Teaching Math & Science Online:
Strategies to support your online classroom
Presented by:
Al Richards -- DeLC & eLearning Teacher
Keewatin Patricia District School Board
Melissa Laukkanen -- elearning Teacher
Superior Greenstone District School Board
The Elearning Mathematics Classroom
• YouTube videos
Test Review Videos
MCV4U Test Review Solutions (Equations of Lines & Planes)
http://youtu.be/OLWDQn3bsms
Video Explanation
The video explanations are no housed on YouTube, so they aren’t available for
public viewing. These videos are screen captures when I discuss a specific
student’s test, giving them very specific and individual feedback on their own
test.
PDF - XChange Viewer
Timely Feedback & Second Opportunities
can Improve Achievement
Test Feedback:
I began 2 years ago using a screen capture application to give students specific feedback on
their tests. I’d go over their own test and discuss how they could improve.
The Elearning Science Classroom
Feedback and Evaluation
Projects & Assignments
Video and Image Analysis
Software
Science Simulation Software
& Websites
Blogging -- A place for
students to log their
learning and their progress
for major projects
Feedback & Evaluation
• Tracking changes and adding Comments in
Microsoft Office
• Comments and Markup tools for pdf files in
Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Using the Equation Editor in the LMS
• The Snipping tool
Tracking Changes in Microsoft
Under Tools, select Track
Changes. The icon circled
in red tracks changes. The
icon underlined adds a
comment.
Adobe Acrobat Tools
Inserts taken from the Adobe Website:
http://help.adobe.com/archive/en_US/acrobat/9/professional/acrobat_pro_9.0_help.pdf
Projects and Assignments
• I still do my favourite projects and experiments and so can you in an
eLearning course.
Examples: Catapult Launch, Egg Drop Experiment, Virtual Dissections,
Earthquake and Epicenter Simulation . . .
Websites Ideal for elearning Science Experiments
www.sciencecourseware.com
Interactive Simulations for many science topics
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation
Virtual Dissections--many websites from earthworms to frogs to pigs . . .
Video Analysis Software
Tracker is a free video analysis and
modeling tool. It is designed to be
used in introductory physics
courses, but its uses far extend into
elearning.
• Free downloaded
• Equipment needed: a video
camera and a measuring device
(ruler or meter stick) visible
somewhere in the image or video.
Images should show the entire
project. Zoom in after using
Tracker.
Applications for Teachers:
• student experiments
• specific assignments
For example, models completed to
scale, timelines (solar system or
geological timescale)
https://www.cabrillo.edu/~dbrown/tracker/
Solar System Model Example
Tracker Analysis Screenshot of Solar System Model
Step 1: Add calibration
tape along ruler to
calibrate distance
(Buttion circled in red)
Scale : Measured
5.08 cm / 3.485 cm
Distance from Earth to Sun =1.46 million km
Correct Distance: 149.6 million km
Step 2: Use
coordinate to set
origin. (Button
circled in blue)
Sample Video Analysis using Tracker
The Catapult Project and Projectile Motion
Analyzing the Motion of an Object
Blogging Tool in the LMS
• Great way to record and monitor progress for major
projects. Shows scientific method for design projects and
experiments.
• Has some limitations, but the environment is safe.
• Depending on level of control given, students can not
add their own videos/images
• Students can comment on each other's work. And
teachers can give ongoing and immediate feedback.
• Change all instructions in an elearning course to Blog
rather than Journal to monitor when the students are
completing the journal entries.
Example of Student's Blog
Student Blog Continued
Learning Skills Survey
My overall goal for this course is _________
Strategies to Achieve My Goal (Learning System):
+ I spend a minimum of 1.5 hours daily 5 days a week on this course
E
G
S
N
+ I have a specific place to do my course work
E
G
S
N
+ I have a specific time when I do my course work each day
E
G
S
N
+ I take advantage of opportunities to use feedback, practice and
resubmit assignments
E
G
S
N
Strategies to Achieve My Goal (Using My Resources):
I use the course resources such as:
+ read the course content,
E
G
S
N
+ watch the youtube videos (where applicable),
E
G
S
N
+ attempt all learning activities
E
G
S
N
+ I contact a teacher for help when I need it
E
G
S
N
What strategies above are helping me?
What strategy could I work on?
Watching the YouTube videos really helps
me to understand the content that I am
learning. While reading the course content
can help, I prefer to learn by listening and
watching the lesson. The YouTube videos
help to progress my learning.
I like to watch the youtube videos first, and then read
the content in case anything was missing in the videos.
The practice questions are good to do before the
assignments because they help show me what I need
to go over.
I ask my teacher for help, I watch the YouTube videos, I read
the contents, I do my work at a certain time and place each
time.
All the available resources on the course, the
chance to check my answers and resubmit really
help.
I can work on sending in assignments
to get feedback as well as asking any
questions i may have to my teacher.
I need to work on better time management, and I need
to find a quieter place to work during my spare.
I'm getting better at spending the appropriate amount
of time on the content, but I should still spend a bit
more.
The strategy I personally think that i could
work on is contacting the teacher. I think
that if I was to talk to him more, I would
excel a lot more in my course work.
I find the videos to be very helpful. They do a good
job on explaining the content. They are descriptive
while also straight forward.
less procrastinating
Being able to ask my teacher questions is really
helpful, and resubmitting is definitely a plus!
Looking back at past activity content
assignments for review.
Watching the youtube videos is faster and sometimes
easier to understand than reading the content