When I am asked how technology can affect student science learning and why it has a potential of making a difference, I often think of the questions one can ask and answer today that could have have been asked or… Read moreVideo Analysis in Science Teaching: How technology can help us to get students excitied about science
I recently became aware of a new Canadian resource for science educators that merges technology, science education and active learning: http://www.saltise.ca/The site comes from Quebec and I personally know the people involved in its development. I hope to have an… Read moreSupporting Active Learning and Technological Innovation in Science Education
As I am getting ready to teach my summer course, I keep looking for resources. It is a fabulous website. I love the idea of scale and how technology can help us visualize it more interactively. As soon as I… Read moreThe Scale of the Universe
It is hard to find a person who has made a more significant contribution to education than Prof. Emeritus from Stanford – Dr. Lee S. Shulman. I have never had a chance to meet Prof. Shulman in person, yet his… Read moreLee Shulman and the Importance of Content Knowledge
As I am preparing for teaching my summer course EDCP 585A_2012 Milner-Bolotin_June 28_2012 – Science and Mathematics Teaching and Learning through Technologies, I have a chance to rethink how technology has changed (or has not changed) how we learn mathematics… Read moreA History of Ideas in Science Education
As science educators we know that science teaching is much more than lesson plans or science labs. It is also much more than technology we use in the classroom to teach science. Science teaching is also about WHO IS A… Read moreThis is what a scientist looks like
My blog has been dormant for a while. However, the lack of my activity has nothing to do with the lack of exciting developments in science education in Vancouver, in Canada and int he world. Vice versa, there have been… Read moreNew Year Thoughts on Science Teaching, Learning and Research
A friend of mine, Olivia Fermi, will be giving a talk about the Neutron Trail project she has been working on for a number of years now. Olivia is a great public speaker and I would strongly recommend you attend… Read moreOn the Neutron Trail – Positioning Change and Global Nuclear Disarmament
I am very excited to announce that this year once again we will be holding a very special mathematics and science event at the Faculty of Education during the Celebrate Learning Week. And the event is: Mathematics and Science Fair… Read moreMath and Science Fair at UBC Faculty of Education
A very interesting conference on Physics Education took place on August 3-4, 2011 in Omaha, NE. A few personal highlights: Prof. Andy Rundquist from Hemlin University spoke about assessment in upper level undergraduate physics courses. I was especially interested how… Read morePhysics Education Research Conference 2011
