Seminar Schedule
Planetarians' Zoom Seminars
...are usually on the last Friday of the month at 11am or 2 pm Pacific Time. The seminars are recorded and archived. For connection URL, see the Zoom Online Seminar page. If you would like to do a presentation at a seminar, please contact Planetarium Zoom Seminar (PZS) Coordinator, Rosemary Walling <rosemary{~at}mariedrakeplanetarium.org>, with the following:
1. Possible date(s) for your presentation
2. A catchy Title
3. A brief Description
4. A brief Bio (who you are, where you work, 1-3 sentences)
Upcoming Planetarians' Zoom Seminars
2024
Dates and times subject to alteration depending on availability of presenters.
No July PZS [IPS conference Berlin is July 18–26]
2024 Aug 30 11am PDT (18:00 UT). Celebrating Alan Friedman's Legacy - Audience Participation and More. Alan Friedman was a pioneer in developing and nurturing techniques for audience participation in the planetarium world. This seminar will honor his legacy by looking at his career, his accomplishments, the people he mentored, and the audience participation strategies he promoted. To honor his philosophy that a planetarium audience is best served by actively involving them in their own planetarium learning, we will encourage audience participation in this seminar. Positions Alan held included Founding Director of The Lawrence Hall of Science Planetarium (then called the William K. Holt Planetarium), IPS President, and Founding Director of the New York Hall of Science. He was also a pioneer in using literature and other areas of the humanities for science teaching. Everyone is invited: those who knew Alan well and those who may only suspect that they have benefited from his work.
2024 Sep 27
2024 Oct 25 [WAC conference with GLPA in Peoria IL Oct 22–26]
2024 Nov 22 (3rd Friday)
2024 Dec 20 (3rd Friday)