[Visualpython-users] Gordon Research Conference: Physics Research and Education

[Rob S. <sa...@ph...>]

Here is some information on an upcoming conference
that might be of interest to some on this mailing list.
(Details below)

It would great to have more contributed poster presentations involving
VPython.

rob salgado


http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2008&program=physres

http://www.opensourcephysics.org/GRC/index.html   (more info)
http://www.opensourcephysics.org/GRC/program.html (program schedule as a PDF)
http://www.opensourcephysics.org/GRC/support.html (possible financial
support)

PHYSICS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
Computation And Computer-Based Instruction

June 8-13, 2008
Bryant University
Smithfield, RI

Chairs: Bradley S. Ambrose & Wolfgang Christian
Vice Chairs: Enrique J. Galvez & Chandralekha Singh

Application Deadline: May 18, 2008.


The 2008 Gordon Research Conference on Physics Research and
Education, the fifth in this series of conferences, will
focus on the expanding and deepening role of computers in
physics research and instruction, with particular emphasis
on undergraduate education. The purpose of this conference
is to survey how computational physics is currently being
used, to identify problems where computation helps students
understand key physics concepts, and to assess the
effectiveness of computational-physics instruction. The
conference will highlight current efforts to incorporate
computational physics and other computer-based methods (such
as simulations and visualizations) into the physics
classroom. The format of the conference - which will include
invited plenary sessions, contributed poster presentations,
and generous amounts of unscheduled time for informal
discussions - is specially designed to promote dialogue and
cross-fertilization of ideas between educators and
researchers at the forefront of their fields, including
researchers in physics education. College and university
faculty, research associates (postdocs), computational-
physics textbook authors, curriculum and educational
software developers, and graduate and undergraduate students
are invited to participate.