Summer School - Science teaching

Kirsten Hoyt, Executive Director at the Challenger Learning Center of Southeastern Connecticut (CLCSECT), USA

(the plan was to use Adobe Connect but due to technical glitches, Skype is being used for audio from the keynote, with feedback our end being conveyed by text chat)

The introduction went over the  2001 Prensky view of DIgital native/digital immigrant.

Web 2.0 tools to support Multiple Intelligences

Kirsten is mapping Web 2.O and other ICT tools to Multiple Intelligences eg social networking tools for interpersonal intelligence.

References directly relevant to this presentation

Dr Terry Lyons presented on the topic of his latest research Choosing Science: Investigating influences on students’ decisions about taking science courses. The data collection was completed in December and the analysis presented was preliminary but nevertheless very interesting as it showed some trends different to those found in several other recent studies.