Thursday, October 27, 2011
Physics Apps
Just for the sake of sharing, I found a collection of simple apps for Physics teachers:
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Ideas for PTP
First Idea - Learning screen shot technology. I'm going to learn Jing. (5 points)
Second Idea - Learning Logger Pro including all the tutorials. (10 points)
Second Idea - Learning Logger Pro including all the tutorials. (10 points)
Monday, October 10, 2011
Video Copyright Critiques
Video 1
Paul G. Hewitt is an energetic conceptual physics professor who has written text books and published many of his lectures on video. This YouTube patron posted a demo Paul Hewitt performed (it's a really cool demonstration - please take a minute to watch!)
I believe the youtube poster followed copyright because they acknowledged that the video belongs to Conceptual Physics by Paul Hewitt in the beginning of the video. They also only posted about 2 minutes worth; many of the videos of his lectures run longer so 2 minutes is most likley 10% or under. Also, the author posted a link to a website where the lectures and materials can be purchased: http://www.mandmvideos.com/, promoting the sale of Conceptual Physics' materials.
Video 2
This video was posted by the YouTube patron, minutephysics. It is a short video about Schrodinger's Cat, a quantum-mechanical thought experiment.
Since this video is the material of the YouTube patron, they have followed copyright completely. Any of one's own material can be shared as much as they want. I do have a question though: what are the usage and copyright rules regarding original material posted on YouTube? If it is the material of the person who posted it, can you consider it creative commons?
Paul G. Hewitt is an energetic conceptual physics professor who has written text books and published many of his lectures on video. This YouTube patron posted a demo Paul Hewitt performed (it's a really cool demonstration - please take a minute to watch!)
I believe the youtube poster followed copyright because they acknowledged that the video belongs to Conceptual Physics by Paul Hewitt in the beginning of the video. They also only posted about 2 minutes worth; many of the videos of his lectures run longer so 2 minutes is most likley 10% or under. Also, the author posted a link to a website where the lectures and materials can be purchased: http://www.mandmvideos.com/, promoting the sale of Conceptual Physics' materials.
Video 2
This video was posted by the YouTube patron, minutephysics. It is a short video about Schrodinger's Cat, a quantum-mechanical thought experiment.
Since this video is the material of the YouTube patron, they have followed copyright completely. Any of one's own material can be shared as much as they want. I do have a question though: what are the usage and copyright rules regarding original material posted on YouTube? If it is the material of the person who posted it, can you consider it creative commons?
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Class Website
Here is the URL to my class website:
https://sites.google.com/site/skyhighphysics
What I did to personalize it:
-I have a gadget on my opening page that gives you random optical illusions.
-For my first assignment, I have a physics example from the office.
-My high school was inspired by the movie, Sky High.
https://sites.google.com/site/skyhighphysics
What I did to personalize it:
-I have a gadget on my opening page that gives you random optical illusions.
-For my first assignment, I have a physics example from the office.
-My high school was inspired by the movie, Sky High.
Where it all began...
After sitting down to make a website for my IPT class, I remembered the reason I became interested in Physics.
My sophomore year in high school, I watched the Nova on String Theory in an introductory astronomy class. I became so excited and said, "I want to understand THAT!" My good teacher said, "Well, that's Physics." So, I determined to study Physics.
Over the course of six-seven years, I've done a lot of physics. Lately, I've been discouraged; having finished my physics degree I can't help but wonder: did I learn anything? am I really competent? do I really want to be a contributing physicist?
All these questions wore on my self esteem, until I started watching the Nova episode for the first time in seven years. As I watched I thought to myself, "Yeah, know that. Yup, I know why that is true," etc. it hit me: I UNDERSTOOD the episode! My goal six years ago was to understand physics, and for as much as a bachelor's student can, I think I succeeded!!
My sophomore year in high school, I watched the Nova on String Theory in an introductory astronomy class. I became so excited and said, "I want to understand THAT!" My good teacher said, "Well, that's Physics." So, I determined to study Physics.
Over the course of six-seven years, I've done a lot of physics. Lately, I've been discouraged; having finished my physics degree I can't help but wonder: did I learn anything? am I really competent? do I really want to be a contributing physicist?
All these questions wore on my self esteem, until I started watching the Nova episode for the first time in seven years. As I watched I thought to myself, "Yeah, know that. Yup, I know why that is true," etc. it hit me: I UNDERSTOOD the episode! My goal six years ago was to understand physics, and for as much as a bachelor's student can, I think I succeeded!!
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