Tag Archives: technology

Flatten the Classroom with the iGo Microscope

By Martin Horejsi | Published: May 3, 2013

Although many handheld technologies of Star Trek seem antiquated, or perhaps even steam punkish in todays world, there are still a few pieces of Treknata that we dream of. But that list just got one item shorter with the iGo wireless microscope. While not quite a Medical Tricorder, the iGo does capture the essence of [...]

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Upping the Ante: A Classroom Gas Chromatograph!

By Martin Horejsi | Published: April 19, 2013

The gas chromatograph, until recently, has been a founding member in the exclusive club of scientific instrumentation that lived only in the rarified air of serious scientific laboratories. Other members of the club include the electron microscope, the mass spectrometer, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and of course the cyclotron. Below is a picture of a [...]

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Russian Meteor Fertile Ground for High Tech Exploration…On Your Classroom Computer

By Martin Horejsi | Published: February 17, 2013

The fall of what is unofficially named the Chelyabinsk Meteor (soon to be meteorite) has produced a staggering number of videos. Whether police dashboard camera, cell phone, ATM camera, traffic camera, parking lot, or just one of hundreds of security cameras, clear video of the event from multiple perspectives, angles, and capture methods has packed YouTube [...]

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iPad Simple Harmonic Motion with Household Parts

By Martin Horejsi | Published: February 12, 2013

Simple harmonic motion is not only a foundational topic in physical science, but also a major player in many different fields from music to engineering to architecture, to sports. The iPad can be used to generate a real-time visual presentation of harmonic motion, both simple and complex, with just a few household parts and your [...]

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Web 4.0: ready or not, here it is

By NSTA Social Media Director | Published: February 7, 2013

Experts say we are now in the Web 4.0 environment (where meaning can be created by the majority; web participation is a necessity; etc.). According to Yahoo! Finance, we’ll be able to purchase the first Web 4.0 tablet on or about March 15th. This isn’t science fiction; it’s here, and it sounds incredible. According to [...]

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A Taste of Augmented Reality

By Martin Horejsi | Published: February 5, 2013

Using the iPad app called StarWalk for augmented reality.

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EarthViewer app from HHMI

By Mary Bigelow | Published: February 1, 2013

My dad was a map-reader. We could spend hours browsing through an atlas or USGS topographic maps. Whenever a conversation centered on a particular location, his response was “Let’s get out the map!” One of the chief roles in family outings was that of navigator with a road map (this was before the age of [...]

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Does everyone need to be code literate?

By NSTA Social Media Director | Published: January 31, 2013

A recent tweet alerted me to the fact that “we have a choice between two futures, everyone with code literacy or only an elite few.” Coding has been on my radar for a while, but lately I can’t get online without being bombarded with why I should learn (Computers Free Us to Think in New [...]

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Resources about technology use in early childhood education

By Peggy Ashbrook | Published: January 29, 2013

The NAEYC Technology and Young Children Interest Forum has put together many resources for early childhood educators looking for guidance on what, when and how to use the broad range of digital and analog devices we have or are considering using in our programs. These resources supplement the joint position statement by NAEYC and Fred [...]

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Mix it up

By Mary Bigelow | Published: January 20, 2013

As the editor notes, “You can’t just wing it” with middle-level science (or any level for that matter). Effective teachers have a variety of strategies to use, so that if one isn’t working with a group of students, another tool is ready.  The featured articles in this month’s addition describe a variety of strategies and [...]

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