Physics Movie Story Board

Here is my storyboard for my instructional video. As a physics teacher, I want my students to see Physics in the real world. As an extension project, they could make an instructional video explaining to a wider audience how they apply Physics around them. This video is my example of what I want from them.

Second PTP - Part B

I stated that I was going to learn LoggerPro, but I ran out of time and needed another 5 points, so I learned Stellarium instead.

I learned that Stellarium is a very easy download; it's free, downloads easily, and doesn't take up too much space on your computer.
It is also simple to use. For most people who are natural explorers and are used to exploring programs, this is very easy to figure out.

If I am teaching an astronomy class in a city that has too much light pollution, in a school where funding for field trips to near by wilderness for star gazing is limited, or on a cloudy day, Stellarium could come to the rescue!

Several activities include:
Constellation quiz: Stellarium can help students memorize constellations found in the area.
Introduction to star gazing and continued instruction on star gazing.
Most of these teaching activities would take place if I were to teach an astronomy class or do extensions of my normal physics class.

Below I've posted a screencast of a tour of Stellarium.

Second PTP - Part A

I decided to learn Prezi; I heard about it a year ago and wanted to learn how to use it.

Acceleration on Prezi

I learned that Prezi is very simple and in my opinion, limited. I didn't feel like had very much control over what I wanted to do. It is a more dynamic way to present your material, but I think I'd probably stick to Power Point to do my presentations. I more familiar with it and its capabilities.

Prezi is more dynamic and has the potential to flow at a brisk pace. Often times, presentations go slowly which looses student focus and attention. This could help with student focus and engagement because it has a more active presenting style.

I could use this for lecturing which could teach any standard.
I could also use this for an exciting intro to an activity for any standard.

First PTP

I downloaded and learned how to use Jing, a screen cast technology. Below is an example of a screen cast I made:



I did everything in Microsoft Paint which is why its a little messy. My husband has a Bamboo tablet that you that would make it easier to write formulas and such on the computer.

Questions:
1. I learned that Jing is really easy to use. It is very user friendly and has great media sharing capacities.
2.This technology would be great for an online class, for examples to put on the class website, or for make up work. For example, you could pre-record a lecture so when a student is absent, they just look up the screen cast lecture to catch up on what they missed.
3. The standard in this video was "use vector diagrams to represent the forces acting on an object," (State Core Standard 2, Objective 1, Indicator b). Another standard could be "investigate and compare reflection, refraction, and diffraction of waves," (State Core Standard 5, Objective 1, Indicator b). I could address this standard by recording a screen cast of me playing with an online simulation that teaches students about reflection, refraction, and diffraction.