Turn to Tech for Seamless Science Routines

18-04-2024 • 50 mins

Integrating *the right edtech tools* into your middle school or high school science curriculum and instruction -- everyday lesson plans for science -- can make active learning a realistic routine, enhance student-centered culture in your classroom, and make students' thinking visible by providing a means to collect regular, reliable evidence of learning.

In this episode, I'll share exactly what I mean when I say "TRADE YOUR TALK FOR TECH"! And, I'm not limiting this discussion to designing inquiry-based lesson plans for science ... together, we'll consider the role of edtech in every aspect of teaching science:

💥BEFORE instruction (planning lessons) 💥DURING instruction (delivering lessons) 💥AFTER instruction (providing feedback and analyzing outcomes)

This video has three distinct parts:

✅🧑‍💻⛔ In Part 1, I present the pros and cons of teaching with technology and its unique role as a facilitator of guided inquiry and instructional design.

📝 In Part 2, I'll demonstrate my process for sourcing free science simulations online to develop guided inquiry activities.

🎓 In Part 3, I'll show you around the edtech products, SeeSaw and BookWidgets. These are critical components of my student-centered system for teaching science as a practice! You'll get a sneak peek at the backend of these tools while I share soooo many best practices to help you realize their potential for transforming your workflow as you show up to serve every student everyday. 💯

WHAT TO EXPECT:

‼️INTRODUCTION ‼️ 00:00 Consistency helps create classroom culture. 03:19 Pros and Cons to Teaching Science With Technology

⏱️ BEFORE Instruction ⏱️ 06:46 Planning Lessons for Guided Inquiry

⏱️📝 BEFORE Instruction | Planning Lessons ⏱️📝 08:41 Types of EdTech for Guided Inquiry 10:29 Search For EdTech With Me! 17:01 Sourcing EdTech Best Practices Recap

‼️ 14:52 What You Can Do When You Can't Find Any Suitable Edtech For Guided Inquiry!

⏱️ DURING Instruction | Delivering Lessons & Follow-Up ⏱️ 22:17 In-Person Instruction 22:45 About SeeSaw 23:49 SeeSaw, 3 Important Areas Tour 31:01 Fantastic Features of SeeSaw (Why I Wouldn't Want To Teach Without It!) 35:53 Reasons for Asynchronous Instruction 37:23 About BookWidgets 39:49 BookWidgets, Examples of Worksheets I've Built 44:49 Fantastic Features of BookWidgets

‼️ 48:16 The EdTech Essentials Guide to Active Learning in Science | How To Get It!

Add an hour of do-not-disturb time to your calendar, open up some browser tabs, and work alongside this powerful professional development session to get one step closer to a work life you'll love! 💗

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💻 Start your trek from talk to tech with my EdTech Essentials guide to active learning in science: https://labineverylesson.com/essentials

EDTECH TOOLS TAUGHT IN THIS VIDEO: *BookWidgets: https://www.bookwidgets.com/ **SeeSaw: https://seesaw.com/

*I do not receive compensation from BookWidgets to promote their product. **I am a SeeSaw Pioneer, which means that I have been using their product for more than a year and I complete an annual refresh training. I am gifted a free PRO licence for keeping my Pioneer status active, but there is no expectation in that agreement for me to promote the product.