Events

This page is a compendium of upcoming and recent education events listed by the ComPADRE collections. You can also view our Event Archive.

Upcoming Events

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Incorporating Computation and Modeling into Physics Teaching
November 13 - November 15, 2009
Workshop for New Physics and Astronomy Faculty
ACP, College Park, MD
November 13-15, 2009

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SC 09: Educational Program
November 14 - November 17, 2009
EJS, Pathways, and Digital Libraries Presentations
SC 09: International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
Portland, OR
November 14-17, 2009

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Open Source Physics Content Delivery: Computation, Curriculum, and Libraries
November 17 - November 19, 2009
A presentation at the 2009 NSDL annual meeting on use and dissemination of OSP and EJS resources

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Building a National Digital Library of Physics Simulations
December 15 - December 20, 2009
Presentations by Wolfgang Christian and Francisco Esquembre at the
CCP2009 conference in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
December 2009

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2010 Physics Teacher Education Coalition Conference
February 12 - February 13, 2010
Diversity in Physics Education: Preparing Teachers for the 21st Century
February 12-13, 2010
Washington, DC

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Gordon Research Conferences - Physics Education Research
June 6 - June 11, 2010
A meeting description is currently being developed by the Conference Chair and will be available by September 1, 2009. Please check back for updates.

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International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2010
June 29 - July 2, 2010
Join us for intellectual engagement with colleagues from a range of learning sciences-affiliated disciplines, keynote addresses from Dr. Carl Weiman, Dr. Koeno Gravemeijer and Dr. Pamela Grossman, walks along Lake Michigan, deep dish pizza, and jazz music as a part of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, June 29-July 2, 2010!

Recent Events

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What is Wrong? Finding (Intentional) Erros in E&M Simulations
November 7, 2009
Workshop on teaching with EJS-based E&M Simulations for Introductory Physics.
FL-AAPT Meeting
Nov 7, 2009

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Using EJS to Develop Physics Simulations
October 16 - October 17, 2009
EJS workshop with Taha Mzoughi at the Southern Atlanic Coast Section of the AAPT.  Agusta State University
October 16-17, 2009

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MPTL Presentations and Workshops
September 23 - September 25, 2009
The European Physical Society sponsored MPTL Conferences and Workshops bring together communities involved in Multimedia in Physics Education as described on the MPTL website www.mptl.eu.  
Udine Italy, September 23-25, 2009.

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Vanderbilt University Forman Lecture
September 3, 2009
Forman Lecture with Wolfgang Christian: "Implementing A Computer Rich Modeling-Cycle Pedagogy" Sept 3, 2009

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Using Computer Simulations to Explore the History of Astronomy
August 31 - September 4, 2009
Using Easy Java Simulations for introducing the history of astronomy into science teaching.  
Istanbul, Turkey
Aug 31-Sept 4, 2009.