Resources shared during zoom meetings

These are resources collected between March 20 - May 22, 2020.

Covid-19 remote teaching:

During March 20 - May 22, 2020, the TYC physics community had weekly zoom meetings to share resources and ideas sparked by the sudden transition to remote teaching. The files/videos/ideas that we shared are posted below.

DISCLAIMER: please know this is not meant to be a complete list of resources, this is just a compilation of the items that were mentioned with more emphasis during our zoom meeting (more was said and shared during the meetings, and only the recordings and chat boxes make justice to everything). There are other organizations working hard to compile resources during COVID-19. For example, click HERE to read this fantastic compilation of advices/tips/resources done by physport.org.

SHARED LABS

Remote teaching TOOLS

(a short list, click on drop down arrow)

Example of a free app to convert photos to PDF (tell your students to install any free scanner app that can convert to PDF): https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/mobile/scanner-app.html
Grading papers online: https://www.gradescope.com/
A science journal: https://sciencejournal.withgoogle.com
Photo protractor, as an example of free apps you can find to make measurements on videos/photos: just search.
Strobe light app
Taking good notes: https://www.goodnotes.com, https://www.gingerlabs.com, https://www.liquidtext.net, https://www.onenote.com/
Remote clicker: https://socrative.com
Recording classes/lectures, screen-capturing software: https://screencast-o-matic.com(free for 15 min recordings), Camtasia:https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html
Inserting quiz questions in the middle of presentations: https://go.playposit.com
Projecting iPad/cell phone on computer: https://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector
Section "Wow, HS teachers use so many different tools!!" (information extracted from a zoom meeting with HS teachers):

Friday June 5, 3:30-4:30 pm ET, Passing the mic to TYC students. Posted on the AAPT CPTYC YouTube channel.

Friday May 22, 3-4 PM, about 20 participants:

Building a better online class

Hosted by Theo Gotis, tgotis AT oakton.edu, Oakton Community College, IL
All videos of the meetings will be posted on the AAPT CPTYC Youtube channel from now on:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGutmhurcLpdOtiZP6JSE_A

Chat box

Friday May 15, 3-4 PM ET, about 25 participants:

Wrapping up Spring 2020: what worked, what didn't

Hosted by Tony Musumba, ammusumba AT umary.edu, University of Mary, ND
- Presenters: Joe Heafner (heafnerj AT gmail.com, Catawba Valley Community College, NC) and Jennifer Snyder (jlsnyder AT sdccd.edu, San Diego Mesa College, CA)
- Tools mentioned during Joe Heafner presentations: Vittle and Vittle Pro (video example by JH), Apple Pencil, Doceri, Explain Everything, LiquidText, SoftChalk, Perusall, LaTex using overleaf.com and the MANDI package (developed by JH: more discussions in the site TensorTime).
- Jen Snyder demonstrated the flexibility of adapting labs in https://www.pivotinteractives.com for teacher's needs.
Recording of the zoom meeting
Chat box

Friday May 8, 3-4 PM ET, about 22 participants:

Showcasing tools to deliver material remotely

Hosted by Michael Butros, Michael.Butros AT vvc.edu, Victor Valley College, CA
Slides shared by Michael during presentations. Some topics addressed:
On a separate note, Janet Landato (jlandato AT gmail.com) shared a few links:

Friday May 1, 3-4 PM ET, about 17 participants:

What are your teaching plans for summer?

Hosted by Karim Diff, karim.diff AT sfcollege.edu, Santa Fe College, FL
- It seems summer enrollment has increased for many of us, we discussed possible reasons.
- Faculty seem to like the idea of iOlabs, but there are price (i.e., investment, long term committment) issues and availability issues that somehow have been preventing most of us of adopting it. We seem to always talk about it though, about the possibility of using it.
- It's been pointed out that TYC students seems to spend more money on books and materials than 4-year institution students, per year: https://research.collegeboard.org/trends/college-pricing/figures-tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-sector-2019-20
- Pivot Interactives have been mentioned, and faculty were also interested in exploring more science kits.
- Philip Schmitz (pschmitz AT bluecc.edu) pointed that he is using a cheaper kit purchased online to investigate electricity: it has a small dc motor, solar panel, and wire to wind around a bolt to make a basic electro magnet.
- At the end of the meeting we brainstormed and discussed future zoom meeting topics.
Recording of the zoom meeting
Chat box

Friday April 24, 4-5 PM ET, about 25 participants:

Astronomy online: discussion and resources

Hosted by Thomas Herring, thomas.herring AT wnc.edu, Western Nevada College, NV
- T. Herring's slides
- Imagery from the Jack C Davis Observatory
Information provided by Geoff Mathews (mathewsgeoff AT fhda.edu, Foothill College, CA):
Eddington experiment: information provided by Toby Dittrich (tdittric AT pcc.edu, Portland Community College, OR):
Andrew Young (ayoung AT caspercollege.edu, Casper College WY) shared the following information after the meeting:
Recording of the zoom meeting
Chat text

April 17, 2020, 3-4 pm ET, about 30 participants:

Thinking outside the box: alternative ways to evaluate student learning.

