It has been a fantastic summer! I met Dr. Claudia Urrea at the 2012 World Ed Media conference in Denver. Dr. Urrea works with the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program and was sharing some fascinating research from Columbia. We discussed my museum project and I had expressed some interest in researching science education programs for OLPC. She offered to send me one of their machines to work on and I am very excited for its arrival at the University of Victoria.
In other news I helped facilitate an fantastic three day STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art & Mathematics) workshop for the teachers at Elizabeth Buckley Elementary School on the University campus. A great time was had by all as we explore native plants, microbiology, and paleontology in the earth sciences. The staff came up with a plan for science education that was recently covered in the local press. You can access the information here: http://www.vicnews.com/news/166419686.html
Finally, my work in the museum is progressing nicely as well. My partner and I are reformatting the software we have developed into the iPhone. We also are developing some new application ideas but that is hush hush for now. What a great summer for science! Oh...don't think I spent all my summer working. As visitors to Canada we enjoyed exploring the coast near Tofino on Vancouver Island as well. What a beautiful place to study science education.
In other news I helped facilitate an fantastic three day STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art & Mathematics) workshop for the teachers at Elizabeth Buckley Elementary School on the University campus. A great time was had by all as we explore native plants, microbiology, and paleontology in the earth sciences. The staff came up with a plan for science education that was recently covered in the local press. You can access the information here: http://www.vicnews.com/news/166419686.html
Finally, my work in the museum is progressing nicely as well. My partner and I are reformatting the software we have developed into the iPhone. We also are developing some new application ideas but that is hush hush for now. What a great summer for science! Oh...don't think I spent all my summer working. As visitors to Canada we enjoyed exploring the coast near Tofino on Vancouver Island as well. What a beautiful place to study science education.
