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Force and Motion: Stop Faking It!: |
Learning About Constructivism!
The second Web Seminar on the topic of Stop
Faking It! - Force & Motion was held on Thursday, June 9, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00
p.m. Eastern time. The session was presented by Bill Robertson,
author of the NSTA Press book Stop Faking It! - Finally Understanding Science So You Can
Teach It: Force & Motion.
The session started with a general overview of the Web Seminar tools and how they
can be used to facilitate interaction between the participants and the presenter.
Twenty-seven participants were present in addition to the presenter, Bill Robertson,
and the NSTA staff. Educators represented the states of New York, Ohio, Kansas,
Virginia, Oregon, Maine, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Texas, New Mexico,
and California.
Bill talked about constructivism, the learning cycle, and how these two concepts
can be applied to teaching science in the classroom. Bill used the topic of density,
included in his book on Force & Motion, as context for the conversation. He started
the session by doing a simulation of constructivism. This exercise served as a good
refresher for those who had heard about constructivism and a perfect introduction
to the topic to those who had not. Then he proceeded to introduce the idea of the
learning cycle (explore, explain, elaborate) and how it fits into the familiar 5Es
lesson design tool. The session ended with lots of examples and discussion on the
topic.
Throughout the presentation there were several opportunities for interactions among
the participants and presenter - answering a poll question, chatting, stamping,
marking, and interacting verbally with each other.
Here is what some of the participants had to say at the end of the session:
- "You provided us with an opportunity to explore the ideas, then explained why
and the importance. Your activities allowed us to explore, pose questions, refine
our thinking, pose additional questions, and struggle with visualize the
implementation/evaluation."
- "This was great session. It was very informative."
- "Great Web Seminar!! Bill's books are great! He is a super presenter!"
Thanks to the participants and Bill Robertson for a great evening learning about
constructivism!
Web Seminar II Resources
Archive
See a recorded
version of the Web Seminar.
PowerPoint Presentation
- PC Download: To view online select link below to display in browser.
To download PowerPoint slides to your desktop right click on the link below and
select "save target as" from the drop down menu.
- MAC Download: To download PowerPoint slides to your desktop control
+ click on the link below and select "Save Linked File As..."
- Download File Web Seminar I
PowerPoint Presentation (297 KB)
Websites
For more information contact webseminars@nsta.org
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