Video: teaching with ICT

Here are a couple of video examples about integrating ICTs into your Science class.

The first video example shows how ICTs and computer programs can be used to enhance the Science teaching experience inside the classroom, by using both internet resources and software. This video is aimed at teachers who teach students ranging from kindergarten to 5th grade:

This video has covered examples of resources such as:

• Televisions: useful to show documentaries in class.
• Video cameras: students can be assigned tasks to make a video about their surrounding environment, usually the playground.
• Digital cameras: students can take pictures of their experiments at home or at school, and share them with the rest of the class.
• Electronic whiteboards: they can be used to draw graphs and charts, which may prove to be easier than drawing them on a computer, with the added advantage that they can be saved. They can also be used to browse the internet and open files, while the students are watching.
• Word processor applications: useful to create assignments, rubrics and handouts. They can also be used to create presentations.
• Software: several software programs, such as Hyperstudio, allow teachers to create their own class material, which can also be handed out to the students to enhance their learning experience. It allows students to perform experiments, introducing all manner of variables, and then record the results with a word processor.
• The internet: probably the most flexible tool of them all, it can be used in class for students to search for information relevant to the lesson, and it gives access to innumerable resources that help teachers plan their lessons.

In addition, I want to share with you an episode of a video series, uploaded to Youtube, which could very well be a good support material for Biology classes at school:

There are quite a few series like this one on Youtube, and they are all good educational materials because they summarise the content of ordinary school lessons and serve as an animated illustration to the mechanisms that allow an organism to function, further enhancing the learning experience.