University of Oregon Science
Literacy Program. Workshop
Leader. Presented workshops on effective clicker
use, writing clicker questions, and aligning assessments with
learning objectives. November, 2011
Oregon Association of Physics
Teachers. Workshop Leader.
Presented workshops on learning goals, backwards
design, and alignment of assessment with learning outcomes.
October, 2011
Sheridan County School District.
Workshop Leader. Presented
workshops on effective questioning techniques and question-writing,
with a focus on clickers and peer instruction. August, 2011
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About Climate / University of Colorado Office for University
Outreach K12 coordinator.
Creation and coordination of
K12 outreach activities related to local impacts of climate
change in Colorado.
Learning
About Teaching Physics podcast. Writer
& producer. Creating a podcast
on physics education research, directed towards high school
and college physics teachers. With assistance from a grant from
the Physics Education Research Topical Group (PERTG) of the
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
PhET
Interactive Simulations, University of Colorado. External
evaluator. Assisting with formative and summative
assessment of middle school DRK-12 grant.
IQ-Biology IGERT,
University of Colorado. External
evaluator. Assisting with formative and summative
assessment of innovative graduate fellowship program in quantitative
biology.
Center
for Astronomy Education, University of Arizona. External
evaluator. Evaluating the impact of astronomy
education workshops on faculty teaching practices over time.
Harvard-Smithsonian
Science Media Group / Annenberg
Media. Curriculum developer.
Development of curriculum and accompanying guide
to be used in facilitating a professional development course
for high-school physics teachers on 21st Century Physics. 2010.
National
Science Digital Library: Podcaster
and writer. Podcast series for K-6 teachers;
Content articles for website; Research report on librarians'
use of digital libraries; Blogger for Expert Voices
network. Ongoing.
American
Institute of Physics: Writer.
Developed P hysicists' Manual for participants
in Adopt a Physicist program. 2009
COSI-IGERT,
University of Colorado at Boulder. External
evaluator. Evaluated innovative NSF-funded graduate
education training program (IGERT) in computational optics.
Ongoing.
AAAS
Science Magazine: Podcaster.
Reported and produced two interview segments for regular
podcast. 2009.
i>clicker. Blog
writer. Main author for new blog on technology
in education. Ongoing.
Science Education Initiative
at University of Colorado. Postdoc.
Developed curriculum and researched student learning in Carl
Wieman's innovative educational reform program.
Exploratorium Museum of
Science, Art, and Human Perception. Postdoc.
Created podcasts and webcasts, developed and taught teacher
workshops.
National Public Radio.
AAAS Mass Media Fellow. Learned
the art of radio writing and production with the nation's premier
science reporters.
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