An Easy Way to Remind Students? Use the Remind App
Gino Romeo | Tue, 08/27/2019 - 02:00
An effective means of communicating and engaging with students in real time. Send messages that students can't miss!
Educational Technology
Features of Effective Flipped Classroom Videos
Josh Kenney | Thu, 08/15/2019 - 15:06
Since 2013, I have been creating video tutorials for use in a flipped classroom setting. Over the years, the format of my videos has evolved as I’ve uncovered the best practices in technique.
Stop Motion Animation Galvanic Cell Process
Kelly Burleson | Mon, 08/12/2019 - 20:03
With few materials available to complete wet labs in my school, I have to be creative with covering lab concepts in my AP chemistry course. I was looking for a way to make sure my students were getting the idea of the macroscopic changes that take place in a galvanic cell without necessarily being able to do the wet lab. The particulate model that is part of the Energizer Lab inspired me to write an end of unit assignment for my students using Stop Motion video apps.
Josh Kenney is Teaching, Youtubing, and Researching Chemistry Education
Josh Kenney | Mon, 01/14/2019 - 14:53
I think that most people can recall someone whom we considered to be a great teacher. The kind of person who inspired us and motivated us to learn. As I started my career, I remember wondering what kind of teacher my students thought I was.
Pivot Interactives—A Resource All Chemistry Teachers Should Know About
Ben Meacham | Fri, 12/14/2018 - 11:31
As many teachers are preparing for the possibility of teaching online next semester, we are revisiting posts from the ChemEd X archives like this one that might be of help. As a teacher, having the freedom to create or edit something within my instruction based on the needs of my students is incredibly important to me. So, when I found out the activities in Pivot Interactives are completely customizable, I was thrilled. (Originally published 12/14/18)
Suggested Hardware/Software for Making Quality Chemistry Video Tutorials
Ben Meacham | Wed, 08/29/2018 - 19:50
Since the birth of YouTube in 2005, many teachers have taken advantage of their ability to support student learning outside of the classroom in ways that were not possible in the past.
Technology Considerations for the Chemistry Classroom
Stephanie O'Brien | Wed, 07/04/2018 - 23:15
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) can be the vehicle by which teachers decide if and how a technological application can be incorporated into their classrooms. TPCK more recently coined as TPACK technology, pedagogy and content knowledge incorporates technology into Lee Shulman’s pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) construct. PCK is the means by which a teacher takes his/her content knowledge and transforms it into content knowledge for his/her students.
A Simple Tool to Help Make the Retake Process Less Chaotic
Ben Meacham | Thu, 05/17/2018 - 23:51
Part of placing value on the process of learning means giving students multiple opportunities to demonstrate understanding. Reassessments are an inevitable part of the process. For many teachers, this presents a logistical problem. To help streamline the entire process, I would like to share a simple strategy that anyone can replicate in a short amount of time.
Interactive-video experiments now available for Chemistry
Matthew Vonk | Mon, 04/16/2018 - 12:00
Matt Vonk and Peter Bohacek have just created a handful of new chemistry activities that are based on interactive high-resolution video. These classroom-ready experiments have interactive tools so that students can perform the analysis and record data themselves. In some cases, students can even change variables.
ChemTube3D iPad App for organic mechanisms (and so much more!)
Lowell Thomson | Fri, 10/20/2017 - 21:17
The recently published iPad app ChemTube3D (and related website for classrooms without iPads) will be discussed. It has a great deal of functionality - including a large selection of organic mechanism animations and models of structure and bonding.