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Re: Call for Discussion: AAPT NDSL proposal



At 04:35 PM 1/10/2002 -0700, you wrote:
We are interested in knowing how the physics and astronomy
education community views such an effort and what they think
should be the emphasis of this first proposal. We hope this
proposal will form the framework for the Physics and
Astronomy Digital Resources for Education (PADRE) effort that
other educators can then connect to with their own proposal
either this year, or in future years. We see this as building a
number of different communities and providing resources that
can be accessed depending on the needs of the user (high school
teacher, college teacher, elementary teacher, student, or the
public).

We expect that NSF funds will be available to support this effort
for a number of years and we are trying to put something in
place that the rest of the physics and astronomy education
community can contribute to on an ongoing basis. We see
PADRE not only as a resource, but a place educators can submit
digital educational materials for peer review, not unlike
MERLOT is currently doing. We plan on cooperating with
MERLOT in this effort.


This would be an ideal place for the PIRA Demonstration Classification
Scheme (DCS) and some type of repository or library of laboratory
experiments. If directory-type information is intended as part of this
resource, those who provide outreach programs could provide information or
links so teachers can locate those in their region. An on-line safety
manual would be great - interactivity, film clips, etc.

Greg
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Academic Laboratory Manager (304)293-3422 x 1455
Physics Department (304)293-5732 (fax)
West Virginia University
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