References
The following are references used in the making of this website.
Periodic table: (retrieved from periodictable.com) and are used with permission from creators, Max Whitby and Theordore Gray
Pictures: All pictures not attributed on page itself were taken from pixaby.com. The pictures are public domain and may be used with no attribution.
Curriculum: is from Houghtin Mifflin Harcourt Company, Common Core Aligned and District Adopted. The site itself and experiement steps adapted for at home use by author. (all rights reserved)
Annotated Bibliography of Resources
1. Badders, W., Carnine, D., Fleiciani, J., Jeanpierre, B., Sumners C., Valentino, C. (2007) California Science Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA 281-383. This is a 5th grade science textbook. It is directly aligned with California’s Standards which are also part of the Common Core Standards. Each lesson is crafted for success on the STAR test. STAR or Standardized Testing and Reporting test is the high stakes test given to students for No Child Left Behind. It is used in reporting and measurement of AYP Growth.
2. Brame, Cynthia (2014) Vaderbuilt University School of Teaching, “Flipping the Classroom,” retrieved from, http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/flipping-the-classroom/ In this article, Brame outlines how Flipped Teaching actually turns Blooms Taxonomy on its head; students are doing the lower order levels of cognitive thinking at home. Upon returning to the classroom, the higher order skills of analyzing, evaluating, and creating can be done in a structured classroom environment, aided by teacher.
3. Brookhart, S., Nitko, A. (2011) Educational Assessment of Students Sixth Edition, Pearson Boston MA and multiple U.S cities and countries p. 201-383. Brookhart and Nitko detail the ways to assess learners. In the book, they outline many things to do and don’t do. Additionally, for assessing certain areas, some assessments are better than others.
4. Brown, Jeffrey Ifill, Gwen (2013) PBS Newshour, “ How ‘flipped classrooms’ are turning the traditional school day upside down” retrieved from, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/american-graduate-july-dec13-flipped_12-11/ This is a great film clip about how schools are flipping classrooms. I used it to get ideas of how I wanted to design my website.
5. California department of Education (2014) “California State Standards” retrieved from, http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/sciencestnd.pdf. I needed the standards to guide instruction. Every component of my website is directly aligned with the standards.
6. California Department of Education (2012) RELEASED PERIDODIC TABLE REFERENCE SHEET and retrieved from, http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/toe5.pdf I always thought this reference sheet was lame. I intentionally found it again to show how dull our curriculum and testing is.
7. California Department of Education, “Released Test Questions,” retrieved from, http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/rtqgr5science.pdf The released test questions from prior 5th grade science tests. used to guide instruction and formulate test questions for student practice.
8. Educause (2012) Learning Initiative, “7 Things you should know about flipped classrooms,” retrieved from, http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli7081.pdf This article is an outline of what a flipped classroom is.
9. Fritz, Mike (2013) PBS Newshour, “How one school turned homework on its head with ‘flipped’ instruction,” retrieved from, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/what-does-a-flipped-classroom-look-like-2/ This film clip shows great sound bites of how effective a flipped learning environments. It also offers tips and tools for those embarking on the endeavor.
10. Gurian, Michael, Stevens,K. (2011) Boys and Girls Learn Differently A guide for teachers and parents tenth anniversary edition. Jossey-Bass San Francisco, CA. In this tenth edition book, Gurian uses his scientific research to substantiate his claim that, “boys and girls learn differently.” The book is an aid for parents and teachers striving to provide the most advantageous learning tools to their learners. I used it as a reference to create a learning site that could maximize learning potential for both boys and girls.
11. Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., Malenoski, K., Pitler, H., ( 2007) “Using Technology with Classroom Instruction the Works” McREL Denver, CO. In this book Hubbell, Kuhn, and Pitler outline the mistakes that have been made in integrating technology into the classroom. The big theme in the book is mostly, do not produce more of the same. It is far more important to make improvements in teaching using this tool.
12. Johnson, Steve ( 2011) Digital Tools for Teaching: e-tools for collaborating, creating, and publishing across the curriculum, Maupin House Publishing Inc. Gainesville, FL p. 64-90. This book outlines the many sources available on the web to enhance instruction. Johnson details the advantages of each platform and best uses.
13. Richardson Will (2010) “Blogs, wikis, Podcasts and other powerful web tools for classrooms” third edition, Corwin A SAGE company, Thousand Oaks, CA. Richardson outlines how to use blogs, wikis and podcasts. He details the benefits of each.
14. Theodore Gray and Max Whitby (2014) “8 Minute Showcase of Elements” retrieved from, http://www.periodictable.com/About/StockPhotography.html This entire website is focused on the periodic table of elements. It strives to engage the visitor. The pictures, videos, and games show the elements in raw and actual form. I have spent eight months to reach the creators of this site (for another project unrelated to my masters). The authors granted permission for me to usethe 8 minute showcase in my website.
15. Wikipedia (2014) definition of flipped teaching, retrieved from, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_teaching. Wiki offers a full definition of flipped teaching. Additionally many links are provided for more information.
Theory:
A good deal of teaching pedagogy has gone into the planning and implementation of this site. I believe that any good use of technology will put to good use the mandated instructional goals learners are expected to achieve. Technology tools must be aligned and meet the specific needs of this specific instruction; particularly the common core standards and required AYP of No Child Left Behind.
Application
The application of this technology is for cross curriculum integration. It can be used in any ISD. Each district can modify instruction to meet individual learner needs and to differentiate instruction. In the classroom, it is best suited for flexible grouping. A 1:1 program, flipped teaching or hybrid class would also be useful.
