Michael Allara

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

Telling it like it is! #slammingitdown #bluedevils

[Grace @Grace49143978]

@readysetsci @jules85705453 Would this not overload the simplicity of the concept map? I'm a proponent of single word maps #EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@readysetsci On the other hand, I feel like some decent conversation does happen just huddled around a good,old fashioned piece of butcher paper even if the end result is less pretty #EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@readysetsci Collaboration is greatly aided online. You,can much more easily have several people editing an online document instead of all scrawling with a pencil #EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@readysetsci In seriousness though re-arranging and sharing concept maps is way easier in slides instead having to erase #EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@readysetsci Well for me it is mostly handwriting hahaha #EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@readysetsci That said, it can give some intuition easily by letting students adjust values #EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@readysetsci Again, really good in theory tough in practice. Simulations can give great real-time data but often are alienating from the collection #EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@readysetsci It went well cuz I,got to demo how you would design that (written in R-came out of a bet that I could explain disease modeling to highschoolers without using any math beyond agebra) #edtp582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@readysetsci A4) I showed a simulation that I had built for fun in college that was a disease simulator (became unfortunately topical) #edtp582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@readysetsci The goal was to get the sled at a constant speed but I took most of the class explaining the mechanic of the game, fighting with broken chromebooks, and wishing I had lit off a bottle rocket in the room instead 2/2 #EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@readysetsci Hypothetically it would be great to get a simulation where it is again, gamified. I tried this with a simulation of a sled trying to explain the idea that constant acceleration is not going to create constant speed 1/2 #EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@readysetsci A3: I have found simulations are rarely a good way to overcome misconceptions. As a simulation is particularly abstract it is often difficult. #EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@readysetsci I know I get distracted teaching how the simulation works #EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@meengelman @readysetsci I agree! access is difficult and teaching the tech is hard especially when there are not multi-lingual settings #EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@readysetsci Sure! This is a bit overwhelming but I think we're figuring it out (this is my twitter from highschool spanish lol) #EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@meengelman @readysetsci Oh true! Logistics and also to facilitate questioning the limitations of the simulation #EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@DeannaT17302935 Totally! Trying to get to that next level is always good #EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@readysetsci If students are already engaged the biggest role would be to prompt them to ask good questions. I feel like the best way to do this is often in a gamified way like: "can you make that atom into a Uranium? How heavy can you make it? Notice what happens..."h#EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

@readysetsci Hi there! Firefly and Avatar #EDTP582chatz

[Michael Allara @AllaraMichael]

This Makaveli kid spits fire. Is he new? Am I the cool teacher yet?