My fellowship has really provided me with a much more specific outlook as a physics educator. I say specific because physics is a broad subject and the content covers many topics across all courses in high school so it is easy to have a general outlook. This specific outlook is focusing on making my content relevant. This is quite easy… Read more »
When Twitter first came out I was vehemently against joining up. I’m not sure why, but I guess I just didn’t have any interest in yet another social media platform. I think that’s completely understandable. Who really needs to know what I’m thinking 24/7? Twitter made it so easy to update anyone and everyone on what was going on in… Read more »
SAMSI is a wonderful place to work. It is the right amount of calm and chaotic! When they are hosting workshops or conferences there are a lot of people in and out learning or presenting about the latest data driven research. During the school year when they have grad students conducting research here I’m sure it is even busier! Part… Read more »
I have a lot of goals when it comes to my Kenan Fellows Internship, but if I were to boil them all down they could fit into these three main goals: Learn how to code in Octave. Acquire an understanding of SAMSI day to day work. Create a project that has real world applications and community involvement. 1. Being able to… Read more »
Wow! I can’t even begin to put into words how amazing the past week has been. For the past three school years I have taught next door to a Kenan Fellow who has done nothing but rave about the program and NCCAT. Now I can truly see why! I was worried at the beginning of the week. A lot of… Read more »
