Using iPad apps for science inquiry projectsRichard Beach Slideshare: Chapter 4: Accessing/Assessing Information http://tinyurl.com/6lqpe6a

Reading: PlatesCollaborationOnline collaboration(both online and face-to-face) around reading• Social Bookmarking and

sharing links/tags in class Diigo groups

• Students tag bookmarks and annotate online texts/sites using sticky notes

Reading: PlatesCollaboration: VocabularyTagging: Diigo, Flickr, Google Images, YouTube, etc.

Identifying key terms/categories

Folksonomy (bottom-up) vs. Taxonomy (top-down)

Modeling search strategiesWebquests

◦QuestGarden http://questgarden.com Pathfinders

◦TrackStar http://tinyurl.com/89vbgp8Games

◦Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com

Pose questions ◦Thinkpal app http://tinyurl.com/

7wrpdok

Voice search: Requires vocabularyGoogle SearchSiri iPhone 4Solder IPhones: Voice Ask app http://tinyurl.com/72p3v35ChaCha:

Assessing information literacies TRAILS http://www.trails-9.org

Science resources/appsScience resources

http://freetech4teachers.pbworks.com/w/page/14904896/Science

http://parishtech.homestead.com/techresourcesci.html

Science apps: The Elements: A Visual Exploration Periodic, Table of the Elements, OnScreen DNA Model, 3D Brain, Google Earth, NASA App, Introducing Planet Earth, Star Walk, Sky Safari, Moon Atlas, 3D Sun, National Geographic World Atlas

Personal learning networks (PLNs Links blogs, wikis, podcasts,

Twitter, or social networking sites RSS Reader such as Google

Reader Curation news sites: Flipboard,

Zite

Personal information space (“learning commons”)iGoogle (

http://www.google.con/ig) Google Sites, LiveBinders, Netvibes (http://netvibes.com), Prototype (http://portopage), or PageFlakes (http://pageflakes.com

wikis created with PBworks, Wetpaint, or Wikispaces

Reading: Food: Reflection: digital annotation/note-takingiAnnotate for iPad,Notes (IOS apps), Evernote, Penultimate, Notes Plus, Simplenote, SoundNote (http://soundnote.com)◦Problem: formulate in own words and schema/purposes

Results as maps or cloudsearchCube (http://search-cube.com)

presents results in the form of 3D cube of thumbnails of web frontpages that can be clicked on.  Sites such as Spezify (http://spezify.com), Quintura (http://www.quintura.com), Quintura for Kids (http://www.quintura.kids.com),TouchGraph (http://www.touchgraph.com/seo), Tag Galaxy (http://taggalaxy.de), and oSkope (http://www.oskope.com), presents results in the form of maps, graphs, or word clouds

Purpose: Acquiring and subscribing to/sharing information

• Social Bookmarking and sharing links/tags

• Sharing links in class Diigo groups • Adding annotations to online literary

texts for sharing responses to literature

Using Diigo for adding a sticky-note response

1. Add Diigo to your toolbar

2. Find an online text

3. Highlight sections of the text

4. Click on the icon to add a Sticky Note response

5. Have other students add their responses

Annotating "Womanhood," Catherine Anderson 

Reading: PlatesVocabulary: Wiki/WikipediaiPad Wikipedia apps: Qwiki,

Articles for iPad, Wikipedia Mobile, Wikipanion Plus, Simplepedia, iWiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics

Versus Qwiki http://www.qwiki.com/q/

Plate_tectonics

Reading: Food: Vocabulary: Digital mapping iPad apps: iBrainstorm,

MindMeister for Ipad,, Sundry Notes, Idea Sketch, Total Recall, inShare, iMindMap MindNode, iThoughtsHD, Popplet Lite

http://tinyurl.com/3o6a3wyHierarchical/logical relationships

between key conceptsIssues of definitions: “unhealthy” foods

Reading: Food: Vocabulary: Digital mapping Relevant topics/issues?Sugar intake on the body (SF

Chronicle)◦http://tinyurl.com/7dxm4ff

Visual Representation: Plates Mapping dataFocus on details and specificsEarthquake ($1.99) &

Earthquake Lite (free) app (data reports)

http://tinyurl.com/ycly6evQuakewatchhttp://tinyurl.com/6tsgv2s

Use of Flickr: Image hub ShowMe or VoicethreadFolksomony tagging system, as well as

geo-tagging by location. Search: different types of categoriesGroups—people who share a common

interest in certain topics or phenomena portrayed in their images or video clips.

The Commons link, they can access images from archives of The Library of Congress, The Smithsonian, The New York Public Library and The U.S. National Archives.

