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Spring 1997 CCCENL Newsletter
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Potsdam, NY 13699-5810.
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Consulting Editor
Donald Rosenthal, CCE NEWSLETTER
Department of Chemistry, Clarkson University,
Potsdam, NY 13699-5810. Send meeting notices, etc., to Don.,
ROSEN@ CLVM.CLARKSON.EDU.
Managing Editor
Henry R. Derr,
Laramie County Community College
Cheyenne, WY 82007
HOERR@ eagles .Icc. whecn .EDU.
Contributing Editors:
Wilmon B. Chipman, Dept of Chemical Sciences, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA 02325,
chipman @topoat bsc.mass.edu
Thomas C. O'Haver- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
Thomas O'Haver@ UMAIL.UMD.EDU
Cover: A Tool Book Front-End for a Molecular Modeling Program David Whisnant
CONTENTS
1 ... FROM THE CHAIR
Donald Rosenthal, Chair CCCE
(Committee on Computers in Chemical Education)
Department of Chemistry
Clarkson University
Potsdam NY 13699·5810
Phone: 315·268·2352
E-mail: ROSEN@CLVM.CLARKSON.EDU
3 ... Software Review:
Studio, Director and SoundEdit16 from Macromedia. ( 1-800·288-4797).
Brian Pankuch, Editor
Pankuch@ hawk.ucc.edu
8 ... A TooiBook Front-End for a Molecular Modeling Program
David Whisnant
Department of Chemistry
Wofford College
Spartanburg, SC 29307
9 ... Multimedia - Are we all speaking the same language?
Dr. Marco Molinaro molinaro@cchem.berkeley.edu
MultiCHEM- Director of Multimedia Development
Modular Chemistry Consortium
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, Ca. 94720-1460
11 ... ]CE Software: Changes for Changing Times
Nancy S. Gettys
Technical Editor, JCE: Software
University of Wisconsin-Madison
209 North Brooks Street
Madison, WI 53715-1116
Phone: 800-991-5534, FAX: 608-262-7145
13... INFORMATION AND EVALUATION FROM INSTRUCTORS OF THE SPRING 1996 SEMESTER ON-LINE COURSE "ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY"
Donald Rosenthal, Chair CCCE
E-mail: rosen@clvm.clarkson.edu
24 ... FROM THE CHAIR
Donald Rosenthal, Chair CCCE (Committee on Computers in Chemical Education)
E-mail: ROSEN®CLVM.CLARKSON.EDU
FROM THE CHAIR
Donald Rosenthal, Chair CCCE
(Committee on Computers in Chemical Education)
Department of Chemistry
Clarkson University
Potsdam NY 13699-5810
Phone: 315-268-2352
E-mail: ROSEN®CLVM.CLARKSON.EDU
SUMMER 1997 ON-LINE CONFERENCE
June 1 to August 1, 1997
Eleven papers will be presented at the Summer 1997 On-Line Conference featuring "General Papers in Chemistry and Chemical Education". The papers and their authors are:
Paper 1: USING NETSCAPE AS A PRESENTATION MANAGER
Scott E. Van Bramer, Widener University, Chester,
PA 19013. svanbram@science.widener.edu,
http://science. widener .edu
Paper2: ASSESSMENT IN CHEMISTRY/NEW STAATEGIES FOR NEW TIMES
1. Dwaine Eubanks, ACS DivCHED Examinations
Institute, Clemson University, Clemson SC 29634
eubanki@ clemson.edu
Paper3: WHAT EVERY CHEMIST SHOULD KNOW ABOUT COMPUTERS, II
Mary L. Swift, Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, College Of Medicine, Howard
University, Washington DC 20059-0001.
mswift@umd5.umd.edu, and
Theresa Julia Zielinski, Chemistry Department,
Niagara University, Niagara University, NY 14109.
theresaz@ local net. com
Paper4:THE COSTS OF INCORPORATING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION
Brian M. Tissue, Department of Chemistry,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0212.
