2010 Congress of the Canadian Association of Physicists took place in Toronto during June 7-11, 2010. Among many excellent plenary speakers at the Congress were Ursula Franklin and Charles Towens (the inventor of the laser). Ursula Franklin is one of… Read moreCanadian Association of Physicists at U of T June 2010
Who would think that I will keep posting comments on my blog well over the end of my ETEC 533 course. I am not required to do that, yet I feel that some of the recent developments in Canadian Academy… Read moreWomen in SMET Disciplines in Canada
Recently I became actively involved in the BC Association of Physics Teachers. I have been involved in BCAPT some years ago, then when I moved to Ontario I was involved with ON APT and now I am back to BC…. Read moreUsing Technology to Engage Science Teachers in Professional Development
On Saturday, May 8, 2010 we had a very exciting meeting of the BC Section of the AAPT. The meeting took place at Langara College in Vancouver and almost 40 physics educators from high schools, colleges and universities in BC… Read moreMay Meeting of the BC Section of the AAPT
I would like to share with you my new paper that appeared in the Science Education Review journal. The paper is open access, so you can access it for free here. Science Education Review is an international journal for science… Read more“Exploring Scaling: From concept to applications”
This post is not about educational technology, although I am using Internet and Wikipedia extensively to write it up. This post is more about education and its history and less about technology. A few years back we celebrated UBC’s centenary… Read moreCambrdige Celebrates its Octocentenary
Today I had a chance to take part in an interesting discussion on the role of Smartboards in elementary classrooms. As a result of this discussion, I was left with more questions than answers. This is good, as I will… Read moreUnanswered Questions About Smartboards
It is hard not to notice a release of iPAD by Apple. While listening to Steve Job’s presentation of a new iPAD I couldn’t help but notice this amazing phrase “Holding an Internet in Your Hands”. I just keep wondering… Read moreiPAD Release: “Holding an Internet in Your Hands”
I just read about Carnegie Mellon University’s resource on designing and teaching effective courses and I thought that good teaching principles apply to online teaching even more than they are applicable to regular course teaching. So should you design and… Read moreCarnegie Mellon: Resource on Effective Course Design and Implementation
At a recent educational technology conference I happen to meet Dr. Ray Schroeder – Professor Emeritus from the University of Illinois at Springfield. He has a very interesting web site and a few very interesting blogs relevant to all of… Read moreRay Schroeder on Education Technology
