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Lecture Demonstrations in Chemistry on the World Wide Web
An on-line conference March 28 through April 20, 2001
| Schedule & Demos | Discussion Archive March / April |
Brief Instructions | CONFCHEM Home |
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An on-line conference March 28 through April 20, 2001
| Schedule & Demos | Discussion Archive March / April |
Brief Instructions | CONFCHEM Home |
| Conference Organizers: |
Dr. Oliver Seely and Dr. George Wiger Department of Chemistry California State University - Dominguez Hills Carson CA 90747 oliver@dhvx20.csudh.edu / gwiger@chemistry.csudh.edu |
This conference will explore opportunities to illustrate chemical principles and processes using still images, audio, and video over the world wide web. Presenters will share typical classroom experiences with the members of CONFCHEM and will offer participants an opportunity to discuss what has been presented. Participants will be invited to identify problems confronted by all chemical demonstrators both connected with the exemplification of principles and the constraints of the "little screen". We shall welcome presenters who have the entire range of equipment available to them, from finished productions carried out in fully equipped distance education studios to offerings produced in one-shot, single-camera setups so as to give us the opportunity to witness the talents of the naturally gifted demonstrators among us.
SCHEDULEEach demonstration will be followed by two days of discussion on the CONFCHEM discussion list. Links to the video/audio lecture demonstrations are available from the summary pages:
Gary L. Bertrand Department of Chemistry University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MO 65409-0010 gbert@umr.edu Brief Description: For several years, I have been working with animated GIFs in Web delivered Minilessons that can be used either in the classroom or as out of-class assignments. These involve a trade-off in smoothness of operation for relatively rapid downloading. For the past year, I have been using JavaScript for the development of interactive tutorials and simulated experiments. Some of these will be discussed in terms of their use in and out of the classroom.
Brent D. May, Scott VanBramer, and Mark Bradley Widener University, Chester, PA may@pop1.science.widener.edu Brief Description: The real world example of a grain dust explosion is used to illustrate the effect of an increase in reactant surface area on the rate of a combustion reaction.
Paul Groves South Pasadena High School 1401 Fremont Avenue South Pasadena, CA 91030 pgroves@aol.com Brief Description: Two lecture experiments allow me to show the phenomenon of paramagnetism and the effect of nitric acid on copper. Online versions of these lecture experiments allow students to review and revisit the phenomena. This is especially valuable with the copper and nitric acid reaction because as the school year progresses, the students understand more and more about the phenomena.
Lee Marek Naperville North H. S. 899 N. Mill St. Naperville, IL 60563 lmarek@ncusd203.org Brief Description: Good teaching is part preparation and part theater --- you are "ON" every day you walk into that class room from the clothes you wear to the content you present. I have ten demos with a bit of theater located on the WebCT site.
Mark R. Anderson Department of Chemistry Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 mark.anderson@vt.edu Brief Description: This paper presents several illustrations of demonstrations in Quantitative Analysis courses consisting of Flash Animation, Streaming Audio, and Streaming Video. The Synchronized Multimedia Interactive Language (SMIL) file format provides the opportunity to present the demonstration and an explanation of the concept being illustrated to actively involve the student in the demonstration. GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CONFERENCE EVALUATION: April 16 - April 20 Please fill out the Assessment Survey for this CONFCHEM. Thank You! |
This on-line conference has ended.
For more information see the CONFCHEM home page: http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/