiry and quality as their live or digital lesson.
“Our team of teacher leaders has developed distance learning resources for each Patterns course to support students and teachers during school closures. These resources will support your classroom and district implementation of Distance Learning for All as directed by the Oregon Department of Education.”
https://sites.google.com/beaverton.k12.or.us/patterns/home?authuser=0
Patterns High School Science – Vertical Articulation Resource Guide
Patterns Approach HS Science Curriculum Pedagogy Design Principles
NSTA Article, The Science Teacher, “The Patterns Approach: Engaging Freshman in Practices of Science” Bradford Hill.
