Videos on Genetics

I have put together my unit dealing with genetics on schoology as a self paced class. I would like to practice one unit with my students before I make the other units to see the responsiveness of the students.

Nomenclature Type III

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87SG7s6kXEc

Nomenclature Polyatomic ion compounds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-QjxRmYDwI

Nomenclature Writing formulas from the chemical name

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVpkVjOvMx0

Type I Nomenclature

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_2QT5IUcZw

Dichotomous Key Unit

My flipped unit that I created during the first semester was a little different that what others have done. I did not create a single video for the unit. Instead, the students had readings that they had to complete for homework to compare them for the next day's work. The handouts are located on my webpage buchmanscience.weebly.com

I have my lesson plans/unit typed up but do not know how to (or if it is possible) to upload the file to the blog. If anyone would like to see them, please don't hesitate to comment and I will send it your way. :)

For the assessment, students were given pictures of 9 different organisms, given a day to make the spider key, a day to use the spider key to create the dichotomous key, and then a third day was used to test the students on if they could use a dichotomous key.

I have created a movie on explain everything to explain a project on technology in the Middle Ages. I put it on the 9th grade blog since the three 9th grade classes have experience using the blog on a previous assignment

I also did a preview of technology on the Middle Ages

Possible Resources for Classroom Use

I found a couple of resources that might be of use to some of you in your classrooms. All are free but you might have to make an account.

The first is called Padlet. Padlet lets users create interactive boards where you can post discussion questions, topics, brainstorming sessions, etc., and collect feedback. For example, you could create a wall and have students post as an exit survey activity at the end of class. Here is the link for Padlet: http://padlet.com/
Here is a link to a wall that is being used to collect feedback about student understanding from a lesson:
http://padlet.com/coffeebite/1rbmyjr47x

Exit Ticket is an student response system that collects data at the end of the lesson. It looks similar to Socrative and other data collecting apps. There is a free version available to teachers.
Here is the link for Exit Ticket: http://exitticket.org/

Todays Meet looks really neat because you can create a room and use it as a backchannel chat. It is similar to Twitter and Edmodo but allows the teacher to facilitate the online discussions. Here is a link to Todays Meet: https://todaysmeet.com/
This post also gives a bit of information about Todays Meet:
http://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/01/30/20-useful-ways-to-use-todaysmeet-in-schools/

I haven't started incorporating any of these yet but I plan on trying Padlet with my upcoming 8th Grade Group.

FLIPCON 15

It looks like this year's FLIPCON will be in East Lansing in July.

http://flippedlearning.org/Page/1

Help!

I have created a video on explain everything and have saved it to the camera roll on the iPad. I have tried to upload it to schoology and it won't let me. Anyone know how to fix this?

Lawrence County Kentucky's Take on Blended Delivery

YouTube Playlist Tips

Although YouTube is blocked in West Virginia schools for students, the ability to create playlists for students is valuable in the flipped classroom. Alice Keeler offers a few hints for building, ordering, and editing videos for a playlist.

http://www.alicekeeler.com/teachertech/2014/06/22/youtube-playlist-tips/

She mentions in the beginning of the blog post about trying to keep videos to 30 seconds, but not longer than three minutes. It seems that she wants to segment her lessons into short, rapid-fire videos. This is an interesting idea for maintaining student engagement.

Alice publishes a plethora (really) of information on using Google Apps. Blog how is located at:
http://www.alicekeeler.com/teachertech/