EcoMOBILE (Ecosystems Mobile Outdoor Blended Immersive Learning Environment) ARhttp://ecomobile.gse.harvard.edu

Virtual representation of a pond ecosystem

Capture pictures, video, or voice recordings

Video http://ecomobile.gse.harvard.edu/video/EcoMOBILE_demo_Fall2011.mov

iTunes U app: course materials/videosScience: Plate Techonics video

(4:25) and AssessmentBerkeley: Earthquakes courseOpen University: VolcanoesLawrence: OSS Food and

Nutrition

Game app: Puzzle Planetshttp://tinyurl.com/7u65q8q

Assemble planet’s tectonic plates

Smash them together to cause massive seismic activity

See life sprout on continents that rise from the ocean

Defend your creation from mega disasters long enough for strange creatures to evolve

Globaloria: Students create science games: http://www.globaloria.org/index.php/games

Chemistry: Elementshttp

://www.globaloria.org/index.php/games-front-page/item/elemental-elegance

Visual Representation: Food: Interactive images Focus on details and specificsDemonstrate processes

Digestive system app

Science 360 videos app

Science 360 videos

Videos on iPad: Food Snagfilms documentarieshttp://tinyurl.com/7lacwo2 Farm to Tablehttp://tinyurl.com/7c3vdesHow to Get Fat without Really Tryinghttp://tinyurl.com/82knky2Young Agrarians (organic farming in

CA)http://tinyurl.com/7vrr69yThe Family Meal (obesity)http://tinyurl.com/7elfrg8

Google Images http://images.google.com

Search for images related to their topic

Google Googles http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#text◦Take photo on iPad/iPhone and obtain

information about that image from Google Images

QR CodesCreate: Qrafter, QRstuff.com, KaywaRead: QR Reader, QR app,

NeoReader, Scan, QR Scanner, i-nigma, Optiscan

different ideas for using QR codes in the classroom: http://tinyurl.com/3u2ee5v)

Assignments, videos, maps, podcasts, directions, tutorials, websites, surveys

Camera skills: Science Museum: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/onlinestuff/games/photo-ops.aspx

Study: Images of fast foodhttp://tinyurl.com/6sbxkjo

Effects of subliminal image exposure on reading speedExperimental: fast-food imagesControl: red blocksResults: Experimental: read words fasterExperimental: recall eating at fast-food

restaurantControl: recall going to grocery storyResults: Experimental: preferred time-

saving devices Zhong CB, & Devoe SE (2010). You are how you eat: fast food and

impatience. Psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society / APS, 21 (5), 619-22. PMID: 20483836

VoiceThread: Multiple audio/written comments on same image

Produce image tutorials for peers: Doodles and audio voice-over

ShowMe: Earthquake in Japanhttp://www.showme.com/sh/?h=

B5dZjyCExplain Everything VoiceThread.ed

◦Earthquates images◦https://voicethread.com/share/2693518/◦Fast food restaurants◦https://voicethread.com◦#u11815.b652878.i3454378

Writing: Plates: Online collaborative writing app affordances

Mixed InkGoogle Docs, Loose Stitch,

TeamSpinner, Thinkature, Portrayl, or Novlet ◦Defining roles and responsibilities for

who’s responsible for what tasksWikis (on iPad browser/no apps)

◦pbworks.com, Wikispaces, or Wet Paint.

Writing: Plates: Online resourcesScholastic: Earthquakeshttp://tinyurl.com/7nkk6wwInstitute of Crustal Studieshttp://tinyurl.com/7sbrw3x

Writing: Food: Digital note-taking/diagraming: argumentsWireless Generation: note-taking

tool (mesh with drafting?: see Inspiration mapping:

Talk: Plates: Small-group discussions: CMS platform optionsNing

◦Mini $20.00 a year; Plus is $25.00 a month http://www.ning.com

◦http://teachingmedialiteracy.ning.com

Grou.ps ($3.00 or $9.00 a month)◦http://grou.ps/home

Talk: Plates: Small-group discussions: CMS platform optionsPearson’s OpenClass (free; linked

to Google Apps)◦http://www.joinopenclass.com/open/vi

ew/t1Edmodo (free; also an app)

◦http://www.edmodo.com/Schoology

◦https://www.schoology.com/home.phprcampus (cloud-based)

◦http://www.rcampus.com/

Talk: Food: Small-group discussionsPosting warm-ups:

accountability?Use of online role-play?

Apps for Sharing/Publishing Writing ePub: Mac Pages (soon to be on iPad

Pages)Apple Author (requires OS Lion): iBooks Dotepub or Inkling books

◦Human Biology Inkling textbook MoGlue Books http://tinyurl.com/

88pbgauebooks for reading on eReaders by

submitting properly formatted Word files to Smashwords.com, Bluefire Reader App, or Book Creator

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