A useful insight from US on STEM in Postsecondary Education, useful also for comparison with EU. Enjoy it!
Junior Architect
www.homestyler.com is a great piece of software for budding architects. Learners can create their own dream home or redesign their current home/bedroom using an easy drag & drop menu . Teachers are able to assess how well learners use their design skills whilst solving technical and practical problems. This is a design package that I Full Article…
Reporting on practical work through vodcasting
Age: 12-15 years In this lesson, centered in any practical activity implemented in the classroom, students must present their report through a vodcast. (Vodcast = podcast with video) 1. Gain Attention This time, after doing your practical work, you will try a different way of presenting the process and discussing the results: vodcasting. To complete Full Article…
Egg in a bottle
You can use a variety of Web 2.0 tools such as Animoto, YouTube, or any other video-sharing sites which allows you to use with subtitles (such as Windows Movie maker or PhotoStory) to record experiments, such as the one above.
The great science movie
Description This is a team activity that runs over a semester. The goal is to make a movie where all the main topics or concepts of the subject are covered so it can be used as a good revision tool for studying for an exam. Every group has to make a short movie with an Full Article…
Documentary Divas!
Overview: In pairs, learners prepare, film and present a short ‘fly-on-the-wall’ documentary. One learner takes the role of the ‘star’ or ‘diva’ (popular choices include are Marilyn Monroe, King Henry VIII and Andy Warhol!) the other takes the role of interviewer/film maker. Description: Show learners http://www.ehow.com/video_4755794_documentary-filmmaking-techniques.html or similar clip. This will give them an overview Full Article…