After reading the many thoughtful and helpful emails from this list about infrared cameras, I decided to keep investigating the market. The Fluke and FLIR...
To start this month off, I am encouraging you to reply with your favorite astro 101 web resource (for students), and how it might be incorporated into a...
... Paul, This is a neat assignment. I already mentioned in previous postings about some of my current favorite sites: Galaxy Zoo: www.galaxyzoo.org ...
Here is one... I haven't actually taught this material (I don't currently teach), however as soon as I am back in a classroom I intend to! ...
Shefali Mehta
smehta@...
May 8, 2008 6:38 pm
1954
Job Announcement: Editor, Astronomy Education Review AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 2000 Florida Avenue, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20009 Email Submission...
Hi, everyone- My department chair passed this on to me, so I thought I'd pass it on to the CAE folks in case you know someone who might be able to benefit from...
Dear St. Louis Area Science Educators, I am writing to invite you to a FREE astronomy education reception for all K-12 science educators to be held in St....
Hello everybody! I'm Jim Caffey, at Missouri State University, and Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. I started teaching as an adjunct in 1998 and...
... This helps students who miss classes, but how do you *make sure* that people don't miss class meetings *at the scheduled time and place* to begin with? ...
David, I am teaching mostly online now and have been for a number of years. I use a free program from Microsoft called Photo Story. It was designed to allow...
Hi David, Thanks for the video links, I would love to find out how many other educators are creating similar open source lectures/links to view. Have you ever...
Hi everyone, for those of us that do not have the means nor time to record a presentation using video equivalent, here is a simple alternative. Powerpoint and...
Michael Inglis
inglism@...
May 27, 2008 2:48 am
1964
I had not heard of this feature... sounds a lot like what I do but less time intensive... can you explain it some more, where to access it? Jim From: Michael...
Nice work, David! I look forward to seeing some of your lectures. I do have a note of caution regarding copyright and Fair Use. If you are using material...
Hi David, I am starting to head the same way, and exploring a couple of different options to do it. As I look over what you've done I noticed 2 possible ...
As many instructors have done, I have provided PowerPoint slides for students after class. Because I don't work off of class notes, these were summaries of the...
Dave Bruning
david.bruning@...
May 27, 2008 4:53 pm
1968
My pendulum is swinging very rapidly to the side that says the more "pre-packaged, zero activity" learning aids you provide to students, the less they are...
Regarding the two questions: First, I'm no pro at HTML or anything computer related, for that matter. Hence the spotty audio, low resolution video, and lack of...
I have been watching this dialog and have to put in my 2 cents. I never put up my PPT slides let alone a video version of my classes. I am a heavy user of...
Another thing I started doing this year with all my classes, but especially my seated ones, was to have the students find me 2-3 videos off YouTube or Google...
I'll add my own humble thinking concerning: (1) Accessiblity & online videos (2) Efficacy of providing lecture videos (3) Active online-lectures (1) I am...
At one school I teach at (as an adjunct), they have a very strict attendance policy. They lose 1% of their semester grade for every class missed, and if they...
Commenting on what Paul and Alex just said. I do provide my PPT slides BEFORE class. But I write them in a pretty slimmed-down, bulleted fashion that really...
Ed Prather
eprather@...
May 27, 2008 9:55 pm
1975
Let me add "fuel to the PPT and notes" debate. Like Ed, I make available basic outlines of my lecture. My class attendance is excellent, even though I do not...
Thank you Alex for providing the best statement of the rational I use to construct/modify/rebuild each and every class I teach at the high school level. Marc...
Hi, folks. I'm enjoying the comments - just what this is supposed to be all about! One thing I have done (just partly technology-based) to enhance student ...
Mike, I just wanted to send you a public high-five for being an administrator who cares enough about the students in their department to keep on teaching even...
Does interactive learning mean that no information needs to be conveyed verbally? I believe there will Always be a better way to transfer information from...
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