TAPT-ers,
We
had a fun, somewhat low-key, Zoom meeting yesterday. Thanks for the
participation. We did a physics quiz and heard an organ concert and caught up
with a few people. I’m sorry if you tried to enter and weren’t able to –
sometimes the google calendar can be confusing and I maybe shouldn’t have used
it.
The
physics quiz can be found at https://physicsworld.com/a/bored-of-the-lock-down-get-your-brain-working-with-this-physics-trivia-quiz/.
Try it - it’s awesome.
Fritz
wasn’t in attendance but Bruce suggested a good book: Isaac Asimov wrote a book
about neutrinos in 1966 or so. A scan of the book is attached.
There
was some general complaining about teaching online. We all feel underprepared
and disappointed. As does everyone else in the world. Some people had some good
suggestions about how to cope. Antonio was smart and brought his docu-camera
home. Wish I’d thought of that. Bruce really likes the group breakout in Zoom.
I’ve used it in Virtual Classroom with ok results I think. Helen pointed out
that at least we’re not in England, where the school year doesn’t end until
July. We all agreed with Helen – it’s just so hard to know if your students are
learning, so hard to find out what they have learned.
Also,
we don’t often get to hear an organ concert – Mark Stockwell is building a
large and complicated organ in his garage. It’s awesome.
We
all hope schools will be open again in September. Helen’s joke: In the future,
exponential growth will be taught using corona virus, and exponential decay
will be taught using the interest of students in online lessons.
Hope
everyone is healthy! Please feel free to add your own links; those that
attended might want to remind me of anything I missed.
Best,
Karie
