2022 Fall Meeting at Guilford College

Integrating Computational Modeling into Introductory Physics: A Multi-Year Exploration with High School Teachers 

Rebecca Vieyra

Rebecca is a former high school physics teacher who became a nationally-recognized science educator before serving in roles at the American Association of Physics Teachers, Organization of American States (a diplomatic agency), and PhET Interactive Simulations. Born in central Illinois, Rebecca received her B.S. in Physics Education from Illinois State University and Ph.D. in Science Education from the University of Maryland-College Park. She earned National Board Teacher Certification in 2010, was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching by Barack Obama in 2013, and was selected by NASA as an Albert Einstein Fellow in 2014.

Do You See What I See?: Smartphones as Visualization Tools

Chrystian Vieyra & Rebecca Vieyra

Chrystian is an Android and iOS app developer with a specialty in sensor data. In addition to working full-time at a major global telecommunications company, he established and continues to develop Physics Toolbox, a suite of apps to advance science education and research that have been used by more than 2 million people since 2013. Born in Celaya, Mexico, he immigrated to the United States to complete his B.S. in Computer Science from Western Illinois University. 

Friday Evening Keynote Address “Recruitment and Training of Secondary School Physics Teachers at Appalachian State" 

Tonya Coffey 

Dr. Coffey will address recruitment and training of physics teachers at the secondary school level. Both successes and failures will be discussed and along with time for Q&A she is looking forward to a discussion with all of those in attendance. Appalachian State University is part of a PhysTEC consortium of colleges and universities that is working to increase the quantity and quality of physics teachers across the country.