Spring 1996 Meeting at University of Illinois

AAPT Meeting - Combined Illinois and Indiana

"Tools for Teaching"
April 19-20, 1996
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Local contacts at the physics department of the University of Illinois, Urbana :
Jack Mochel, (217) 333-8702, mochel@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Sara Hiser, (217) 333-3645, hisersar@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
FAX: (217) 333-9819
Here is a map that includes Loomis and ESB (Engineering Sciences Building) .

Schedule

Friday, April 19, 1996 

8:00 - noon    Registration, Lobby of Room 190, ESB (Engineering Sciences Building)
9:00 - 11:30   Workshops
  W1.  "You Write a Homework Problem on The Web", A.W. Hubler, 257 Loomis
  W2.  "Torsional Oscillator Experiments", S. Errede, 332 Loomis
  W3.  "Brave New Labs for Non-calculus Students", D.W. Hertzog, 164 Loomis
  W4.  "Gradebook on the Web", D. Kane, 234 Loomis
Noon - 1:00    Lunch
Noon - 5:30    Commercial and Other Exhibits, Lobby of ESB
1:00 - 1:05    Welcome, 190 ESB, W.R. Schowalter, Dean of the UIUC Col. of Eng.
1:05 - 1:10    A Physics Welcome, 190 ESB, D.K. Campbell, Head of Physics, UIUC
1:10 - 2:00    "UIUC's New Physics Curriculum", G.E. Gladding, UIUC, 190 ESB
2:00 - 4:00    Contributed Papers, "Take fives"
                Session I -- 190 ESB, Mainly pedagogical topics
                Session II - 141 Loomis, Mainly research topics
4:00 - 4:30    Coffee break, Lobby of 190 ESB
4:30 - 5:30    "CyberProf and Physics", A.W. Hubler, 190 ESB
6:00 - 7:30    Reception (1st floor), Banquet (3rd floor), Levis Faculty Center
8:00 - 9:00    "The Physics Van Show", M. Selen and crew, UIUC, 141 Loomis
9:00 - 9:30    Tour of Instructional Facilities, J. Mochel, 141 Loomis ...
Saturday, April 20, 1996 
7:00 - 8:30    Illinois Section Council Meeting (no Indiana meeting), 358 Loomis
8:00 - 9:00    Registration, Lobby of 190 ESB
8:00 - noon    Commercial and Other Exhibits, Lobby of ESB
8:00 - 9:45    Contributed Papers, 190 ESB
9:45 - 10:00   Coffee break, Lobby of 190 ESB
10:00 - 11:00  Contributed Papers, 190 ESB
11:00 - noon   "Physics Labs Can't be on the Web (yet)", D.W. Hertzog, UIUC, 190 ESB
Noon - 1:30    Box Lunch and Contributed Paper, 190 ESB
David R. Renneke, Secretary-Treasurer of the Illinois Section of AAPT
Physics Department
Augustana College
Rock Island, IL 61201
(309) 794-7391
dr@helios.augustana.edu
URL: http://helios.augustana.edu/isaapt/spring96.html

Last update: April 21, 1996