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"Science Around the Globe" 3.00pm Monday 13th April and 2.00pm Tuesday 14th April Digital tools allow our students to connect, communicate and collaborate with peers and experts across the globe This workshop session will allow you to explore some of the tools that can be used to establish connections, share ideas and implement projects. We will set up Wikispaces, Twitter and Skype accounts and explore online science communities. Find out how to get experts to speak to your students for Science week or to support experiments and research projects "Citizen Science for Schools" 2.00pm Monday 13th April and 9.30am Tuesday 14th April Citizen science can be a great way to engage students in authentic scientific research and has been made possible to a much greater degree by internet and communications technology. This session will allow you to explore a range of citizen science projects and demonstrate how to use mobile devices to photograph, locate, identify and record species of interest. NOTE: Please bring a fully charged laptop or mobile device with internet access. Digital Toolbox for Science Teaching and Learning" 12.00pm Monday 13th April and 3.00pm Tuesday 14th April Would you and your students like to use free digital tools to create cartoons, quizzes, videos, surveys, word clouds, flashcards and other digital products in your science classes?This workshop session will enable you to explore a range of tools to engage and extend student learning. Britt's resources are collected at http://digitaltoolbox.wikispaces.com media type="custom" key="27411806"  media type="custom" key="27411796"  media type="custom" key="27411844"