Berglund Center for Internet Studies
"The primary objective of the Berglund Center for Internet Studies (BCIS) at Pacific University is to facilitate discussion, research, debate, andwriting concerning the impact of the Internet within our global society and economy. The Center is particularly focused on the effects of the Internet on electronic communities, and the way we work, communicate, teach, and learn at all levels." I have made several presentations with the support of the BCIS.

• A WebQuest HELO--Higher education Expanded Learning Opportunities (HELO)
  An inquiry into resources in higher education that demonstrate best practices in using technology to create better learning environments. This presentation was first given at Warner Pacific College in Portland Oregon. This workshop was sponsored as part of the Murdock Technology Initiative and by The Berglund Center For Internet Studies at Pacific University.
• Finding Solutions in a Digital Age
  What are the pedagogically powerful technological tools that are appropriate for the subject matter in your discipline, that can meet your needs as an educator, and that will foster meaningful learning for your students? This abbreviated WebQuest was first presented as a workshop led by Dr. Mark Bailey and I as part of the Murdock Technology Initiative 2002 Conference. This workshop sponsored by the Murdock Technology Initiative and by The Berglund Center For Internet Studies at Pacific University.
  

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Project VISM: Visualization in Science and Mathematics
For the past three years I have served as the project evaluator for Project VISM, a National Science Foundation sponsored project at James Madison University. Project VISM involved over 100 mathematics and science teachers from around the country in a three week summer workshop designed to help middle school and high school mathematics and science teachers learn the techniques and application of data visualization for their own classrooms. The workshop provided instruction in the use of four readily available scientific visualization tools:

* image processing (with NIH Image, Scion Image, or Image J)
* geospatial analysis (with ArcView GIS by ESRI, Inc.)
* molecular visualization (with RASMOL and Chemscape Chime)
* systems modeling (STELLA for Education).

Learn more about the project and its resources (including links to each of the four tools) at the Project VISM website.

• Publications related to Project VISM
• Presentations related to Project VISM
  

Image processing in your classroom

I have been associated with the Center for Image Processing in Education (CIPE). I presented multiple image processing projects with my students at the 1998 & 1999 & 2000 National Imaging Technology in Education Conference (NITEC) in Mesa & Tucson, Arizona and Rochester New York. Similar presentations made at the 1998 & 1998 Michigan Association for Computer-related technology Users in Learning (MACUL) in Grand Rapids and Detroit Michigan; and also the 1998 & 1999 Best Practices in Education Conference hosted by the College of Education at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan.