After discussing our timeline with each other, we have decided to change the direction of our inquiry. We will now be using this inquiry as a way to learn more about the apps in the GSuite. We think this will benefit our future teaching careers while also being a realistic goal for our current student schedules. Once we become really well acquainted with the google apps, we will be able to teach our students how to use them easily and also be able to seamlessly incorporate them into our future classrooms.

The first app we will be looking at is “Science Journal.” This is a Google app that “transforms your device into a pocket-size science tool that encourages students to explore their world. As they conduct eye-opening experiments, they’ll record observations and make new, exciting discoveries.” This app can be used in younger classrooms that have tablets/iPads or in older middle school classrooms where students have their own phones.

The app allows students to document their science experiments through measurement, picture taking, and note taking. The app is free and provides “70 hands-on science activities from education experts.” 

Here is a video of the “getting started with Science Journal” webpage. It is rerecorded through the Screencastify app.

 

I personally am very interested in this app and look forward to using it in future practicum experiences. Maybe I can use it with my middle school students in Sweden!