anyone using technology to reduce "Nature Deficit Disorder"? - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T11:09:03Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/649749:Topic:26778?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A410598&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThere was a U.K. news item th…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-11-26:649749:Comment:4105982009-11-26T14:06:22.550ZEric Snyderhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/EricSnyder
There was a U.K. news item this morning that seems directly tied in to this theme.<br />
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<b>Scientists Give Grubby Children A Clean Bill of Health</b><br />
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I started a <a href="https://wave.google.com/wave/#restored:search:with%253Apublic+tag%253Achildren,restored:wave:googlewave.com!w%252BgQFwBXx1A.3" target="_blank">Google Wave on the topic</a>... Join the wave. If you need a wave invite, I STILL have some left. Send me your email address and I'll get one to you.<br />
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There was a U.K. news item this morning that seems directly tied in to this theme.<br />
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<b>Scientists Give Grubby Children A Clean Bill of Health</b><br />
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I started a <a href="https://wave.google.com/wave/#restored:search:with%253Apublic+tag%253Achildren,restored:wave:googlewave.com!w%252BgQFwBXx1A.3" target="_blank">Google Wave on the topic</a>... Join the wave. If you need a wave invite, I STILL have some left. Send me your email address and I'll get one to you.<br />
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I'm not sure if t…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-11-18:649749:Comment:2172722008-11-18T15:38:40.823ZSusan WBhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SusanWB
Hi Connie,<br />
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I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but it's a story about technology integration and teaching kids to use technology to monitor the health of prairie wetlands. Check it out at: <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/wetland-ecology-technology">http://www.edutopia.org/wetland-ecology-technology</a>. (P.S. I love sharing this story because it takes place at the elementary school I attended as a child--but I have to say we didn't get to do anything this cool when I was…
Hi Connie,<br />
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I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but it's a story about technology integration and teaching kids to use technology to monitor the health of prairie wetlands. Check it out at: <a href="http://www.edutopia.org/wetland-ecology-technology">http://www.edutopia.org/wetland-ecology-technology</a>. (P.S. I love sharing this story because it takes place at the elementary school I attended as a child--but I have to say we didn't get to do anything this cool when I was in 5th grade!)<br />
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Susan WB Weird... I bought this book t…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-11-17:649749:Comment:2167432008-11-17T18:06:38.268ZSean Nashhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SeanNash
Weird... I bought this book the first day of the NSTA conference a couple of years ago... my wife read the first chapter aloud while were were driving back to the hotel that night. When we were checking out the events for the next day and planning what to go to... we noticed that Richard Louv himself was giving an address the following day! The video from this address is <a href="http://brandwein.org/index.php?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=4&pid=2">found here</a>.<br />
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I am in love…
Weird... I bought this book the first day of the NSTA conference a couple of years ago... my wife read the first chapter aloud while were were driving back to the hotel that night. When we were checking out the events for the next day and planning what to go to... we noticed that Richard Louv himself was giving an address the following day! The video from this address is <a href="http://brandwein.org/index.php?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=4&pid=2">found here</a>.<br />
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I am in love with this idea..... and now that I am an instructional coach, I no longer teach an environmental science course, but I have at least brought up this topic with my <a href="http://stjoeh2o.ning.com">marine biology</a> class.<br />
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I am thinking about getting copies of this book for my students to read while on a sailboat in the Bahamas this coming April. I think it will be QUITE fitting.<br />
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Sean I haven't done it with kids,…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-11-08:649749:Comment:729702007-11-08T23:21:00.698ZRandy Rivershttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/rrivers
I haven't done it with kids, but I had a school board member in a rural Kansas community that carries a palm pilot with him on his horse as he checks cattle in a large pasture. The Palm device reads information (wirelessly) from ear tags on the cattle to assist him in tracking the calving of his herd. Pretty high tech for an old rancher, huh!
