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CCCE National Workshops
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CCCE NATIONAL COMPUTER WORKSHOPS
Sponsored by the ACS Division of Chemical Education's Committee on Computers in Chemical Education (CCCE)
August 7 to August 9, 1998 (Just Prior to BCCE) at the University of Waterloo Waterloo, ON, Canada The following workshops will be offered: (the title is followed by the name of workshop organizer)
A. INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE FOR GENERAL AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY What's OutThere and How Are People Using It? Marco Molinaro (University of California, Berkeley)
B. USING THE WORLD WIDE WEB IN CHEMISTRY COURSES Brian Tissue (V.P.I. and State University)
C. DEVELOPING MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS FOR CHEMISTRY INSTRUCTION Charles Abrams (Beloit College)
D. PREDICTION OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES BY COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY Paul M. Lahti {University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Descriptions of the workshops are presented below.
Each participant will register for one workshop which will schedule morning, afternoon and evening sessions on Friday, August 7 and Saturday, August 8 and morning and afternoon sessions on Sunday,August9. The workshops will include both lectures and hands-on sessions. The registration fee is $ 120 Canadian {about$ 85 U.S.) before June 1, 1998 and $ 160 Canadian {about$ 115 U.S.) after June 1, 1998. The number of participants in each workshop is limited. Registrants will be accepted in the order received.
Information about the CCCE National Computer Workshops is available:
• by sending the message: SUBSCRIBE WORK-SHOP your-name to: listserv@clvm.clarkson.edu
• on the World Wide Web under "Pre-Conference Workshops" {http://sciborg.uwaterloo.ca/bcce)
• by contacting the CCCE National Computer Workshops Director:
Donald Rosenthal Department of Chemistry
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY 13699·581 0
rosen@ clvm.clarkson.edu
Telephone: {315) 265·9242
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
A. INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE FOR GENERAL AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - What's Out There and How Are People Using It? Marco Molinaro, MultiCHEM • Director of Multimedia Development, Department of Chemistry, University of California,Berkeley CA 94720 molinaro@cchem.berkeley.edu http://mc2.cchem.berkeley.edu
The amount of chemistry instructional software is increasing exponentially. The purpose of this workshop is to:
1) expose you to what is out there,
2) give you hands-on experience with the software, and
3) learn how others are using the software in the classroom, in the laboratory, and as take home work for the students.
We will take time to explore, critique, and discuss some material in depth from both the CD-ROM and the World Wide Web realms with the goal that everyone interested will leave with a clear plan for implementing appropriate technology in their classroom.
The software we will focus on will be both Macintosh and Windows compatible. Some Macintosh· or Windows-only software will be mentioned for completeness.
B. USING THE WORLD WIDE WEB IN CHEMISTRY COURSES Brian Tissue, Department of Chemistry,V.P.I. and State University, Blacksburg VA 24061 tissue@vt.edu http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/workshop/
In this course participants will learn how to find, create, and use Web resources for their courses. We will begin by demonstrating and discussing what is available on the Internet. Participants will create basic HTML pages and FTP them to a server, and then progress to incorporating images, image maps, forms, JavaScripts, or other interactive elements into their pages. Discussions will focus on which Internetbased methods are best for different educational tasks. Participants should bring ideas and materials from which to develop Web pages. Either Macintosh or PC platforms may be used.
C. DEVELOPING MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS FOR CHEMISTRY INSTRUCTION Charles Abrams, Department of Chemistry, Beloit College, Beloit Wl53511 - Abrams@Beloit.edu
Multimedia authoring is not as costly or difficult as it used to be. This workshop will introduce participants to several multimedia authoring tools and techiques, ultimately focussing on MacroMedia Director. Instructors interested in creating their own multimedia presentations, or helping their students do so, are especially encouraged to attend. We will learn how to take advantage of unique capabilities of computerized instruction {interactivity, visualization, etc.) that cannot be duplicated by other instructional media. Incorporating multimedia elements into web pages (using Macromedia's Shockwave) will also be covered.
No prior programming or graphics experience is required. By the end of the workshop, participants will have developed a short multimedia tutorial on a topic from general or organic chemistry, with the help of graphics and templates provided.
Macintosh computers will be used. However, the skills learned and all the software used is available and readily transferable to the Windows platform.
D. PREDICTION OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES BY COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY Paul M. Lahti, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003-451 0 - Iahti @chem.umass.edu
This workshop will be a hands-on session aimed at demonstrating and testing computational chemistry methods for the prediction of molecular properties. A survey of various force field, semiempirical molecular orbital, and ab initio molecular orbital methods will be made with consideration of their capabilities of predicting specific properties. Case studies will be carried out to evaluate properties such as: molecular geometry, conformational analysis, vibrational spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, dipole moments, and chemical reactivity. Time will be allotted for free-format labs when workshop attendees focus on problems of their own specific interest. Problems both of educational and research interest are encouraged. Extrapolation from molecular to macromolecular properties will be briefly considered, but generally will be outside the scope of this workshop.
Because of the applied nature of this workshop, some previous experience with computational modeling techniques will be expected. A brief overview of the methods used in the workshop will be given to orient workshop attendees sufficiently to proceed with the specific exercises given.
Date:
03/25/98 to 03/29/98
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