TOOLBOX
Online tools
We suggest a series of preexisting online tools and some potential uses and applications in an educational environment. These tools vary from websites, online platforms and videos to proposals on the organization of online learning and teaching activities.
Using Gene Editing To Repaint Butterfly Wings
VIDEO
FOR WHOM:
Tool to be used with Higher Education Students of any background.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful to give students examples of what can be done with CRISP-R and gene editing; promote debate on the implications of this technology and the limits of science and art.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This video can be used to introduce gene editing, and particularly CRISP-R; show examples of creative projects using CRISP-R; promote debate on the implications of gene editing, nature/artificial.
The Laboratory Rat: A Natural History. M. Berdoy. Oxford University.
VIDEO
Shot as a wildlife documentary, this film follows the lives of domestic rats after being released in a large outdoor enclosure where they have to compete, like their wild cousins, for food, shelter and mates.
FOR WHOM:
Tool to see used with Higher Education students without any background in science or the general public/ community.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful to understand animal behavior and promote reflection and dialogue on animal wellbeing and human-animal relationships.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This video can be used to introduce students to animal behaviour and promote reflection and dialogue on animal wellbeing and human-animal relationships.
AIArtists.org
WEBSITE
The world’s largest community of artists exploring the impact of AI on art & society.
FOR WHOM:
Tool to be used with Higher Education students of any background, and general public/ community.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful to explore the relationship between AI and art.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This website has a lot of resources on AI related art and can be used to introduce students to the topic of AI in creative contexts. It has also several examples of artists and artworks to present to students.
ZOOM PLATFORM
It’s an easy to use cloud-based video conferencing service that can be used to virtually meet with others - either by video or audio-only or both, all while conducting live chats - and it lets us record those sessions to view later.
FOR WHOM:
This tool can be used by Higher Education teachers (lectures; group discussions) teachers and students (team work) to promote virtual collaborative work - one-on-one or team on-line meetings.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful for one-on-one meetings and group video conferences. It has two important and useful features: i) Screen sharing; ii) Recording: the possibility of recording the meetings or events too.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: The tool can be used for lectures and team meetings (audio, video and collaboration features) to connect remotely team members and facilitate remote collaboration.
JAMBOARD
It is an easy to use collaborative whiteboard from Google.
FOR WHOM:
This kind of tool can be used by Higher Education teachers and students in real time to work together (with google meets, for instance).
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful to collaborate with remote users who can see and work on the Jamboard. It integrates with Google Meet allowing users to see and talk to collaborators, or switch to presentation mode.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: To take collaborative notes, when students meet in video call breakout rooms, Jamboard can be a place for them to take collaborative notes, to share, to edit and collaborate.
JAMBOARD
It is an easy to use virtual collaborative tool for monitoring projects and assigning tasks.
FOR WHOM:
This type of tool can be used by Higher Education teachers and students to monitor and organise projects and tasks.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful to help teams move work forward, collaborate, manage projects, and reach new productivity peaks. It integrates with over 100 popular applications and is easy to learn.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: To organise projects or tasks during online collaborative work. It is structured into boards, lists and cards that allow projects to be organised and prioritised in a flexible way and facilitate remote collaboration.
What are DNA and Genes?
VIDEO
FOR WHOM: Tool to see used by Higher Education students without any background in science or the general public/ community.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful to explain what is DNA and what is a gene.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This video can be used to introduce students without a scientific background to general concepts of molecular biology (DNA and genes).
Stimulus response
VIDEO
This video looks at reflex actions and learned behaviour. The film shows how scientists can study animal behaviour using simple experiments with battery farm hens.
FOR WHOM:
Tool to be used with Higher Education students without any background in science or the general public/ community.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful to
understand animal behavior; promote reflection and dialogue on animal wellbeing and the ethical questions around the conditions farm animals are kept in.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This video can be used to introduce students to animal behaviour and to promote reflection and dialogue on animal wellbeing and the ethical questions around the conditions farm animals are kept in.
Cell in Place of Rock on Hybrid Art
Documentary Film
What is so-called hybrid art? And what do hybrid artists do? In the field of science, a new relationship with life has been established – life has become a subject of engineering. In the late 1990s, artists began to interrogate the area of biotechnology, e.g. tissue engineering, and gradually to gain access to laboratories where they could work with live matter.
FOR WHOM:
Tool to be used with Higher Education students of any background, and general public/ community.
WHAT FOR:
This tool is useful to introduce the fields of art and science and bioart; present some examples of artists working with living matter; question notions of “alive”, “living creature”; debate ethical questions surrounding biotechnology, molecular biology, tissue engineering, cell cultures.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This documentary can be presented as an introduction to the subject of bioart and hybrid art; used as a starting point for reflection and discussion on: What kind of materials for creating sculptures are cells and bacteria? How do some artists use tissue engineering in their work?; use as a starting point for reflection and discussion on the ethical questions surrounding biotechnology, molecular biology, tissue engineering, cell cultures.
SLACK
This is an easy to use communication and collaborative platform offering instant messaging, file transfers and powerful message search.
FOR WHOM:
This type of tool can be used to promote communication and virtual collaborative work between Higher Education teams, either teachers or students.
WHAT FOR:
This tool allows communities, groups, or teams to join a "workspace" via a specific URL or invitation sent by a team admin or owner.
It has many features - persistent chat rooms (channels) organized by topic, private groups, and direct messaging - and dozens of integrations with other tools like Trello and Google.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: The tool can be applied in the context of online teamwork and communication. This collaborative tool can be applied to work online, to build stronger relationships with external partners, to speed up communication and work more securely with the partners and facilitate remote collaboration.
MURAL
It is an easy to use online Visual Collaboration Tool, like a whiteboard to work visually with the Team. It enables you to combine different ideas and disciplines with your team to create something new.
FOR WHOM:
This kind of tool can be used by Higher Education teachers and students as a collaborative whiteboard for teams. It allows real-time collaboration and can help turn ideas into structured projects.
WHAT FOR:
This tool enables innovative teams to think & collaborate visually to solve problems. It is a collaborative online whiteboard, giving your team the ability to draw, write, plan, and create together.
WHERE TO APPLY IT: This tool can be used in exercises to promote visual thinking and mind mapping. It can also be helpful in collaborative brainstorming exercises (with teams working remotely).