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Flipping The Flipped Classroom - Motion Infographics For STEM Learning

Flipping The Flipped Classroom - Motion Infographics For STEM Learning | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

"At its simplest, a flipped format can involve a teacher inviting students to view YouTube videos at home as a preview to the day's topic. At its most rigorous, a flipped curriculum involves teachers writing, producing, directing, editing, and posting their own original lessons -- complete with custom narrations and visualizations -- via third-party applications."

Beth Dichter's insight:

Finding great videos that you may use in your classroom takes time. This post provides four videos with a STEM focus that you may choose to use in your classroom. These are often referred to as motion graphics. The ones within this post include:

The Solar System, Our Home in Space is "an infographic trip through the wonders of the solar system" that allows students to explore the inner and outer planets;

* Measuring the Universe, which combines math and scale and helps students begin to comprehend how vast the universe is;

* For the Love of Mountains, where you will learn more about some of the "extremes" of the earth's mountains;

* Forest (the English version), a "study in ecology and the environment.

I find videos are a great hook for students, providing opportunities for them to quickly engage with the subject and begin to ask questions as they want to learn additional information. These four videos would work with a wide range of ages and are well worth checking out.

Ness Crouch's curator insight, March 29, 2014 5:13 PM

These motion infographics look interesting. I wonder if I can find content for my class?

Jeongbae Kong Enanum's curator insight, August 16, 2014 9:48 AM

Won Ho :<생각이 깊은 교수님의 글이라서 연구해봐야겠다.>

Why should the video watching previous to in-class? The core is quality video access and intensive in-class interaction. The lecture can't complete with these superb ones.

꼭 뒤집어야만 하는가? 내게 플립러닝의 핵심은 수준 높은 비디오와 강력한 상호작용이다. 순서와 방식은 여러 가지가 가능하다. 선생님이 개념 설명 행위는 여기 비디오를 보면 조만간 사라질 게 당연해 보인다.

 

María Dolores Díaz Noguera's curator insight, February 4, 2016 7:39 AM

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All about Dinosaurs | Visual.ly

All about Dinosaurs | Visual.ly | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Just a simple infographic for kiddies to learn about dinosaurs.Fun, interactive learning tool about dinosaurs
A stepping stone towards interest and a
Beth Dichter's insight:

Are your students interested in dinosaurs? Here is an infographic that provides information about dinosaurs including:

* A definition of dinosaur and paleontology

* When did they exist?

* Where big were they?

* What were there eating habits?

* How did they walk?
* Where did they live?
* How did they become extinct?

Although this post on Visual.ly did not show the author some searching shows that it was designed by a paleontologist for children between the ages of 7 - 11. You can find his story on this and sections of the infographic at http://ashmitav.wix.com/portfolio#!dinosaurs/cv7u

Maddison Halliday's curator insight, October 17, 2014 10:59 PM

This is a great website to learn fun facts about dinosaurs! 

Rhys Hennig's curator insight, May 4, 2015 5:36 AM

An easy to read infographic with all sorts of interesting facts.

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Cross-Curricular Motion Graphics - Digital Technology To Bridge The Sciences & Humanities

Cross-Curricular Motion Graphics - Digital Technology To Bridge The Sciences & Humanities | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

"Modern pedagogy speaks frequently about interdisciplinary learning. A student's ability to make cross-curricular connections is one of the surest signs of understanding. Interactive tablets and project-based learning put a priority on these unions of product and skill, but often the attempts at collaborative exploration remain within comfortable sphere's of academic neighbors.
In other words, it's easy for English and history teachers to work together. They can read historical fiction and poetry, or conduct research into famous cultural movements. Similarly, math and science educators often overlap in their lessons on significant digits and spacial reasoning."


Beth Dichter's insight:

Can you do the same with science and the humanities? This post says yes, and provides three great motion graphics that you may choose to use with your students.
The first motion graphic comes from NBC, and is called Global Warming Heads to the Supreme Court. This video combines civics and environment and is one of a number of videos available through NBC Show Me series.

The second motion graphic that is shared Duelity, explores religion and physics, literally side by side.

The third one is called Humanizing Motion Graphics and explores language and biology.

Would showing this type of video engage your students? Check them out by clicking through to the post.

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50 Unbelievable Facts About Earth [Infographic]

50 Unbelievable Facts About Earth [Infographic] | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Beth Dichter's insight:

Check out this infographic that shows fifty facts about the earth divided into the following categories:
* Space

* Atmosphere

* Sea

* Under Earth

* Ground

* Man

and sources are provided for the information. If your class studies the earth this may be a great visual to use with your students!

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