PICUP Chesapeake DICE Workshop 2026

October 11, 2026 from 8:00AM-12:30PM EST
College of William and Mary

Date: Sunday, October 11, 2026

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Location: College of William & Mary

Location Details

                 Chesapeake Section of American Association of Physics Teachers     

The animation above is a participant tunneling into the College of William and Mary physics building, and getting trapped at the workshop!

Scope

The scope of this workshop is appropriate for physics teachers from high schools, 2-year colleges, and 4-year colleges and universities. By participating in this workshop participants will become plugged into a growing and supportive community of like-minded physics educators dedicated to improving the physics curriculum. The support system includes a repository of developed computational materials as well as dedicated online and personal community support

Registration

There is a small registration fee that will fund a morning snack & coffee break.

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Workshop Schedule

  • 8:00 - 8:30 - Intro to PICUP
  • 8:30 - 9:00 - Spreadsheets for physics
  • 9:00 - 9:30 - Python Tools: Trinkets & Jupyter Notebooks (with AI)
  • 9:30 - 9:45 - Coffee Break
  • 9:45 - 10:00 - Overview of Agentic AI
  • 10:00 - 11:00 - Agentic AI: Hands on Workshop
  • 11:00 - 12:00 - Breakout groups (Spreadsheets or Python or AI)
  • 12:00 - 12:20 - Reporting out
  • 12:20 - 12:30 - Wrap up

Questions/Need Help?

If you have any questions, or would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact one of the workshop coordinators: