[EMP2012] Happy 2013

[Randy Russell]

I can do early to mid March, but not late March.

Reminder, tomorrow is the deadline for abstracts for the Denver NSTA 
regional.

http://science.nsta.org/sessions/proposal_submission.asp

FYI, here are samples of two abstracts Spark has already submitted:

*Teaching Computational Thinking: Examples from Weather and Climate 
Modeling*

Computer modeling and computational thinking are critical components of 
modern science. Workshop participants will try out several activities 
which illustrate aspects of computational thinking and systems science. 
Topics include simulations, model resolution, feedback loops, scaling 
and the need for supercomputers, limitations of models, uncertainty, and 
more. Activities will focus on specific examples from weather and 
climate modeling, but the principles are applicable to many different 
scientific and engineering disciplines.

*Computer Games, Simulations, and Virtual Labs for STEM Education*

We will present the equivalent of a "literature review" or "consumer's 
report" of a broad range of computer games, interactive computer-based 
simulations, and virtual laboratories intended for use in STEM 
education. This review will cover various science content disciplines - 
including the physical sciences, life sciences, and Earth sciences - as 
well as math and engineering topics. We will present materials from a 
broad array of sources. We will also direct participants to a web site 
that provides more in-depth and extensive listings and reviews of such 
resources than we can cover during a one-hour presentation. Although 
there are several good online collections of such resources focused on 
specific topics (e.g. astronomy education) or from specific sources 
(e.g. NOAA's games web site), we believe this web site is the first to 
present such a collection spanning the gamut of sources and STEM content 
disciplines. We will briefly demonstrate several games, simulations, and 
virtual labs during the course of this presentation. We will also 
demonstrate some of the educational games and simulations developed by 
our group at NCAR (the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in 
Boulder), which focus primarily on Earth science topics.

On 1/14/2013 11:36 AM, Scott W. McIntosh wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> So sorry for the radio silence on EMP. I have been almost completely 
> focussed on getting my commitments to the upcoming NASA IRIS mission 
> under control. I completely blew the planning for meeting this month.
>
> Early next month we are expecting a baby and that has been playing on 
> my mind/time a lot too. sigh.
>
> Would everyone be suited to a one/two day meeting in early to mid 
> March here? I think we have enough funds to cover a lot of travel and 
> accommodation - I will double check with Joanne before I commit to 
> anything though.
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> I will have one more canvas to the folks who attended the meeting in 
> Australia about uploading photos and I have yet to pull the 
> professional images taken by the North Queensland Tourist Bureau that 
> (by helping them) we were able to get access to.
>
> Hope that you are all well, staying away from the nasty flu virus and 
> are looking forward to a busy collaboration in 2013.
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
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