Below is the link to the flicker set “Waves” my group (Mark Smythe, Nancy Lawrey, Andrea Weaver, Joel Lommansson, and Andrew Digan) created this evening. The photo/video set demonstrates the following Kentucky Core Content Standards:
KY-4-1.SC-07-4.6.3 Students will understand that waves are one way that energy is transferred. Types of waves include sound, light, earthquake, ocean and electromagnetic.
KY-4-1.SC-08-4.6.4.2 > describe the transfer of energy via waves in real life phenomena.
Ideally this would be a review in which students would test their ability to look at a photo of a real life phenomena (flag waving in the breeze, a traditional ocean wave, the stadium wave,etc) and 1) identify it as a wave then, 2)describe the energy transfer taking place. We added a note the students could look at in the event that they were having difficulty so that they could “self-assess.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewpdigan/sets/72157618105550472/
I could see myself using a tool like this in the classroom for similar projects with my students- for projects that serve as assessments in particular. I personally struggled verbalizing the comments in the “notes” thus think for a student to make a project like this they would have to really have a good understanding of the content.
Finally, I was impressed with how quickly the group became adept at using flickr. None of us had previously used the site (I am a SnapFish girl) but within 7-8 minutes we were very comfortable and picking up real skills.
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What a great group you had:)
ReplyDeleteI believe Flicker is an excellent tool for students to use when creating group presentations in the computer lab. I created a lesson on the solar system and divided the class into groups and they created Powerpoint presentations on a planet. I was shocked that many of the presentations were visually dull and used the same pictures off the web. My wow factor wasn't achieved. I searched Flicker on planets and found awsome pictures that I haven't seen before. I will be sure and introduce Flicker to my students on their next presentation.....