Lately, I have been hearing a lot about Google Science Journal, so I decided to experiment with it. There are three things you need to know about it.
1. It is a FREE app that can be downloaded to any mobile device or tablet. Visit the Google Play store or the Apple store to download it.
To use it in education, the app must be downloaded through the Google admin console and pushed out to Android enabled devices. This can be done through the device management, Chrome, and app management settings. When you click the + sign to add approved apps to your domain, the Google Play store will open up. At this time, you can search for the Google Science Journal app and install it to your domain. Once this is completed, you will have to configure the app. I recommend you contact your Google administrator to perform this task.
2. The Google Science Journal app creates a folder in Google Drive called 'Science Journal'. This is where all of the journals will be saved. Note, you cannot open any of the journals from Drive because they are not compatible with any Drive file type. They must be opened with the app.
3. Journals can document notes, measure sensors, depending upon the device, record measurements, take snapshots, and upload images to your journal. The journal is an ongoing notepad that keeps track of your experiment freely throughout the classroom, school, or other environment.
I recently completed an episode about this on The Suite Talk. Here is the link to the episode for more information. The video is about 22 minutes, and I go over the interface, and talk about the features and the purpose, especially for math and science classes.
You can listen to it on your favorite podcast too.
The Wakelet Collection of resources from my show, The Suite Talk episode 79, is embedded. In the collection, you can find the recorded episode, show notes, and links that were referenced during the show.
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Listen and subscribe to it on your favorite podcast too.
Listen and subscribe to it on your favorite podcast too.