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A computational chemistry workshop for chemistry educators will be held at NCSA on June 18 through June 24, 2006 and is sponsored by NCSA, The International Center for First-Year Undergraduate Chemistry Education and the National Computational Science Institute. The workshop will cover various ways that computers can be used to enhance and expand the educational experience of undergraduates enrolled in the first-year course of the standard undergraduate chemistry curriculum. Interested participants should register at: http://www.computationalscience.org/workshops/summer06/index.html . Applications will be taken through May 30, 2006 until all 30 slots are filled. For more information, please contact: Edee Norman Wiziecki ( edeew@ncsa.uiuc.edu ).
The workshop will include discussions and hands-on laboratory exercises on visualization, simulation, molecular modeling, and mathematical software will be presented. Participants will prepare educational materials ready to use during the Fall semester of 2006.
Research has shown that students learn, retain, and internalize information more effectively when they are able to gather information, process it, and come to conclusions on their own. In the past such an approach has been difficult to employ in many chemical contexts. Modern computer technology enables more effective educational pedagogy. It is up to the educator to make the best use of this technology. This workshop will provide the foundation upon which you can build improved educational materials for your students.
One premise of this course is that educators can and should understand how research chemists make use of molecular modeling as an aid in their research endeavors. Educators, like scientists, need to learn science by actually doing science. One of the workshop goals is to provide educators with the opportunity to use molecular modeling to solve interesting and relevant problems. Towards this end, participants will be provided with a variety of experiments, using a variety of popular software. |
Computational Chemistry Summer Workshop 
