Physics Workshops for Two-Year College and High School Instructors
This Project will provide a series of three-day, intensive focused, hands-on professional and curriculum development workshops/conferences and follow-up activities for physics teachers in TYCs and HSs. These workshops and conferences are aimed at teachers who serve students involved in technology-based or technician careers. There will be four workshop/conferences per year held at various TYCs with special incentives to encourage teams of HS and TYC teachers. Since 2006, this Project has conducted 23 workshops and conferences at 11 sites in 9 states. Over 470 participants have attended one of these workshops or conferences, representing 213 different colleges and schools in 38 different states and 2 US territories.This project builds upon and earlier physics workshop project that held 61 workshops over 15 years.
Educators from TYCs HSs, and colleges/universities, which include implementation leaders, and developers from buisness and industry will lead these workshops. They will deal with effective integration, technology implementation, and learning strategies in areas such as micromputer-based laboratories, digital video, computer simulations, conceptual tasks and tools, web and internet activities, group work, assessment of learning, and physics related technician education. Click here to read what particpants can hope to gain from attending a workshop/conference.
Workshop Schedule
Computational and Modeling Tools for Introductory Physics (CMTIP) Workshop May 31 – June 2, 2012 – Bismarck State College, Bismarck, ND. Click here to read more about his workshop or click here to download application.
General information about this workshop including costs, travel and schedule can be downloaded here.
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