Using Mobile Devices in Field Science

Autor/inn/en	Huffling, Lacey; Tomasek, Terry; Matthews, Catherine; Benavides, Aerin; Carlone, Heidi; Hegedus, Tess
Titel	Using Mobile Devices in Field Science
Quelle	In: Science Teacher, 81 (2014) 6, S.35-40 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8555
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Technology Integration; Teaching Methods; Data Collection; High School Students; Secondary School Science; Animals; Biology; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Telekommunikationstechnik; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Data capture; Datensammlung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Biologie
Abstract	Students today need advanced tools and competencies to succeed in the global economy. Technology can provide students with critical learning experiences but is often affordable only to affluent students. All students, regardless of socioeconomic status, deserve to use technology to create and innovate, communicate and collaborate, and gain the 21st-century skills they need to be successful inside and outside the classroom. Integrating technology into instruction also helps science teachers incorporate the "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS Lead States 2013) into the curriculum. Students can use technology to develop and use models; plan and carry out investigations; analyze and interpret data; and obtain, evaluate, and communicate information. Mobile devices, in particular, can supply many of the scientific tools needed for investigations in the life and Earth sciences through a wide array of available applications, or "apps," for such things as weather, geographic positioning, and identification. This article describes the authors' attempts to use technology to provide more authentic and engaging data-collection methods for students. The context is a herpetology research experience (HRE) sponsored by the National Science Foundation that provides diverse high school students with many "first-time" experiences--in this case, not only with reptiles and amphibians, or herps, but also with technology use as a scientific practice. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10