I haven't done it with kids, but I had a school board member in a rural Kansas community that carries a palm pilot with him on his horse as he checks cattle in a large pasture. The Palm device reads information (wirelessly) from ear tags on the cattle to assist him in tracking the calving of his herd. Pretty high tech for an old rancher, huh! Bob, I can't wait to get goin…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-11-08:649749:Comment:727822007-11-08T12:38:17.498ZConnie Weberhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/connieweber
Bob, I can't wait to get going on the site you're recommending. I'm putting it on my del.icio.us account with all sorts of tags for future reference...and I'll have a kid present the site to class next week. Thanks so much! I love your summary line---"One victory for a pigeon; one loss for scientific objectivity and the researcher's non-interference with the experimental subject!"<br />
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For people wanting to link to the home page:<br />
<a href="http://www.jamesreserve.edu/webcams.lasso"><br />
James Reserve…</a>
Bob, I can't wait to get going on the site you're recommending. I'm putting it on my del.icio.us account with all sorts of tags for future reference...and I'll have a kid present the site to class next week. Thanks so much! I love your summary line---"One victory for a pigeon; one loss for scientific objectivity and the researcher's non-interference with the experimental subject!"<br />
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For people wanting to link to the home page:<br />
<a href="http://www.jamesreserve.edu/webcams.lasso"><br />
James Reserve Wildlife Observatory</a><br />
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PS: I wonder if the animals will become habituated to the camera over time? Hi Connie et al,
Here's an a…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-11-08:649749:Comment:726602007-11-08T01:54:15.489ZBobStimsonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/BobStimson
Hi Connie et al,<br />
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Here's an animal site that I and my students have found to be engaging, kid-friendly, and interactive: jamesreserve.edu/webcamFiles/Robocam.html<br />
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This site originates at the University of California's James Reserve for Environmental Research in the San Jacinto Mountains near Idylwild, California. They have a variety of live cameras focused on birds' nests, wildlife feeding areas, and animal burrows.<br />
What I love about the site is its interactivity, some of which was not…
Hi Connie et al,<br />
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Here's an animal site that I and my students have found to be engaging, kid-friendly, and interactive: jamesreserve.edu/webcamFiles/Robocam.html<br />
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This site originates at the University of California's James Reserve for Environmental Research in the San Jacinto Mountains near Idylwild, California. They have a variety of live cameras focused on birds' nests, wildlife feeding areas, and animal burrows.<br />
What I love about the site is its interactivity, some of which was not intended by the James Reserve! For example, with the Robotic Camera, students anywhere in the world (mine are in Albania) can move the camera's viewpoint in various directions. But we found quite spontaneously that the very movement of the camera can affect the animals themselves. Once we saw a pair of squabbling Stellar's Jays perched on the camera itself, and by our moving the camera we spooked them and they flew off. Another time (my students swear this is true; I regret that I didn't witness this scene) there was a red-tailed hawk stalking a pigeon. My students scared the predator away by moving the camera from 10,000 miles away!<br />
One victory for a pigeon; one loss for scientific objectivity and the researcher's non-interference with the experimental subject!<br />
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Bob Britt, I looked up Crittercam…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-11-07:649749:Comment:723792007-11-07T11:46:29.120ZConnie Weberhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/connieweber
Britt, I looked up <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/crittercam/">Crittercams</a> and found out just how marvelous it is! This week, I'll assign a student the job of making a presentation for others, of being classmates' "guide" through the site. Great! I've been looking for some more animals sites that are engaging, kid-friendly, and interactive. Thanks for another fine resource in this forum!
Britt, I looked up <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/crittercam/">Crittercams</a> and found out just how marvelous it is! This week, I'll assign a student the job of making a presentation for others, of being classmates' "guide" through the site. Great! I've been looking for some more animals sites that are engaging, kid-friendly, and interactive. Thanks for another fine resource in this forum! Hi Connie,
Another thought w…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-11-07:649749:Comment:723052007-11-07T05:49:54.166ZBritt Gowhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/BrittGow
Hi Connie,<br />
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Another thought was the National Geographic "Crittercams", an interactive site where students can 'build' their own camera to research various wild animals. The Gould League also has some good interactive spaces for looking at Food Webs etc.<br />
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regards, Britt.
Hi Connie,<br />
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Another thought was the National Geographic "Crittercams", an interactive site where students can 'build' their own camera to research various wild animals. The Gould League also has some good interactive spaces for looking at Food Webs etc.<br />
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regards, Britt. Hi Connie,
My passion is env…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-11-07:649749:Comment:723022007-11-07T05:45:01.684ZBritt Gowhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/BrittGow
Hi Connie,<br />
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My passion is environmental education and it can sometimes be difficult getting techno-savvy kids out into the bush and connecting with nature. One successful project was building and installing nesting boxes at a local grassland reserve. We mapped the locations using GPS and monitor them to reduce feral birds and bees invading.<br />
We have also produced videos, Powerpoints and Photostories about "Students Living Sustainably" - photographing and filming the environmental activities…
Hi Connie,<br />
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My passion is environmental education and it can sometimes be difficult getting techno-savvy kids out into the bush and connecting with nature. One successful project was building and installing nesting boxes at a local grassland reserve. We mapped the locations using GPS and monitor them to reduce feral birds and bees invading.<br />
We have also produced videos, Powerpoints and Photostories about "Students Living Sustainably" - photographing and filming the environmental activities undertaken at school (composting, seed collection and propogation, tree planting, recycling etc), for entry into competitions, such as the "Sustainable Living Challenge'.<br />
Another project is filming a 30-second advertisement for sustainability, as featured on the "Change the World" website:() it will feature nine short films based on the book 'Change the World for 10 Bucks', all aimed at inspiring a global conversation for change. (It's kind of a You-Tube for greenies.)<br />
Regards, Britt. Hey Connie
This one's taken o…tag:www.classroom20.com,2007-10-20:649749:Comment:631012007-10-20T03:18:11.273ZIan Carmichaelhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/icarmichael
Hey Connie<br />
This one's taken off - we'll be so outdoors we'll all need some pretty modern laptops or decent extension cords, then again, maybe just the phones will do the job!
Hey Connie<br />
This one's taken off - we'll be so outdoors we'll all need some pretty modern laptops or decent extension cords, then again, maybe just the phones will do the job!