Zone: Organs Zone
School: St. Monica\’s College, Cairns
Date: 28/08/2012
Start Time: 14:00 for 30 minutes
Teacher: Wanda Metcalf
Username: bella
Chat page: https://organsa12.imascientist.org.au/talk
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Yes. What is easiest – just me logging in & using data projector OR all of us logging in at once?
I’ll be there….
There are plenty of ways to conduct a chat:
1. Every student can log on and ask their questions of the scientists. This works well when the students have follow-up questions to the Q&A session or scientist profiles, as they can each pursue their own interests. They can each talk with the scientists, as well as respond to other questions their peers are asking. It’s frantic and full-on but a lot of fun.
2. Some teachers like to divide their class into small groups of three around one log-in. This is less frantic, which gives the scientists more time to answer questions. It means the students are still driving the conversation. Working in groups also means that if they haven’t thought about questions prior to the chat, they can bounce ideas off each other in the group.
3. You could also display the chat at the front and type in the questions that come from the group one at a time. This works best when the questions are addressed to all scientists, otherwise some of our scientists can feel left out of the conversation! This means some deeper issues can be explored, but it does tend to be a slower chat and the students aren’t involved as individuals. It does make it more accessible for some schools as you don’t have to necessarily book a computer lab.
The pace and level of the chat also depends on how prepared the students are prior to the chat, and how big the class. I’d say we generally find one of the first two options works best if the students do have access, as it’s good to see a range of students voices coming through into the chat. Hope this helps (have also emailed).
See you there!!
Will try and be there!
Yep, I’ll be there.