Monthly Archives: March 2020

The last two weeks of my 2nd semester calculus-based introductory physics course are generally about electromagnetic radiation and about light – which is one quite narrow slice of the electromagnetic spectrum. There are all kinds of things we can do … Continue reading →

On March 13 – just as the first university physical classroom shutdowns due to COVID were taking place – the PhET interactive simulation group at the University of Colorado released four prototype simulations to help educators like me jump to … Continue reading →

I am trying to provide PhET-based lessons as substitutes for the physical labs in my 2nd semester calculus-based introductory physics classes. At least for now, I am limiting the PhET simulations I use to those that are coded in HTML … Continue reading →

A list of things I’ve thought of that are making this pandemic more survivable than it would have been had it taken place 20 years ago: mRNA technology: With messenger RNA technology, there is hope for a vaccine in a … Continue reading →

Florida’s economy will almost certainly look significantly different after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. It is likely that the hospitality and tourism industry that is so important to our state will be significantly smaller. But what (if anything) will replace it? … Continue reading →

With students at nearly every college and university in the nation now taking their courses entirely online, it’s worth asking the question: Are students learning less, the same or even more than they would have in the physical classrooms they … Continue reading →

I had to record this scene the old-fashioned way – with my memory – since I didn’t have my cell phone: I was being rolled into an operating room at Capital Regional Medical Center on Friday morning. When the doors … Continue reading →

For students and employees with chronic respiratory illnesses at colleges and universities, the pattern is familiar: Three to four weeks after classes convene after summer break, Christmas break or spring break, the new viruses that students who scattered to other … Continue reading →

Sometime in the next week or so, the Florida Legislature will decide whether there will be a substantial salary raise package for teachers in Florida’s public schools for the 2020-21 school year. The budgets approved by the two chambers of … Continue reading →

Do I trust parents? Parents are the ultimate deciders in the lives of K-12 students, and most parents desperately want what’s best for their kids. They will relentlessly pursue what they believe that to be. But unless a parent is … Continue reading →