Dorian Janney

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Dorian Janney

• Educator, Grades 6-8
• Parkland Magnet Middle School
• Rockville, MD

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Background Information

• Taught for 25 years
• M.S. in Special and General Education
• Certification in Earth/Space Science
• Working on Doctorate in Science Education
• Taught all grade levels from pre-school through
  high school

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Goals for my Presentation

• Share what we are doing at one middle school in
  Montgomery County, Maryland, to make science come
  alive!
• Explain how I integrate reading, writing,
  mathematics and technology into my elective
  science courses
• Discuss the joys and challenges of using
  integrating technology into classrooms

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Parkland Magnet Middle School for Aerospace
Technology

• Middle school program that has large population
  of at-risk students
• Became one of three middle schools in MCPS that
  have a whole-school focus
• Whole School Magnet Program
• Science and Technology Emphasis

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Unique Opportunities at PMMS

• Two science courses per year
• High school level science course in 8th grade
• High school mathematics courses available to all
• Electives include Astronomy, Research in
  Astronomy, Flight, and Robotics
• Strong Partnership Committee involvement

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Typical Lesson

• Warm up activity activate prior knowledge,
  focus on daily topic/concept
• Copy information from Promethean Board
• Indicators, warm up question
• science notes-
• 1. use Elmo to display info from textbook
• 2. use interactive features of PB to interact
  with text
• 3. Model science notes

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Directed Lesson

• Purpose to introduce conceptual information for
  daily topic/indicators
• Use of multi-sensory information may be
  demonstration, video clip from BrainPop or
  UnitedStreaming, lab activity, use of PB and
  activoters
• Give directions for station activities

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Stations

• Computer Station
• Individual use of computer
• Student works at own pace
• Makes differentiation possible
• Internet gather data, explore topic, do
  presentations, communicate with others

• Seatwork Station
• - Work individually or in pairs
• - May plan or edit work, design and build
  enclosed habitat for NASA Design Challenge, read
  textbook and complete capture sheet, etc

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Space Weather

• use Sun Spotters and telescope wth solar filter
  to observe the sun
• Use online resources from NASA that allow
  students to view real-time data from sun
• http//son.nasa.gov/tass/tools.htm

• Using various types of data along with capture
  sheets, students create Space Weather Report
  for week
• Using software, students create podcast of Space
  Weather Report

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Technology in the Classroom

• Joys?
• Much easier to differentiate
• Greatly expands ability to present information
• Interactive features multi-sensory, increase
  comprehension

• Frustrations?
• Need working equipment
• Need training
• Need support
• Need time
• Need technology to be user friendly and robust