This is a short interview about my research in science education and science teacher education and how I see the role of technology in this process.

Once again we are getting ready for the Mathematics and Science Family Day. This event has become a tradition in the faculty. It is our fourth time organizing it. This time it became even more important as the dispute between the teachers and the government that presented half a million BC students from starting schools this […]

I just came back from attending the 5th International Women in Physics Conference in Waterloo, ON.  The conference was sponsored by IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics). It welcomed 215 attendees from 52 countries all across the world to discuss the issues related to women in physics. We had science talks, presentations about […]

  In a few days May will be over and summer will begin! I know, the summer is not going to be officially here till June 21st, but for me, the summer starts on June 1st and ends on August 31st. This year we are planning a very exciting summer filled with STEM (Science, Technology, […]

Dear friends: I would appreciate if you could help me distribute this information among your colleagues (K-12 and university teachers and students) and friends who might be interested in taking part in my summer graduate course exploring technology use in mathematics and science education (K-12 and college): EDCP 585B_2014 Milner-Bolotin_Final.  I will teach it at […]

  While this might be considered immodest to write about oneself, but it is my blog and I can share my feelings about receiving this very special for me award. Anybody who cares about his or her teaching knows  that we all have our ups and downs. When you strive for excellence, you often feel […]

I am honoured to be invited to present an invited talk at Korean Association of Science Education National Conference that will take place at Daegu University in February of this year. As I am preparing and practicing my talk  Using Educational Technologies to Promote Inquiry Improved Feb 2014 (thanks to my friends from the Toastmasters Club […]

I just came back from the AAPT Winter 2014 National Meeting. My team presented 4 presentations there: two posters and two contributed talks. Our presentations focused on the use of technology in physics teacher education. One piece of technology we have been focussing on lately is PeerWise. This is a very powerful collaborative tool that […]

I am very fortunate to attend the winter 2014 Conference of the American Association of Physics Teachers. It gives me an opportunity to stay up with physics education, to learn from my colleagues and to share what we are doing here at UBC with others. I presented today at the session on physics teaching in […]

I am very proud to say that I am a member of the Organizing Committee of the STEM 2014 Conference that will be hosted by our Department this Summer. While you can read the information about the conference from its web site, I want to share that we, as organizers, are working very hard to […]