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Day 2 NSB Lecture

8/23/2011

Did you register your clicker? Here's the linky to the registration guide again
http://www.scribd.com/doc/62503606/Getting-Started-Guide-for-Students-Fall-11There will also be the clicker support team here on Wednesday to help you with your clickers (if you can't get it working or registered).Please make sure you are on time for lecture (I know it's early), because I get distracted when you walk in late. And don't walk down the center isle in front of the screen. Please and thank you!!!I will post the youtube assignment on this site sometime on Thursday. Remember, we don't meet in the classroom on Friday. You do the youtube assignment from wherever!!! Sweet! There will be more instructions on Thursday.Anything you need to tell me? Feel free to place in the comments section below! Use your UAnet ID/email so I know who you are.

Day 2 August 24th Chapter 1 and 2 Fall 2011 Scribd

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Using Google Docs And Presentations for Collaboration in Biology Lesson Plans

7/20/2011

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In the past, each section of my Natural Science Biology Lab was divided into 8 groups of 5 each. Each of the groups works together for the labs, and they also put together a presentation for the final lab session. I do this presentation because I think it keeps the students coming to lab, they learn to collaborate, and they develop a social network. It does what I’ve intended it to, for the most part, but with the imaginable gripes - some students drop the class, some students stop participating, some do all the work while others do none.

I really like the idea of doing this through Google Docs (and I kind of kick myself because I’ve known and used Google Docs for so long, but never thought to have the students use their UA accounts to do this - doh!), simply for the revision history. If I hear one more student complain about someone not doing their part, I will lose it. But, this very obviously, and factually, lets me know who did their part and who didn’t. And it eliminates the lost flash drives, the paper being on someone else’s computer, or work being lost. No one gets to “own” the work - all students in the group have equal access to the project, and I love that.

Here is the link to my Presentation Information -

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OxSrJYbvGYz5RE_v7-_a9bSnFXa-eb1o8Dp4dzH57sQ/edit?hl=en_US

Here is a link to the Rubric for the project

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oICCuHCdHUt2pWqftoLnXtVfRFEdGX-Oko5aOJFVMIk/edit?hl=en_US

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Collaboration and Google Docs

7/5/2011

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Google docs is an amazing tool to use in the classroom, especially with it's collaboration features. At The University of Akron, students all have a Gmail based email account. Therefore, the students have access to Google docs. I like to load my presentations into Google docs, then the students can chat with me while I show the presentation. This is helpful in a large lecture course, where students may be shy about asking questions.

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Day 2 NSB Lecture

Using Google Docs And Presentations for Collaboration in Biology Lesson Plans

Collaboration and Google Docs

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