Evaluation of IN-VSEE July Workshop 1998

Responses from participants

Most Useful Aspect of the Workshop

General

All of it

All were useful

Seeing is believing!

The physical representation, prototyping

Connecting the visualization/natural occurrences

The discussion on microscopy in general. The history is really interesting.

All of it. There was lots of information that I feel would work well in my classroom.

Equipment and Overview

Seeing the equipment

Viewing the equipment

General overview of the Modules

Seeing module + SPM equipment overview

Module Demo

Introduction by Dr. Ramakrishna

Demos of instructional modules and NIH Image.

Friendly, open atmosphere, motivation & enthusiasm of presenters

Dr. Ong's presentation was very interesting involving math - especially geometry.

The presentation of packing of Spheres in Music of Spheres. Also, I hadn't see [seen] the

live presentation with the SPM - that was great!

IN-VSEE Capabilities

Interactive capabilities for high school students with the on-line microscopes as well as

the modules. I am also very interested in module development.

I really am excited about the possibilities of visual presentations, especially for my ESL

classes.

I have not used much technology in my classes and am excited to present this material to my classes.

Enhancing my Knowledge

Hands-on

Knowledge about the web sites

Basic understanding of IN-VSEE

Learning about relationship to prisms

Finding the mathematics aspects of imaging tech.

Ability to bring on line imaging into my classroom.

I knew nothing about the scanning microscope work

My general knowledge of state of the art technology was enhanced

Being able to talk w/Ed Ong, Serrence, & others of how everything works.

Learned about the scope of the IN-VSEE project and how it could be used.

Note. All responses are reported verbatim. Categories of responses were created by the investigators.