Make It Online. Make It Mobile.

Best Practices Scienc Courses in iTunes U.

Katie Krueger & Eric A. Walters WIPTTE 2013

Agenda
Transforming Teaching and Learning iTunes U Classroom Logistics Resources

Molecular Biology
AP Physics C Student Feedback

Transforming Learning
Transitioning from a teacher-centered classroom to a student-centered classroom

Transitioning from teacher-developed contexts for learning to student-developed contexts for learning.

Piaget in the 21st Century

Children construct their own knowledge in response to their own experiences. Children learn many things on their own with the intervention of adults Children are intrinsically motivated to learn and do not need rewards from adults to motivate learning.

Our Challenges

How do you encourage students to construct their own knowledge in a digital age?

How do teachers and students curate content?

How do you make this happen in a tablet environment?

Planning

Why iTunes U?
Easy, free way for educators to curate course content as a rich, immersive learning experience.

iTunes U Overview
Course Information: Overview, Instructor Information, Outline, Additional Course Specific Pages Posts: Relates learning activities to course outline

Assignments
Notes: Course, Audio/Video, Book Materials: Audio, Videos, Documents, Apps, Web Links

Class Logistics
Molecular Biology &AP Physics C Senior Electives 1:1 MacBook Air Program 1:1 iPad Program The Apple Challenge

We all curate content from disparate sources as a context for learning.

Content Sources
iTunes U App Store & iTunes iBooks with Store YouTube

CK-12 Bookstore

Molecular Biology
Senior Elective

Molecular Biology
Multi Sourced Posts & Assignments

Molecular Biology
Notes

Molecular Biology
ELISA Laboratory

Promega

Lab Timer

TubeBox Pro

iMotion HD

AP Physics C
Senior Elective

AP Physics C
Overview and Instructor Information

AP Physics C
Course Outline and Calendar

The Learning Process

Course Information; Supporting Video, Audio, Apps, Documents accessed on iPad

Class notes, homework completed in Explain Everything.

Laboratory data collection and analysis completed using Vernier Graphical Analysis Laboratory reports completed in Pages

Podcasts

Tom Daley Diving App

eText

Hands-On Lab

Learning Activities

Sample Class Notes

Student Feedback
Students access all content with substantive frequency to support their learning.

Students prefer PDFs and actual documents in contrast to multimedia content. Outlier is Apps.
eTexts tend to be only moderately important. Students view the iPad as both an effective mobile learning tool and an interactive touch tool to support their learning.

Questions & Answers

Contact Information
Katie Krueger
kkrueger@marymountnyc.org @KHirt

Eric Walters
ewalters@marymountnyc.org @EWaltersScience