AllSigMu+Mu-, originally uploaded by NDeRC2. Following Kate Rueff’s example, I’m spending the last few minutes of my day providing others with some glimpse into the rest of it. I work with I2U2, a virtual organization building online learning environments for K-12 students and teachers. One of our environments (called “e-Labs”) is for the CMS detector. …

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This text and image is taken from a blog post of my friend and colleague Jokondino Okema.  A teacher in the Gulu district of Northern Uganda, Jokondino is inspiring in his efforts to communicate regularly about a wide range of aspects of life in a war-affected, rural and relatively isolated region.  Encouraging voices like Jokondino’s …

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Sunburst, originally uploaded by NDeRC2. I had to pull over to capture this morning sun in mid-April. (Honest…I pulled over.) Just beautiful.

WHSstudentsND, originally uploaded by NDeRC2. I enjoyed this morning’s visit with about 120 or so freshmen from Washington High School in South Bend. They came to Notre Dame at the invitation of Prof. Ani Aprahamian of ND’s Department of Physics. The students heard a variety of talks and saw a number of demonstrations, including a …

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WaterSourceMap, originally uploaded by NDeRC2. I’ve been out of the country twice since my last post, and have so many items to post that it’s hard to know where to dive back in. The first point I’d like to make here is that you’ve just got to do it, if you’re going to blog. So …

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Tim Hardt passed away earlier this week. He was a friend, a new member but for the past year a very active member of the Notre Dame QuarkNet Center, an exemplary professional STEM educator. There are many wonderful facets of the life of a good man. I’d like to recall what I know about one …

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0206001000a_0001_0001, originally uploaded by NDeRC2. This is a cell phone camera of what appear to be a pair of parallel vapor trails in a cloud chamber (a saturated ethanol environment over dry ice.) The question is, what accounts for the parallel tracks which seem to be visible in the image? Is the one an optical …

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66.01.Brainwashed View more presentations from surferivo. Seth Godin knows what time it is. Read this set in full screen mode. Be patient with his characterization of education as brainwashing: education and workforce preparation deserve more than a bumper-sticker characterization. When you get to page six of his manifesto, you’ll find some thought-provoking advice. Think of …

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Google Search Tricks on Prezi It’s nice when new message and new media come together in the same package. Here’s a presentation on search tips with Google, done with Prezi, an online presentation tool you’re going to want to explore. Spend time with Google using these search tips, and then with Prezi, communicating more effectively …

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