This workshop is intended for those who are teaching students who plan to become engineers, physical scientists or technicians in technology-related industries. Recent microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) and computational tools coupled with an activity-based physics approach provides a better method of teaching physics to these future professionals by enabling the teaching/learning process to build on students’ direct experiences in the physics classroom/laboratory or studio.
This workshop will show participants how they can introduce computation into their introductory courses. Participants will engage in a hands-on introduction to computational modeling in the Vpython programming language and learn to develop their own exercises and student projects. A framework for computational projects will be demonstrated along with several example projects, and a discussion of how computational modeling can be implemented in a Two Year College environment.
There will also be an opportunity to share and discuss issues relating to implementation and to teaching physics more effectively. There will be extensive discussions on how to use various strategies, tools, and tactics to overcome problems and barriers. Discussion and information on the needs of the technological workforce and its connection with the activities of this workshop will also be presented. The workshop leaders have years of experience in developing and refining curriculum for introductory physics students.
The local host will be Kent Reinhard who has implemented MBL and LabVIEW into his physics program at Southeast Community College.
To apply to this workshop click here: http://www.physicsworkshops.org/Fall%202010%20workshops/Application_ATE_2010.pdf
This workshop will show participants how they can introduce computation into their introductory courses. Participants will engage in a hands-on introduction to computational modeling in the Vpython programming language and learn to develop their own exercises and student projects. A framework for computational projects will be demonstrated along with several example projects, and a discussion of how computational modeling can be implemented in a Two Year College environment.
There will also be an opportunity to share and discuss issues relating to implementation and to teaching physics more effectively. There will be extensive discussions on how to use various strategies, tools, and tactics to overcome problems and barriers. Discussion and information on the needs of the technological workforce and its connection with the activities of this workshop will also be presented. The workshop leaders have years of experience in developing and refining curriculum for introductory physics students.
The local host will be Kent Reinhard who has implemented MBL and LabVIEW into his physics program at Southeast Community College.
To apply to this workshop click here: http://www.physicsworkshops.org/Fall%202010%20workshops/Application_ATE_2010.pdf
