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7 Tools and Techniques
7 Tools and Techniques
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program she has developed for chemists; and Andrea Twiss- The studio is also working with CISCO on networking trainBrooks, University of Chicago, talked about the traditional ing, the California Science Center, college-level math games and changing roles of librarians and libraries in supporting for Addison Wesley, and an informal biology-based game for informal learning. PBS, which Hone mentioned earlier.
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and think just because it is a game that will make it easier. If Hone mentioned some ideas for possible chemistry it is hard in the other environments, it is probably hard as a games, especially targeted at middle school age, because game." Games that provide supplemental learning opportunikids at this age are not cynical and are more open; they ties can increase student engagement.
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The project is funded by the NSF Chemistry week-long experience included the following: Division, with the goal to cultivate a new generation of chemistry communication leaders. The approach builds on what • The science communication process she has found to be the most effective strategies from her • Challenges of communicating chemistry experience teaching science news and fiction writing at the • Understanding the journalist's world University of Washington (UW)
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Illman also attempted to quantify the kinds and numbers Illman has also found that most science graduate students of activities, and the number of people directly and indirectly (based on informal polling in her writing classes) have either affected by the postdocs' sharing the institute content with very little or no contact with nonscientists on a daily basis.
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It is an ongoing NSF project to use mental models' For example, spaces include library exhibits, meeting research methodology to study perceptions of the audience in rooms, or other learning spaces, with areas for both indidecision making in science and technology communications. viduals and groups and for formal lectures, as well as less It is meant to prepare experts and novices to figure out how formal activities.
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In addition, libraries also put on their own exhibits, high Some other examples of guides that libraries produce lighting permanent collections, research on the university involve science, with a speaker providing information on campus, research of the local community, and other special correct citation, how to use bibliographic management tools, features. Some examples of science-based library exhibits and other such resources.
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That was what I took back to my work on the munity Activities. Her colleague Grace Bassinger started Committee on Community Activities." with the committee creating lists of resources and helping to To assess the impacts of NCW outreach efforts in 2009, tie the library into their outreach activities, such as National Twiss-Brooks and the Committee on Community Activities Chemistry Week (NCW)
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But they did at least seem to have a expanded for the next NCW Celebration to 17 local sections, positive experience and take something positive away about with 1,369 completed surveys. chemistry from these events." From the survey, they found that most of the responses The committee is continuing to look for other types of were from children who were attending the event, although technology that may be suitable for assessing the impacts Twiss-Brooks said they did get a significant number of of these very informal learning activities.
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She said, "We help people Red Hill games, "How do you know what student is playing all the time trying to find resources that are accessible to what game, and how can you track them? " them, or pointing them to their local public libraries to see Hone replied that they collect basic information on play- what they have got available as well." ers in terms of their age and gender from PBSKids.
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I are people who are skilled in the aspects of game design." think we will both still have our own roles, but maybe there Brown suggested to Twiss-Brooks that for the next year are ways that we can bring those skills together." (2011) , which is the International Year of Chemistry, the Uni A participant asked Hone how accessible video game versity of Chicago should do an exhibit on African-American creation is at this point, "Presumably there are some tools chemists.
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