Ashton T. Griffin MA, MEd, MSSELead Chemistry Instructor

Wayne Community College Goldsboro, NC 27534

Periscoping Your Way Through General Chemistry I & II Along With Other Courses

Aerial View of Wayne Community CollegeLocated in Goldsboro, NC and serving over 4000 students; we are located approximately 60 miles southeast of Raleigh, NC. Goldsboro is also home to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base – Home to the F15E Strike Eagles.

Social Media and Technology Survey

○ In preparation for giving this talk, I gave each of my CHM 151 and CHM 152 students a social media and technology survey.

○ A total of 48 CHM 151 students and 19 CHM 152 students responded to this survey during the Fall Semester of 2015.

CHM 151 CHM 152<18 25.0 26.3

18-20 55.8 31.6

21-30 13.5 26.3

31-40 1.9 10.5

41-50 0 0

51-60 3.8 0

CHM 151 CHM 152Male 48.1 57.9

Female 51.9 42.1

SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY SURVEY – CHM 151/152 RESULTS

Student Sex (%) Student Age (%)

TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT USECHM 151 (%) CHM 152 (%)

Desktop Computer 30.8 21.0

Laptop Computer 84.6 89.5

iPads or Tablets 36.5 47.4

iPod Devices 28.8 36.8

Kindles or Nooks 15.4 0

Smart Phones 82.7 80.0

SOCIAL MEDIA USEUse at least once a week

CHM 151 (%) CHM 152 (%)

Moodle 63.5 94.7

Facebook 65.4 47.4

Twitter 51.9 10.5

YouTube 67.3 94.7

Instagram 67.3 63.2

SOCIAL MEDIA EXPLAINED FOR YOU!

So What are the Implications of these Results on this instructor and my Students?

○Technology and social media will continue to enter the chemistry classroom and the laboratory.

SO WHAT IS PERISCOPE?Periscope is a “live video streaming platform”

or app that is available through the Apple Store or through the Google Play store.

Initially released in late March 2015

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THE PERISCOPE APP

PERISCOPE IN ACTION• A Short Video Demonstration of Periscope

PERISCOPE IN ACTION • My Equipment Needs:

• An iPad Mini• A HoverBar 3 for iPad• An Internet Connection

PERISCOPE IN ACTION • Advantages:

• Easy to Set Up – Does not Require Help or Equipment from IT

• Available to Students on Twitter or Google Classroom• Class Material is Current – Not from last Semester

PERISCOPE IN ACTION • Some Interesting Periscopers:

• Scott Williams – How to Build a Periscope Audience• Julia H. Majors, PhD – Physics on Periscope• Claire Waddington – Tours of Paris, France on Periscope• John M. M. Blake – SE North Carolina Weather, Sunrises

& Sunsets

GOOGLE CLASSROOM

USING GOOGLE CLASSROOM IN PLACE OF MOODLE

• My Moodle Classes Content had Become to Large:

• Easy to Invite or Add Students• Using Google Classrooms Announcements to Provide

YouTube Videos and Periscope Videos

• I can also Include copies of the Class Syllabus and Google Calendar

GOOGLE CLASSROOM ANNANCEMENT

PILOTING TeacherCal – A TEACHER CALENDAR FOR GOOGLE APPS

PILOTING EddyCal – A NEW STUDENT PLANNER FOR GOOGLE APPS

ATTENDANCE2 – A HELPFUL ATTENDANCE APP

ATTENDANCE2 - IN ACTION

TRACKING STUDENT ATTENDANCE VIA WEBASSIGN

TWITTER – ONE OF MY FAVORITE APPS SINCE SEPTEMBER 2009

• Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters. A growing number of educators are discovering the networking power of Twitter.

TWITTER – IN ACTION

TWITTER IN ACTION WITH HASHTAGS (#)

EXAMPLES OF STUDENT INTERACTION ON TWITTER @CHEMISTRYWCC

THE GOOGLE SUITE OF APPS

MORE GOOGLE APPS FOR YOU TO USE

GOOGLE CALENDAR – ONE OF MY FAVORITES

USING GOOGLE CALENDAR & CONTACTS TO CREATE A CLASS CALENDAR

SOME OTHER USEFUL CALENDARS THAT WORK WITH GOOGLE CALENDAR

SOME OTHER USEFUL CALENDARS THAT WORK WITH GOOGLE CALENDAR

REMINDERS & TODOIST – TWO ‘TO DO LIST’ APPS

GOOGLE DRIVE – ALLOWS ME TO SHARE MY INSTRUCTIONAL FILES WITH OTHER CHEMISTRY FACULTY

GOOGLE DRIVE – ALSO ALLOWS ME TO SHARE USEFUL FILES WITH MY CHEMISTRY STUDENTS

COMMUNICATING WITH STUDENTSWhen I need to communicate with my students, I have several choices:

• Email – both personal and WCC’s.

• Moodle – I can send group emails to my classes.

• WebAssign – “Ask your Teacher” – I use this to answer questions about homework and prelabs.

COMMUNICATING WITH STUDENTS

• Four years ago, I had to cancel class at the last moment. I sent out a message on Moodle and WebAssign, and I tweeted those students who were on Twitter. But was this the best way?

• Most all of my chemistry students “text”. But how do I text them without giving out my cell phone number?

MY SOLUTION IS REMIND SINCE SEPTEMBER 2011

REMIND MESSAGES IN ACTION

REMIND CHAT IN ACTION

SOME OF REMIND’S USEFUL FEATURES

SOME OF REMIND’S USEFUL FEATURES

SOME OF REMIND’S USEFUL FEATURES

Paper APP BY 53 WITH Pencil BY A CHEMISTRY INSTRUCTOR

Google Drawings BY A CHM 151 STUDENT

LIFEHACKER’S – “HOW I WORK” SERIES IS A GREAT WAY TO LEARN ABOUT NEW APPS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / THANKS • Randall Shearon & Julie Marceil-Rozzi – for his assistance with

this presentation

• My wife – Paula Griffin.

• My Fall 2015 Chemistry students - for making this semester, so far, an enjoyable one

MY CONTACT INFORMATION

Ashton T. Griffin

Lead Chemistry Instructor

Wayne Community College

3000 Wayne Memorial Drive

Goldsboro, NC 27534

Phone - 919-739-6859

Email – atgriffin@waynecc.edu

Twitter – chem_coach – personal