Paper5: USING PSEUDOSCIENCE TO TEACH GENERAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Michael Epstein, Margaret Bullard, Brad Buehler,
Robin Koster, Department of Science, Mount Saint
Mary's College, Emmitsburg, MD 21727.
epstein@ msmary.edu
Paper6: NATURE DOESN'T SOLVE EQUATIONS, SO WHY SHOULD WE?
MATHEMATICALLY-LEAN SIMULATIONS IN CHEMISTRY
Hugh M. Cartwright, Physical and Theoretical
Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, South
Parks Road, Oxford, England OX1 3QZ.
Paper 7: SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION: A MODEL PROGRAM THAT GOES AGAINST THE GRAIN
Cory Emal, Tanya Johnson and Paul Kelter,
Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, NE 68588-0304. pkelter@unlinfo.unl.edu
Paper 8: THE USE OF EXCEL IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY SEMINARS
A. A. Kubasov, V. S. Lyutsarev and K. V. Ermakov,
Moscow State University, Russia.
Paper9: ARE SIMULATIONS JUST A SUBSITUTE FOR REALITY?
Harry E. Pence, Chemistry Department, SUNY
Oneonta, Oneonta, NY,13820. pencehe@oneonta.edu
Paper 10: ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY: AN ON-LINE INTERCOLLEGIATE COURSE
Leonard J. Archer (1 ), James M. Beard (2), Sylvia
R. Esjornson (3), Aline M. Harrison (4), Reed
Howald (5), Peter Mahaffy (6), Maria Pacheco (7),
Donald Rosenthal (8), Mary M. Schreiner (9), and
James N. Stevenson (10).
rosen1 @clvm.clarkson.edu
(1) Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, MO
(2) Catawba College, Salisbury, NC
(3) Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK
(4) York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA
(5) Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
(6) The King's University College, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
(7) SUNY- Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY
(8) Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
(9) Niagara University, Niagara University, NY
(10) Concordia University, Austin, TX
Paper 11: CHEMISTRY ON-LINE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERACTIVE, INTERCOLLEGIATE LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR CHEMISTRY STUDENTS
George R. Long, Department of Chemistry, Indiana
University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705
SCHEDULE
June 1 to June 20 -On-Line Session 1
On or before June 1 - Retrieve Papers 1 to 5
June 2 - Short Questions for Paper 1
June 3- Short Questions for Paper 2
June 4 - Short Questions for Paper 3
June 5- Short Questions for Paper 4
June 6 -Short Questions for Paper 5
June 9 and 10 - Discussion of Paper 1
June 11 and 12- Discussion of Paper 2
June 13 and 16- Discussion of Paper 3
June 17 and 18 - Discussion of Paper 4
June 19 and 20- Discussion of Paper 5
June 23 to July 11- On-Line Session 2
On or before June 22 - Retrieve Papers 6 to 8
June 23- Short Questions for Paper 6
June 24 - Short Questions for Paper 7
June 25- Short Questions for Paper 8
June 30 and July 1 - Discussion of Paper 6
July 7 and July 8- Discussion of Paper 7
July 9 and July 10- Discussion of Paper 8
July 14 to Aug. 1 - On-Line Session 3
On or before July 13 - Retrieve papers 9 to 11
July 14 - Short Questions for Paper 9
July 15- Short Questions for Paper 10
July 16- Short Questions for Paper 11
July 21 and 22 - Discussion of Paper 9
July 23 and 24- Discussion of Paper 10
July 25 and 28 - Discussion of Paper 11
July 29 to August 1 - General Discussion and Evaluation
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS
Abstracts for the eleven conference papers are available on the CHEMCONF World Wide Web Site. (The URL is http://www.wam.umd.edu/-toh/ChemConf97.html)
REGISTRATION AND PARTICIPATION
Anyone may register for and participate in this on-line conference. There is no registration fee. To register for CHEMCONF send the message: SUBSCRIBE CHEMCONF your-first-and-last-name
Conference information and announcements will be distributed via CHEMCONF.
