I did not do a story board for my 9 Mile Creek voice thread, but I should have.  I just ad-lib ed as I put the pictures up.  I took these pictures last year and could not remember all the names so I made them on the spot.  Obviously if I wanted to show this to students or parents I would make sure that I had the names right.  I think it would be great to have students add their own commentary.  I am sure that they could make the slide show more fun.  I definitely could see having students create the voice thread as a culminating project for our water quality unit.  

I just worked on my Voice Thread about Nine Mile Creek Macroinvertebrate Sampling.   

It was much easier to do than I thought.  I will probably go back and make some changes, but I wanted to make sure I had something up tonight.  The rest of the week looks very busy. 

The learning potentials that I see for this medium are in exploring the ethical issues involved in biological research.  The list of  topics with ethical issues that could be explored in this medium are endless. Some of the topics are stem cell research, cloning, genetically modified foods, biodiversity, and climate change.  A role playing exercise could be set up to explore these issues from different points of view.  I think students would enjoy and benefit from this type of exploration of the topic.  A  good source for issues and discussion is the site Access Excellence.

Role playing on the internet

I am a little confused about how to do this role playing.  I am playing a brain researcher.  Since I am not actually a brain researcher, do I make up studies?  I am trying to find relevant articles, but I have not looked for real scientific papers.  I am just using articles I have found on the internet.  I do not have time to wade through real research.  Here is an example of an article that I just found and put in the role playing forum.  That is pretty light weight reading.  Is anybody else confused about how "real" this role playing is suppose to be?

I must admit that I had to force myself to do my first postings on the role playing but I am now becoming more comfortable.  I am not completely sure if I am suppose to comment or add forums or do both.  

 

In my environmental science class I have students take a side about the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park.  They need to debate their side and then write a paper supported by research to convince the reader that their side is the correct side.  I think that the students might have more fun if they all took on the different roles of the stake holders.  It would probably end with a more dynamic discussion of the topic.  Here is a link to my role playing  simulation

http://edinaroleplay.ning.com/profile/DrSynapse.  I am not sure how to post a longer profile.