Social media in the science classroom (notes from the conference session) | AMBL

Posted by | October 26, 2009 | RESOURCES, SECONDARY | No Comments

Here is the slideshow presented by Dave Ng during the 2009 MSL Teacher Conference. Links are embedded in the slideshow (you can try mousing over the slides). As well, relevant links and movies have been embedded directly into this post.


– Click on the movie to move through slides –
– Also move mouse to look for hyperlinks –
– Hit reload to start slide show again –

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Relevant links introduced in the talk:
ScienceBlogs (http://scienceblogs.com/)
Discover Blogs (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/)
Real Climate (http://www.realclimate.org/)
Research Blogging (http://www.researchblogging.org)
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Google Docs (http://docs.google.com/ | video)
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Flickr (http://flickr.com | creative commons images)
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Google My Maps (http://maps.google.com/ | video)
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Wordpress (http://wordpress.com/)
Wordpress Videos: HOW TO START | PICKING A THEME | WRITING AND PUBLISHING POSTS | INSERTING MEDIA INTO POSTS
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Blogger (http://www.blogger.com)
Blogger GET STARTED video
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INSPIRATION (some examples)
Extreme Biology: Miss Baker’s Biology Class (http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/)
A number of local parks could do with a wiki revamping (link)
Bake For a Change (http://www.flickr.com/groups/bakeforachange)