ESPRIT+Science

=Eastern Shore Partnership for Real-World Information Technology in Science= July 30, 2008 Karen Apolenis and Patti Weeg

[|Let's Take a Poll!]

How would you describe your technology comfort level? Grab your cell phone and stay tuned for directions.

** Geocaching and Science **
[|The Science Spot] - GPS and GIS Lesson Plans and Links



Our [|Google Map] showing where our caches were hidden.

Gcast is free! All you need is an account and a phone.

Listen to your podcasts: [|www.gcast.com/u/techcoach/]

[|Embed your podcast] in a blog... for discussions around the podcast topic.

[|Science podcasts] [|Scientific American] - Got a minute? 60 second podcasts [|New York Times] - Science podcasts [|Science@NASA] - Headline News - podcasts [|New Scientist] [|Science Podcasts] - by 8th grade students [|Podcasting in Science - Why Not?]

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[|del.icio.us] [|Register for a del.icio.us account]

Bookmarks that are saved with your browser button are public by default. In order to save **private bookmarks**, enable "private saving" in your settings. You won't be able to see your private bookmarks either unless you are logged in!

To view **everyone's bookmarks** about chemistry visit:

To see the **most popular** items tagged as chemistry visit:

[|The most popular] tags in del.icio.us

[|Help] files for del.icio.us

Yes! You can import your favorites already saved in your web browser into del.icio.us: [|Importing bookmarks]

Be sure to add these sites to your del.icio.us account! [|Tag Galaxy] - Looking for pictures? [|Wordle] - a fun way to generate word clouds (like you see on our handout)

**Searching by file type**
Looking for **PowerPoint** files? In the Google search field put: **filetype:ppt** climate

Looking for **Google Earth** files? In the Google search field put: **filetype:kmz** climate

Volcanoes .kmz file created by Karen Apolenis



C[|reate a Google Account] [|How to personalize your iGoogle account] [|How to Make iGoogle Your Homepage] [|iGoogle Instructions and Tips] [|To add an RSS feed to your iGoogle page]

** Wikispaces **
[|K-12 teachers - sign up for free!] - no ads on your wikispaces! [|video tutorials]

Below is the video called "Wikis in Plain English."

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Sample Science Wikis:

[|AP Chemistry] [|Mrs. Harris' Science Wiki] [|Open Science Wiki] ScienceInquirer - free resources for science teachers 8th Grade Science [|Mike's Physics Wiki]


 * Embedding your own student made videos:**

The little girl traveled 230 ft. on her scooter. Can you figure out how fast she was traveling after viewing the video? What information would you need to calculate the answer?

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 * Embedding Videos from other websites**

[|The Jason Project]
 * Operation: Monster Storm**

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**Converting videos** Found a video on a website that is blocked by your school system? Use these sites to convert your video: [|www.zamzar.com] [|Download youtube videos]

[|TeacherTube] [|Sign up] for free teachertube.com account