1997-1998 SCHOOL YEAR ON-LINE SESSIONS
In addition to the summer sessions, there will be school year sessions. The format of the school year sessions is that one week will be devoted to the discussion of each paper. Short questions will be sent on Friday and discussion will occur on Monday through Thursday. The fall semester session will occur between September 5 and November 26, 1997. The spring semester session will occur between January 30 and May 1, 1998. A number of papers have already been promised. Additional authors should contact Thomas O'Haver (to2@umail.umd.edu, 301-405-1831 ). The deadlines for school year papers are:
June 1, 1997 -Deadline for title and abstract
July 1, 1997 - School year session schedule will be established and distributed
August 1, 1997- Deadline for receipt of papers for September to December session.
January 1, 1998- Deadline for receipt of papers for February to May session.
FROM THE CHAIR
Donald Rosenthal, Chair CCCE (Committee on Computers in Chemical Education)
Department of Chemistry Clarkson University
Potsdam NY 13699-5810
Phone: 315-268-2352
E-mail: ROSEN@CLVM.CLARKSON.EDU
A. ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE
The CCCE seeks to publicize and promote the use of computers in chemical education.
B. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE- 1997
Charles Abrams - McGill University, Montreal, Canada
James Beard - Catawba College, Salisbury, N
James W. Beatty- Ripon College, Ripon, WI
Joseph Casanova- California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Wilmon B. Chipman - Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
Nancy S. Gettys - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
William Halpern - University of Western Florida, Pensacola, FL
Carolyn Sweeney Judd - Houston Community College, Houston, TX
Alfred Lata- University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Yuzhuo Li -Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
George R. Long - Indiana University of
Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Marco Molinaro - University of California, Berkeley, CA
Thomas C. O'Haver - University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Brian Pankuch - Union County College, Cranford,NJ
Harry E. Pence - SUNY College, Oneonta, NY
Donald Rosenthal- Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
Gwen Sibert - Roanoke Valley Governor's School, Roanoke, VA
Stanley Smith - University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Carl f.l. Snyder - University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Brian Tissue - VPI and State University, Blacksburg, VA
David M. Whisnant- Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
Theresa J. Zielinski - Niagara University, Niagara University, NY
C. ON-LINE MEETINGS AND SYMPOSIA
An on-line Conference entitled "General Papers in Chemistry and Chemical Education" will be held during the summer of 1997 and the 1997-1998 school year. See the article elsewhere in this
Newsletter for additional details. 22 Anyone interested in organizing a three to five week (5 paper) session at a future (1998 and beyond) online meeting should contact me (ROSEN®CLVM.CLARKSON.EDU). I would also like to hear from anyone interested in managing a meeting Listserv or Website.
D. ON-LINE INTERCOLLEGIATE COURSES
The CCCE sponsored and helped organize an intercollegiate course entitled "Environmental and Industrial Chemistry". This course will be described and discussed in this year's summer online conference (Paper 10). In addition, George Long will present a paper (Paper 11) entitled "Chemistry On-Line: A Practical Guide To The Development Of Interactive, Intercollegiate Learning Experiences For Chemistry Students". I would be interested in hearing from those who are willing to help organize an on-line course.
E. NATIONAL COMPUTER WORKSHOPS
Three day National Computer Workshops were held last summer before the BCCE at Clemson University. There were a total of 68 registrants for these workshops. It seems likely that similar Workshops will be held before the 1998 BCCE at the University of Waterloo. More information about these Workshops will be included in the Fall 1997 issue of this Newsletter.
F. CCE NEWSLETTER
The publication of this Newsletter represents a major activity of the Committee on Computers in Chemical Education. Articles submitted for publication are printed in a timely manner. Anyone interested in submitting an article should contact Brian Pankuch, Editor of the CCE Newsletter (PANKUCH®HAWK.UCC.EDU) or me.
G. OPEN MEETING AT BCCE MEETINGS
In recent years, the CCCE has held open meetings at the Biennial Meetings. These are well attended and provide an opportunity for interaction between Committee members and those attending. A meeting was held at Clemson and another meeting is planned for the 1998 BCCE at the University of Waterloo.
H. WE ALWAYS NEED IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS
The success of the Committee depends upon our interaction with you and other chemical educators. Please send us your ideas and suggestions.
Editor:
Brian Pankuch
Department of Chemistry, Union County College
Cranford, NJ 07016
pankuch@hawk.ucc.edu.
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