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14 – Adelaide Uni iPads science1100 structure of scientific articles part 2
AIM: Finish the exercise started in last class. METHOD: Sit in groups and do the (large amount of) work. RESULT: I spent my time investigating & working through a few issues experienced by a small...
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15 – Adelaide Uni iPads science1100 How to find stuff
AIM: Strategies for great search (with regard to scientific journal articles). METHOD: Science librarian Ursula Henderson presenting. Students seated in their groups of four. Talk followed by group...
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16 – Adelaide Uni iPads science1100 assignment prep
AIM: Finish the ‘strategies for search’ exercise from last class then brainstorm topics for the first major assignment which will involve research, a literature review and an essay. METHOD: Sit in...
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17 – Adelaide Uni iPads science1100 group reporting (you spin)
AIM: Complete group exercise on “annotated bibliography & literature review” then select groups to report back in class. We plan to use the ‘you spin’ application to make group selection more...
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18 – Adelaide Uni iPads science1100 how to ask good questions
AIM: Focus today is on ‘how to ask good questions’. No daring feats of iPad trickery planned for this last class before semester break (but let’s see what happens. METHOD: Students seated in groups, in...
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19 – Adelaide Uni iPads science1100 peer review n plagiarism
We’re back after mid-semester break! AIM: Bring completed assignments for ‘peer review’. Activate ‘turnitin’ account. METHOD: Discuss the process of Academic writing. Point out some helpful resources...
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20 – Adelaide Uni iPads science1100 Literature Review
Having missed last Thursday’s #science1100 class I’m assuming today’s will move us beyond annotated bibliographies into the realm of a literature review. There is an entry in the assignments section of...
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21 – Adelaide Uni iPads science1100 Peer Review of Literature Review
Quote of the day (from Tuesday’s class was) “use you social networks to get people along to Thursday’s class (with at least a draft of the assignment)”. After the fairly dismal turnout on Tueseday...
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22 – Adelaide Uni iPads science1100 reflective word cloud
Reflection on the journey so far, in preparation for learning about reflective writing. After a brief introductory talk on reflective writing we engaged in a little reflection based on two ‘survey’...
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23 – Adelaide Uni iPads science1100
Short class today. Will attempt in class peer review of any draft essays. There were none! Administration: handout of some old hand written assignments (all of which have been scanned). Individual...
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24 – Adelaide Uni iPads science1100 peer review some draft essays
We are now in the home stretch of this course and for students this means the ‘pointy end’ of assignments, deadlines etc. For those students who turn up to class with draft essays, there will be...
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25 – Adelaide Uni iPads science1100 winding down
We kicked off today’s class by handing out and collecting a bunch of paper. Next was a short presentation on reflective writing. The final two assignments ‘the nature & communication of science’...
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25 – DRAFT, Interim (half-yearly) external project report
The purpose of this post is to provide a summary of the E.L.F.S. 2011 iPad trial by the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Adelaide, just prior to the second semester intake of students. Mid 2011...
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Observations from xWorld2011
I was invited to Apple’s xWorld 2011 conference to present on the iPad Enhanced Learning First-year Sciences (E.L.F.S.) project that I was involved in as part of my work for the Faculty of Sciences at...
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Idea11 panel presentation
Notes for and on my panel presentation at the !dea11 conference in Melbourne. Our session was entitled “Learning practitioners learning futures, how we are and can seize the moment”. My fellow...
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