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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May 15
Sunburst
Sunburst, originally uploaded by NDeRC2. I had to pull over to capture this morning sun in mid-April. (Honest…I pulled over.) Just beautiful.
May 15
Washington HS Freshmen at ND
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 …
May 15
Sheepishly catching up
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 …
Apr 28
Tim Hardt 1973 – 2009
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 …
Feb 11
Cloud chamber image in need of an explanation
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 …
Feb 08
Brainwashed?
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 …
Feb 07
Presenting Google Search Tricks & Prezi
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 …
Feb 07
Science Alive! 2010
Following in a long line of exhibitors over at least the past ten consecutive years, QuarkNet and NDeRC faculty, teachers, graduate fellows and undergrads–am I forgetting anyone?–participated in Saint Joseph County Public Library’s Science Alive! event earlier today. The QuarkNet/NDeRC room was full of fun: scanning electron microscopy for seeing surface structure at 9000x; cloud …