1. My Laptop Has a Webcam, So Now What?
Jim Peterson
Holland Christian High School
MACUL 2010
March 11, 2010
jimp@hollandchristian.org
@weathertation
weathertation.posterous.com
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When I held the magnesium over the fire, it lit up and
The Magnesium is all by itself, and oxygen has two.
was a very bright light.
They combine with each other. So there is two Oxygen
and one magnesium. But the magnesium needs another one
so they end up looking like magnesium oxide.
2 Mg + O2 ----> 2 MgO
5. If your hair is on fire, wrap the blanket around your head!
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Test Tube
Brush
Stick the test tube brush into
the test tube to clean the tube.
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21. Chris Lehmann, Principal of the Science
Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, notes
that, “technology in schools should be like
oxygen: ubiquitous, necessary, and
invisible.”
22. My Laptop Has a Webcam, So Now What?
Jim Peterson
Holland Christian High School
MACUL 2010
March 11, 2010
jimp@hollandchristian.org
@weathertation
weathertation.posterous.com
Notas do Editor
Have fun with yourself.
By the way Skitch is awesome if you have a mac.
You can shoot yourself and put it online for when you have a sub.
By the way, posterous.com is the most awesome teaching tool to go with your webcam
This was actually shot by a flip video camcorder.
You can take pictures of demonstrations.
Kids can make the powerpoint for you, which gets making a class more fun, relevant and engaging.
Photo Booth
Logger pro is awesome.
Some teachers video themselves doing procedures for labs so kids can preview the material. In this case it is an iTune subscription video pod cast.
Or have student make the videos.
Demonstrating perspective.
Assessing that.
Using digital cameras.
iMovie
In google search make an animated gif. My favorite is makeagif.com, except that it is down a lot. You can use it to actually take the pictures.
Tell a story in 5 pictures. Example: http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/discuss/72157623556917594/
Public service announcements.
Remember the 80-20 rule.
Skype
Starting points for art.
Documentation.
Study color, contrast, etc.
Introduce a unit.
Do a special “Friday” topic.
80 - 20 rule with the 20 voluntary and at home
Have a conversation.
Cell phone cameras.
scvngr.com
flickr.com photo upload from phones.