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MSTLTT Team Wishes You a Great Year!
By Marina Milner-Bolotin on August 31, 2013
Dear BC Science and Mathematics Teachers, Teachers-to be, Students, and Parents: We hope you have had a fantasic summer and you were able to recharge your batteries before this new year. On behalf of the MSTLTT Team I would like to wish you a very productive, successful and intellectually fulfilling new academic year. We hope it […]
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Blended Learning Tutorial – Canvas
By Marina Milner-Bolotin on August 5, 2013
This Tutorial explores educational technology (Canvas Course (Learning) Management System) that can help educators create blended learning environment. As discussed in this tutorial, a modern LMS performs three important educational functions: Facilitates the consistent delivery of course content; Provides a structure for course management; and Provides the educational institution with powerful tools for curriculum development, […]
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Google Apps Tutorial for Math & Science Education
By Marina Milner-Bolotin on August 5, 2013
https://sites.google.com/site/gafetutorialg3/ It is an excellent online tutorial on how to use Google Apps (Google Drive, etc.) in mathematics and science classroom.
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Khan Academy and Flipped Classroom in STEM
By Marina Milner-Bolotin on August 2, 2013
This is a different approach to an Professional Development Resource for science and mathematics teachers. This is a YouTube Channel that focuses on the Khan Academy and the opportunities to create Flipped Classrooms. This channel was created as part of the ETEC 533 graduate course on Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning through Technology. […]
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Exploring GeoGebra – a Free Modeling Software
By Marina Milner-Bolotin on August 2, 2013
This is another excellent resource for teachers who want to help students understand mathematics (both algebra and geometry) at a much deeper experiential level. This FREE resource that teachers and students can use both inside and outside of mathematics and science classrooms will be great for both mathematics and science courses, where students are required […]
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Student Response Systems Tutorial for Math and Science Teachers
By Marina Milner-Bolotin on August 1, 2013
This is another excellent tutorial created by the mathematics and science teachers in the Educational Technology in Mathematics and Science Graduate course (ETEC 533) at UBC Master in Educational Technology Program. This tutorial will help teachers get started with Student Response Systems often referred to as clickers. As you will see in the tutorial, you […]
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Edmodo in Mathematics & Science Classroom
By Marina Milner-Bolotin on July 30, 2013
Another excellent resource for mathematics and science teachers created by UBC’s ETEC 533 graduate students is Edmodo Tutorial. Edmodo is a Course Management System used today in many classrooms. If you think you would like to know what it is and how it might work for your classroom, please check it out. This tutorial is […]
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Using iPADs in Mathematics and Science
By Marina Milner-Bolotin on July 30, 2013
Summer is the best time to explore new technologies and learn new things you might want to try next year in your classroom. This friendly tutorial on the use of iPads in elementary mathematics and science classroom was created by the graduate students (who are also mathematics and science teachers) in ETEC 533 summer graduate […]
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Research Presentation of MSTLTT at the Science and Math Education Seminar
By Harish Appana Satya on March 7, 2013
On Thursday, February 28th, 2012, the MSTLTT Team (graduate students Heather Fisher and Alexandra McDonald and I) presented our research on the development and implementation of conceptual questions at the S&METRI monthly meeting. S&METRI represents a group of mathematics and science educators at the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at UBC who come together to […]
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MSTLTT Project Funded for Another Year!
By Harish Appana Satya on March 7, 2013
We are very happy that our project – Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning Through Technology had been funded for another year by UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund. We are very happy that our project – Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning Through Technology had been funded for another year by UBC Teaching and […]
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Presentation about MSTLTT Project
By Harish Appana Satya on November 16, 2012
On October 16th Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin was invited to present a seminar to faculty and students at UBC Teacher Education Program about our project. The presentation was called: The Use of Modern Technology in Teacher Education: Are We Ready? This is the video-recording of the presentation:
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TLEF Showcase Presentation
By Harish Appana Satya on November 1, 2012
Our team had an opportunity to present our TLEF project to the larger UBC community during the 2012 TLEF Showcase that took place during the 2012 Celebrate Learning week at UBC. It was a great opportunity to show the work we have done and learn what other TLEF projects have accomplished as well. TLEF Presentation […]
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MSTLTT Resource Makes a Difference in Teacher Education
By Harish Appana Satya on November 1, 2012
If you still have doubts about the effectiveness of conceptual questions in teacher education, take a look at what our students (future mathematics and science teachers) have to say about them. In our physics methods course for future physics teachers we used these questions extensively. In the figure, you can see one example of a […]
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Factors Influencing College Science Success
By Harish Appana Satya on August 31, 2012
If you are a science or mathematics teacher, you probably wondered, what your students take out of your classes beyond a college or university admission. How does your teaching benefit your students? What are the skills that they will be able to transfer to their undergraduate studies that will serve them well? Luckily, Prof. Philip […]
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Have a Wonderful School Year!
By Harish Appana Satya on August 31, 2012
Dear Colleagues: On behalf of the MSTLTT Team I would like to wish you all a wonderful school year. I hope it will bring lots of memorable events and we will have the time to enjoy and explore the beauty of science and mathematics as much as Richard Feynman did. As a gift for a […]
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