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Developing Teachers To Improve Lessons Using Technology

The document provides information about a lesson that teaches students how to use the RasMol application to visualize and analyze molecular structures from the Protein Data Bank. The three learning objectives are for students to review research on incorporating technology into lessons, understand why technology is being used for this specific lesson, and learn basic information about RasMol. The lesson activities involve using RasMol to open and analyze PDB files. Students will practice commands and render images of molecules. For assessment, students will use the commands on an ATP molecule to answer questions about its structure and bonds. The document reviews research showing that technology tools can engage students by accommodating different learning styles and guiding students through visual concepts and processes.

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Developing Teachers To Improve Lessons Using Technology

The document provides information about a lesson that teaches students how to use the RasMol application to visualize and analyze molecular structures from the Protein Data Bank. The three learning objectives are for students to review research on incorporating technology into lessons, understand why technology is being used for this specific lesson, and learn basic information about RasMol. The lesson activities involve using RasMol to open and analyze PDB files. Students will practice commands and render images of molecules. For assessment, students will use the commands on an ATP molecule to answer questions about its structure and bonds. The document reviews research showing that technology tools can engage students by accommodating different learning styles and guiding students through visual concepts and processes.

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Developing Teachers to

Improve Lessons Using


Technology
EAD-523
Learning Objectives

Participants will review Participants will know


Participants will learn
research that supports the why technology is being
basic information about
incorporation of incorporated into this
RasMol
technology into lessons specific lesson
Lesson Activities
• Locate and open RasMol
application
• Bookmark rcsb.org website and
become familiar with it.
• Open PDB files in RasMol
application.
• Practice simple RasMol
commands
• Render an image for a molecule
of interest.
Lesson
Assessment
Open the ATP molecule. Use
the commands you have learned
to answer the following
questions.
• What is the total number of
atoms present?
• What type of atoms are
present? What type of bonds
are they making?
• What is the bond distance
between P14 and O13?
Review of the Research That Supports
Technology Incorporation
Tech tools “provide a significant potential for meeting the needs of
students with diverse learning styles and for engaging students during
the learning process” (Beeland, 2002).

“Tech tools can be particularly useful when the lesson


calls for students to be able to visualize a concept or
when a guided sequence of steps is called for” (Abla,
2019).
• Ask questions related to the topic.
The Power of Stories • Explore and read the related scientific
literature.
and Storylines • Gather information from a number of
authentic bioinformatics resources.
• Identify relevant experimentally determined
structures in the Protein Data Bank.
• Visualize, analyze, and compare molecular
structures in order to understand their
functions, or design new molecules with
novel properties.
• Integrate various types of data and
information to generate new knowledge.
• Justify their conclusions using evidence
from these resources.
Visual Literacy
• Images make more than
half of the content in
biology textbooks.
• Teachers assume students
have the competency to
read images.
• A skill we must develop in
students
Effectiveness of Video Evaluation Form

https://forms.gle/KvUJqvrJcq5d4Cxa6
References:
Abla, C., & Fraumeni, B. R. (2019). Student engagement: Evidence-based strategies to boost academic and
social-emotional results. McREL International.

Beeland, W. D., Jr. (2002). Student engagement, visual learning and technology: Can interactive whiteboards
help? Valdosta State University. http://hdl.handle.net/10428/1252

DUTTA SHUCHISMITA, ESWARAN SUBHA, SANELLI ANNE, BHATTACHARYA MEENAKSHI, &


TEMPSICK RICHARD. (2018). Learning Biology Through Molecular Storytelling. The Science Teacher, 86(2),
28.

Goodsell, D. S., Jenkinson, J. (2018). Molecular Illustration in Research and Education: Past, Present, and Future.
Journal of Molecular Biology, 430(21), 3969-3981.
THANK YOU!
Juan Salgado

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