Jim's USF Tech Cert Blog

Hello class, After reading our resources this week and reflecting on my practice, I believe this is an area where I might not be modeling the correct approach to utilizing internet resources properly. We do lots of projects and presentations in my biology class, and I always stress the importance of citing all sources.  What I've learned this week though is I might not always practice what I preach, especially with visual media including pictures and videos.  This module was a real eye opener and made me look into my daily teaching and how I can model better digital citizenship when it comes to proper use of online resources.  Unfortunately, if I am honest, I may be more confused about "fair use" now than I was before I started this module. When it comes to Digital Citizenship, the majority of my focus with students is not on copyright infringement, but more about academic integrity in the digital world.  I feel like the biggest concern this year with 1:1 instruc...

Hello Class, I teach Biology and Anatomy at Waubonsie Valley High School and was part of the curriculum writing team for the district that adopted the Next Gen Science Standards for our new curriculum.  I see a lot of overlap between the NGSS standards and those provided for technology through ISTE.  In fact, I think that is what has made NGSS such a great resource for curriculum because it isn't just about the standards, but also includes how do you apply those essential ideas through engineering practices.  These engineering practices line up well with the ISTE standards and are what I will discuss about in this blog.  I have decided to focus on our Patterns of Inheritance unit in Biology.  One of the NGSS engineering practices that students need to master is the 3rd engineering practice: apply concepts of statistics and probability to scientific and engineering questions and problems, using digital tools when feasible. (HS -LS3-3).  The two tools tha...