Hosted by Kris Lui (kris.lui AT montgomerycollege.edu, Montgomery College, MD) and Raeghan Graessle (rgraessl AT harpercollege.edu, Harper College, IL)
Kris's slides on Alternative Assessments
Raeghan's files on:

Contributions by Toby Dittrich (tdittric AT pcc.edu):

"I made investigations using a Drop Tower which provides 2.1 s of g=0 by placing demonstrations like a gyroscope, pendulums, mass spring oscillator etc into a transition from g to zero. It is on the Drop Tower Physics YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRfHZ9wXKs6eiIsULzz-lx20a3Ryq0sHk. Students are fascinated, check it out…TOBY"

Recording of the zoom meeting
Chat text

April 10, 2020, 3-4 pm ET, about 49 participants:

LABS: experiments that allow students to collect data at home.

Hosted by Kendra Sibbernsen (Metropolitan Community College, NE)

Agenda:

How to develop inquiry-based labs.
How to get students to take data with things/items they can easily find at home.
How to get students to take data with cell phone apps and sensors. Everyone is invited to share/present their experiences with data collection using cell phones.
Other lab topics? Again, everyone is invited to share/present on labs, in general (open to all types of labs, not only cell-phone related).

Meeting notes:

PowerPoint slides used in the presentation.
Link to Physics with mobile devices blog post: http://nearspacescience.com/physics-apps-on-mobile-devices/
Link to Astronomy with mobile devices blog post: http://nearspacescience.com/astronomy-apps-on-mobile-devices/
Smartphone Physics on the Rise: https://physics.aps.org/articles/v13/68
Resources mentioned in the talk, or shared in chat box:
- Video Physics app ($4.99): https://www.vernier.com/product/video-physics-for-ios/
- Physical phone experiments: https://phyphox.org/
- For half-life, radioactive decay, statistics & etc (if you google simulated nuclear decay you will find a lot): https://www.random.org/
- photo protractor: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/photo-protractor/id705832869
- Google science journal: https://sciencejournal.withgoogle.com/
- Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite app
Recording of the zoom meeting
Chat text

April 3, 2020, 3-4 pm ET, about 34 participants:

TESTS: share how you create, assign, deploy, apply, proctor, collect, grade, give feedback.

Presenters: Greg Mulder (Linn-Benton Community College, OR), Karim Diff (Santa Fe College, FL), Andrew Young (Casper College, WY)

Greg Mulder demonstrated how to use https://www.gradescope.com/, which allows instructor to grade uploaded pdf's more easily, separating parts of the document into questions to be graded, presenting each question at a time to facilitate grading, and keeping valueable information about rubric and comments for each student.
- message from gradescope (thank you Frank Cascarano): "In light of the current COVID situation, we are actually giving free access to the full version of Gradescope (Gradescope Complete) to all instructors and institutions through the end of the year (through Dec 31, 2020). You and your students will be able to use all parts of Gradescope free of charge. Let me know if you have any other questions or concerns! If you (or your colleagues) would be interested in attending an online workshop to learn more about how Gradescope works, we are holding some workshops every Thursday in April, and you can register here: https://info.gradescope.com/remote-assessments-workshops. Olga Stadie. Customer Happiness Manager, Gradescope"
Academic integrity: we briefly mentioned/listed many ways to prevent cheating in test such as randomizing questions, selecting from a pool of different questions, randomizing numerical values in questions, randomizing the order of questions, have students call in a video conference while taking tests, online video proctoring systems (Respondus lock down browser, honorlock.com, *Proctor U.), using more creative forms of assessment, oral tests, etc. The simplest solution many of us are applying is to create statements on the cover of tests, or separate documents that students need to sign as they are handing in their work. Here are a few examples of statements:
- "By entering your full name, you are pledging that you have neither given nor received aid on this exam from any person, student or otherwise. You are also pledging that you have used only the resources permitted by your instructor and have not accessed the internet or used class notes or other materials during the exam."
- an interesting random link about the subject, just to stir more ideas.
Recording of the zoom meeting
Chat text

March 27, 2020, 2-3 pm ET, about 22 participants:

Andrew Young (ayoung AT caspercollege.edu) shared a lot of lab resources (videos, handouts, etc):
Open Education resource: https://openstax.org/subjects/science
Share screens between iPad and Mac https://lunadisplay.com/
My Open Math (for exams and homework)
Assignment collaboration, remote teaching etc: https://www.showbie.com
Recording of the zoom meeting

March 20, 2020, 2-3 pm ET, about 30 participants:

Animated labs: https://www.thephysicsaviary.com/Physics/Programs/Labs/
Instructions/ideas to make cheap pen-paper videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV8asLnR1B0
Recommendations: Screencast-O-Matic: Screen Recorder & Video Editor to record screen shots. It is free if you make any videos that are 15 minutes or less. It seems to be unlimited for those who use Canvas.
https://www.physicsclassroom.com
Lab simulations:
- https://www.labster.com/simulations/?_sft_categories=physics&_sft_packages=physics
- https://phet.colorado.edu
- https://astro.unl.edu/naap/
- https://www.cengage.com/c/mindtap-for-virtual-astronomy-labs-3-0-3e-cengage/9781305952409PF/
- Stellarium (on its own, and McGraw Hill Stellarium has been mentioned too): https://stellarium.org
- Boxed Kits (eScience, Hands On Labs, Carolina Biological)
Communication alternatives: Google hang out (Virtual Office Hours), Zoom, Webex, Gotowebinar
Apps that will let them take photos and automatically turn them into PDFs (Camscanner is my favorite)
Electron Charge/mass ratio video from M. Geppert: https://youtu.be/Yy91Uxzt9zE
Other lab video resources (and spreadsheet/instructions): http://gdenicolo.net/covid/sharing_labs_covid.html
Recording of the zoom meeting
Chat text
Post-meeting SURVEY results