My Stuff from the NECC

Well, as of this morning my handouts still haven't appeared on the ISTE-NECC site for my session, so I've converted my pdf files to jpg and uploaded them to Picasa Web Albums (owned by Google).

Here are all the handouts I had posted to the backboard behind my table. I created them using Comic Life on my MacBook.

• Build your own probeware
• Sound Science
• Motion with a picket fence

I also have them as pdf files. If you'd like a copy of the pdfs just shoot me an email and I'll send them along (falconphysics@gmail.com)

You may also want to see my step by step instructions over on instructables.com

Now I can Relax

Well, I survived my marathon presentation today. I was at the Math/Science Playground at the NECC from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. It was a long day, but I met lots of great people and made some good contacts, which is what this is all about.

Here are the links I promised people would appear on my blog:

• My stuff on instructables.com
• My stuff on the ISTE - NECC site
• Visual Analyser - Free Oscilloscope
• Audacity - Free, audio recording program that I used as a recording oscilloscope

I'll try to put up a more comprehensive posting tomorrow. I'm wiped out today.

Me at the NECC

I've been hurriedly getting my stuff together for the upcoming NECC. I'd be doing great as far as time goes if it weren't for the fact that I'm also working with a team of students who are trying to finish their invention project. They won a Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams grant and will be presenting their project in Boston from June 19th thru the 23rd. I'll be going with them, which will be cool, but I'm running out of time!!!

Any way, on with my stuff. I've been uploading directions to Instructables.com. This site is pretty cool and they have a competition running right now where the best project wins a laser cutter. While I don't think I'll win the laser maybe they will send me a free T-Shirt. Although if I do somehow with the laser cutter the science club next year will have the best fund raisers ever.

Below you will find links to the projects I've submitted so far. I will have at least one or two more to put up yet before I'm ready for Atlanta.

• Make Your Own Light Probe/Photogate
• Determine the acceleration due to gravity
• Find the Speed of Sound
• Capture a sound and rebuild it with Audacity.

I've been contemplating ways I can use Instructables in class. I've used some of the projects either for demos or student projects, but I haven't had students upload their own yet. Their had been a problem with the Instructables web site and our network firewall, but this seems to have been resolved. Next year I'll have to use this. I just have to figure out a good way that won't swamp the site with 90 projects for the same thing.

NECC 2007

I'm going to the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) this year. It's the premier ed tech conference. This year it's in Atlanta and I get to present.

I'll be a part of the math/science playground. Stop by and say Hi, I'll be there all day on Tuesday. I won't be showing anything new (at least not new for me), just my improvised probeware stuff. What I'm really excited about is the chance to learn from other educators. What works for them, what can I steal... er I mean use and cite appropriately.

I'm still looking for good ways to incorporate web 2.0 into my physics classes appropriately and effectively. I want to meet people, to pick their brains, to learn how they do what they do. I'm also hoping to meet up with some of the other members of The TechSavvy Educator forums who said they'd be attending.