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Lab Gone Viral

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

The Gibson Assembly Song! I wish more graduate students would do something like this. Singing and performing has got to help with stress in the lab. More information The video was just made for fun, and took less than a week to put together (not counting the time to write the words!). Filming was done […]

ScienceOnline 2012

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Really enjoyed the agenda and tweets from Science Online 2012. I’ve made it my mission to attend next year!

Science Education Through Music

Friday, September 18th, 2009

I think this is the way to go…. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0zION8xjbM&hl=en&fs=1&]

Science Education in Ethiopia

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Since I will be traveling to Ethiopia later this Spring and raising an Ethiopian-American child, I have great interest in environmental health in Ethiopia and making a difference there. I was passed a nice web site that teaches chemistry in a more interesting way. You are able to click on elements within the periodic table […]

Science 2.0 – Is Open Access Science the Future?

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

“Science happens not just because of people doing experiments, but because they’re discussing those experiments” ~Christopher Surridge, editor of the Web-based journal, Public Library of Science On-Line Edition (PLoS ONE) Read the article: Science 2.0 – Is Open Access Science the Future?

Science & Research Education in Second Life

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

This video is a nice overview of science education in Second Life. Keep an open mind for what is possible and “get a second life!”. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfsSGBraUhc&hl=en&fs=1] This longer video gives a large overview of the variety of topics that can be taught and discovered in Second Life. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOFU9oUF2HA&hl=en&fs=1]

Credible Blogs for Scientific Research

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

I would love to get more researchers to blog. I know for some, especially Post Docs and graduate students, there is fear that their writing will be misinterepreted or by chance impact their career later down the road. The challenge is that everyone has a voice with blogs and some information may not be accurate. […]

Science Blogs

Friday, September 19th, 2008

How do we get scientists involved with new technology? Perhaps we should start with blogging. It’s easy, free, and many scientists have much to share with others. I see there is great interest in this area, and I may have to try to get out to North Carolina in January for ScienceOnline’09. ScienceOnline’09 is the […]

Multimedia and Science Education

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Our outreach program with the Environmental Health Sciences Center has always focused on integrating 21st century learning skills into the education. I found information from Quest, a production of KQED Public Broadcasting in the California Bay Area. I think it is a valuable reminder of why it is important to examine how to best do […]

Begin By Listening

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Is podcasting new to you?  Below are some samples of health and science podcasts. What works, what doesn’t work?  Is this something worth doing as an outreach tool in your program? NIH Research Radio UCSF Science Cafe Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research University of Utah The Health and Wellness Podcast University of Virginia University of […]