professional talks

Here you'll find posters, talks, and workshop materials that I've presented at professional conferences.

 Demonstrations and Ideas from the Exploratorium; AAPT, Denver, 2008.  
   
Download handouts in PDF or Doc (clickable links in Doc). Here are the Vanna pictures right-side-up and upside-down and original.  
     
Using and making audio podcasts in the mathematics classroom. California Mathematics Council (CMC) Conference, Asilomar CA, December 1 2007.  
 
Download handouts and Powerpoint (both PDFs).
     
Get the word out: Podcasting, blogging, and my life as a scientist communicator. Invited presentation, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 5 2007, San Jose CA.  
   
You can download PDF of talk, a handout of good blogs and podcasts and detailed handouts on podcasting  
     
Attack of the Podpeople! Using and making podcasts in education. Invited presentation, Physics Department, University of Colorado at Boulder, July 2 2007  
 
I've talked a lot about using podcasts in K-12 education -- in this presentation, I talked about using podcasts in an academic setting. Academics can stay current in science by listening to podcasts, suggest good podcasts to their students, podcast their lectures, or be interviewed as an expert in someone else's podcast. I talked about good communication skills so your science can be understood. You can download PDF of talk, the Head harp activity and Handouts.
     

Hear Me Out! Communicating nanotechnology through podcasts
Communicating Science to Broader Audiences, Lincoln NE -- April 2007

  
   
Nanotechnology is a challenging subject to communicate. We use audio podcasts to allow the public to hear scientists and policy makers' opinions and research in this area, as well as a nanotechnology news quiz. Download the poster from this conference.  
     

Sparking excitement for electricity: Electrostatic activities that work
CMSESMC conference -- March 3 2007

  
   
A series of electrostatics activities from a workshop I taught in San Mateo -- flying the hydra, exploring the electrostatic world with sticky tape, and zap yourself with a pie plate. Download handout.  
     

SmallTalk: Communicating nanotechnology to the public
Talk at the AAPT meeting -- January 2007

  
   
I gave a presentation at the American Association of Physics Teachers meeting on our work on SmallTalk and communicating nanotechnology to the public.