I think I may have been unclear about the following on my last post: It is the feedback of a good on-line education tool that is valuable, not the grading...
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pnewbury14
Mar 9, 2009 5:34 pm
We've been using those simple, cardboard-tube, 2-plastic-lens telescopes for our ASTRO 101 labs and outreach projects. They cost about $10 each so if they...
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Eric M. Schlegel
eric.schlegel@...
Mar 9, 2009 5:42 pm
hi - i saw one at the AAS and it does disassemble. i was most impressed by the quality of the optics. the tube is plastic with slip rings to hold it...
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Stephanie J Slater
sslaterwyo@...
Mar 9, 2009 9:35 pm
Hi all, We've seen the G-scope and it's fabulous! Doug Arion, it's primary designer, sent one of the prototypes out to us in December for some work that we...
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Kendra Sibbernsen
ksibbern
Mar 9, 2009 9:37 pm
Peter, We are placing a large order of telescopes by collaborating with area schools and astronomy clubs and pooling our resources. You can see disassembly and...
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Tim Slater
timslaterwyo@...
Mar 10, 2009 4:58 pm
Lecturer in Geological Sciences and Earth Science Education at UNC-CH The Department of Geological Sciences at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
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Jeff
maddoggy25
Mar 11, 2009 10:27 am
Does anyone know approximately what percentage of astronomy grad schools have a formal procedure for training grad students to teach astronomy and what the...
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Tim Slater
timslaterwyo@...
Mar 11, 2009 2:20 pm
The number is quite small, nationally. Many unversities have a manditory training program for all teaching assistants, most often a half-day. This is...
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Christopher Sirola
csirola2003
Mar 11, 2009 2:26 pm
Regarding what universities do for grad student teacher training, here's my experiences: When I was at Pitt (University of Pittsburgh) as a grad student...
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McDaid, Liam
macedonfinance
Mar 11, 2009 8:31 pm
Tim, I can attest to that. When I was an astronomy grad student in the 90s, we were asked (voluntary) to go to one session of two hours or so for training on...
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Elaine
eihpd
Mar 12, 2009 11:47 am
I have 2 requests: I am a High School teacher in Tampa, Fl. I look every summer for Educational Workshops in Astronomy. I have attended the education workshops...
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Paul Allan
pjallan99
Mar 12, 2009 5:38 pm
I am the program manager for an NSF sponsored GK-12 program. This program has 10 STEM graduate students each year training to become better communicators of...
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Michele A. Stark
starkma
Mar 12, 2009 5:38 pm
Hi Elaine (and everyone else), I have few ideas for workshops: Science Workshops for Educators at Penn State http://teachscience.psu.edu/ -- there is a tuition...
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Wilson, Ernst
ewilson@...
Mar 12, 2009 5:39 pm
Elaine, to my knowledge, there is no observatory in Ecuador; however, you may take a trip to either Chile (La Silla) where there is the famous observatory...
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pnewbury14
Mar 12, 2009 5:39 pm
At UBC, all incoming TAs, both in physics and astronomy, participate in a 1-day TA training workshop in early September. This workshop is lead by experienced...
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rocketman543212000
rocketman543...
Mar 12, 2009 5:40 pm
Elaine, Regarding your second question: there are 2 online programs I can suggest. The first is Swinburne University of Melbourne in Australia. The website...
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Doug Duncan
valentinozip...
Mar 12, 2009 6:24 pm
When I served as AAS Education Coordinator 10 years ago we did a survey of astronomy faculty. A little less than half had ever attended any seminar on...
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Thomas Foster
tomandannil
Mar 12, 2009 9:49 pm
When I was a graduate student in Physics at the University of Minnesota (1991-1996), Ken and Pat Heller had devised a two-week program for training GA to be...
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Dave Hudgins
davehudgins3
Mar 13, 2009 8:46 pm
Elaine, Regarding your search for a distance learning masters in astronomy, check out the James Cook University (Australia) Master of Astronomy program at ...
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hbouchelle@...
hbouchel
Mar 14, 2009 1:06 am
Sarah and Folks: The COllege of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, ME offers summer astronomy courses for teachers. You can find more information at: ...
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Stacy DeVeau
sndeveau
Mar 14, 2009 1:07 am
You may be interested in this Master's Degree in Space Education online program: http://worldwide.erau.edu/degrees-programs/graduate/space-education.html Stacy...
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Constance Walker
astro_knome
Mar 14, 2009 8:54 pm
Hello, Everyone, The global citizen-science campaign on light pollution, known as GLOBE a Night (http://www.globe.gov/GaN), starts on Monday, March 16th and ...
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j.sudol
Mar 16, 2009 1:12 pm
I must ask a related question, what incentive does a University or Department have to train grad students? Or, spinning it a little for our audience, how do...
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john huchra
huchra@...
Mar 16, 2009 3:54 pm
Hah! Some universities have figured out that the undergrads (or their parents) are the paying customers so the quality of teaching counts a lot. Grad...
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Alexander L. Rudolph
reindeer91
Mar 16, 2009 3:58 pm
In a word: money. If we can funnel some of the Obama Education and/or Science money to this task, then I think it might happen. The fundamental problem is...
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Adam Tarnoff
adamtarnoff
Mar 17, 2009 3:55 pm
There are lots of successful examples out there, and you don't have to reinvent the wheel! The National Center for Academic Transformation <thencat.org> has...
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Shupla, Christine
shuplac
Mar 18, 2009 8:40 pm
Hi! There are a couple additional summer astronomy (and planetary science) educator workshops: Teacher Workshops at McDonald Observatory in Summer 2009:...
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Michele A. Stark
starkma
Mar 20, 2009 1:48 am
I thought this group might be interested in this education editorial in Science, "The Next Campaign" by Leon Lederman (Illinois Mathematics and Science...
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Melinda L. Weil
amphibolosty...
Mar 20, 2009 7:51 pm
I just gave a midterm exam in which, for the first time, students were ejected for using their cells phones to attempt cheating. They were accessing the...
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Dr. Juan E Cabanela P...
cabanela
Mar 20, 2009 10:01 pm
... I simply tell my students if I see or hear any cell phone or electronic device during the exam, they fail the exam. I've never had a problem since I have...
