7/11/2017 0 Comments About CoSNCoSN is sponsoring me on the Amazon expedition. They are funding my trip, and are hopeful that I will showcase their organization and be the face and spokesperson of this new venture they are taking. I am the first teacher they are paying to go on a research trip.
According to cosn.org, "CoSN (Consortium for School Networking) is the premier membership association for education technology leaders engaged in improving teaching and learning through the effective use of technology for K-12." They are hopeful that I will share with the CoSN network and community of educators how to use technology to enrich student's learning. Although my students can't be in the Amazon with me, they want me to show educators how I can use blog entries, pictures, videos, web Q and A sessions, and virtual tours as authentic learning tools, where students really feel like they are learning in the Amazon. They want me to make an introductory video and blurb about me that they will put on their website. Then I will blog and take over their instagram account, so people can watch day by day and then also ask questions post expedition. http://www.cosn.org/ When I started thinking of how to implement this, one idea is that I could use my GoPro to record myself in the canopy taking leaf samples. The kids would be able to take a "virtual field trip" and see what it looks like in the canopy and how to identify different plant species and make observations. Then, we as a class, would go outside and collect leaf samples and conduct similar research, only of Texas plants. They could draw the shapes of the leaves on graph paper, measure the length, water capacity, density, and strength, thus identifying the structural and behavioral adaptations that help it survive in its environment. Then we would compare rain forest adaptations to temperate and arid adaptations. (Just one of my ideas. It's exciting to start brainstorming!)
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AuthorHannah Cotten is a 5th grade science teacher at Hill Elementary in Austin, Texas. She applied for and received a teacher travel research grant through Jason Learning, and will be traveling with Jason Learning on a research trip with Dr. Meg Lowman. CoSN is sponsoring Hannah, funding her entire expedition! ArchivesCategories |