Periodic table: (retrieved from periodictable.com) and are used with permission from creators, Max Whitby and Theordore Gray
Pictures: All pictures not attributed on page itself were taken from pixaby.com. The pictures are public domain and may be used with no attribution.
Curriculum: is from Houghtin Mifflin Harcourt Company, Common Core Aligned and District Adopted. The site itself and experiement steps adapted for at home use by author. (all rights reserved)
Annotated Bibliography of Resources
1. Badders, W., Carnine, D., Fleiciani, J., Jeanpierre, B., Sumners C., Valentino, C. (2007) California Science Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA 281-383. This is a 5th grade science textbook. It is directly aligned with California’s Standards which are also part of the Common Core Standards. Each lesson is crafted for success on the STAR test. STAR or Standardized Testing and Reporting test is the high stakes test given to students for No Child Left Behind. It is used in reporting and measurement of AYP Growth.
2. Brame, Cynthia (2014) Vaderbuilt University School of Teaching, “Flipping the Classroom,” retrieved from, http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/flipping-the-classroom/ In this article, Brame outlines how Flipped Teaching actually turns Blooms Taxonomy on its head; students are doing the lower order levels of cognitive thinking at home. Upon returning to the classroom, the higher order skills of analyzing, evaluating, and creating can be done in a structured classroom environment, aided by teacher.
3. Brookhart, S., Nitko, A. (2011) Educational Assessment of Students Sixth Edition, Pearson Boston MA and multiple U.S cities and countries p. 201-383. Brookhart and Nitko detail the ways to assess learners. In the book, they outline many things to do and don’t do. Additionally, for assessing certain areas, some assessments are better than others.
4. Brown, Jeffrey Ifill, Gwen (2013) PBS Newshour, “ How ‘flipped classrooms’ are turning the traditional school day upside down” retrieved from, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/american-graduate-july-dec13-flipped_12-11/ This is a great film clip about how schools are flipping classrooms. I used it to get ideas of how I wanted to design my website.
5. California department of Education (2014) “California State Standards” retrieved from, http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/sciencestnd.pdf. I needed the standards to guide instruction. Every component of my website is directly aligned with the standards.
6. California Department of Education (2012) RELEASED PERIDODIC TABLE REFERENCE SHEET and retrieved from, http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/toe5.pdf I always thought this reference sheet was lame. I intentionally found it again to show how dull our curriculum and testing is.
7. California Department of Education, “Released Test Questions,” retrieved from, http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/rtqgr5science.pdf The released test questions from prior 5th grade science tests. used to guide instruction and formulate test questions for student practice.
8. Educause (2012) Learning Initiative, “7 Things you should know about flipped classrooms,” retrieved from, http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli7081.pdf This article is an outline of what a flipped classroom is.
9. Fritz, Mike (2013) PBS Newshour, “How one school turned homework on its head with ‘flipped’ instruction,” retrieved from, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/what-does-a-flipped-classroom-look-like-2/ This film clip shows great sound bites of how effective a flipped learning environments. It also offers tips and tools for those embarking on the endeavor.
10. Gurian, Michael, Stevens,K. (2011) Boys and Girls Learn Differently A guide for teachers and parents tenth anniversary edition. Jossey-Bass San Francisco, CA. In this tenth edition book, Gurian uses his scientific research to substantiate his claim that, “boys and girls learn differently.” The book is an aid for parents and teachers striving to provide the most advantageous learning tools to their learners. I used it as a reference to create a learning site that could maximize learning potential for both boys and girls.
11. Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., Malenoski, K., Pitler, H., ( 2007) “Using Technology with Classroom Instruction the Works” McREL Denver, CO. In this book Hubbell, Kuhn, and Pitler outline the mistakes that have been made in integrating technology into the classroom. The big theme in the book is mostly, do not produce more of the same. It is far more important to make improvements in teaching using this tool.
12. Johnson, Steve ( 2011) Digital Tools for Teaching: e-tools for collaborating, creating, and publishing across the curriculum, Maupin House Publishing Inc. Gainesville, FL p. 64-90. This book outlines the many sources available on the web to enhance instruction. Johnson details the advantages of each platform and best uses.
13. Richardson Will (2010) “Blogs, wikis, Podcasts and other powerful web tools for classrooms” third edition, Corwin A SAGE company, Thousand Oaks, CA. Richardson outlines how to use blogs, wikis and podcasts. He details the benefits of each.
14. Theodore Gray and Max Whitby (2014) “8 Minute Showcase of Elements” retrieved from, http://www.periodictable.com/About/StockPhotography.html This entire website is focused on the periodic table of elements. It strives to engage the visitor. The pictures, videos, and games show the elements in raw and actual form. I have spent eight months to reach the creators of this site (for another project unrelated to my masters). The authors granted permission for me to usethe 8 minute showcase in my website.
15. Wikipedia (2014) definition of flipped teaching, retrieved from, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_teaching. Wiki offers a full definition of flipped teaching. Additionally many links are provided for more information.
Theory:
A good deal of teaching pedagogy has gone into the planning and implementation of this site. I believe that any good use of technology will put to good use the mandated instructional goals learners are expected to achieve. Technology tools must be aligned and meet the specific needs of this specific instruction; particularly the common core standards and required AYP of No Child Left Behind.
Application
The application of this technology is for cross curriculum integration. It can be used in any ISD. Each district can modify instruction to meet individual learner needs and to differentiate instruction. In the classroom, it is best suited for flexible grouping. A 1:1 program, flipped teaching or hybrid class would also be useful.
Other photos used are public domain from pixaby.com