scholarly journals Bugscope: The Second Year Of A Sustainable Remote Microscope Project For K-12 Educational Outreach

2000 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 22-23
Author(s):  
C.S. Potter ◽  
B. Carragher ◽  
L. Carroll ◽  
C. Conway ◽  
B. Grosser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Imaging Systems ◽  
Educational Outreach ◽  
Environmental Scanning ◽  
Web Browser ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The World ◽  
Second Year ◽  
K 12

Bugscope is a second generation educational project in the World Wide Laboratory that provides web browser based control of scientific imaging instrumentation using the Internet. We had previously demonstrated web based remote access to sophisticated scientific imaging systems several years ago in the Chickscope project. The primary goal of the Bugscope project is to demonstrate that relatively low cost, sustainable access to an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) can be made available to K-12 classrooms.

Bugscope: The Second Year of a Sustainable Remote Microscope Project for K-12 Education Outreach.

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1160-1161 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.S. Potter ◽  
B. Carragher ◽  
L. Carroll ◽  
C. Conway ◽  
B. Grosser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Access Time ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Environmental Scanning ◽  
Web Browser ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Second Year ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Education Outreach

Bugscope is a second generation educational project in the World Wide Laboratory that provides web browser based control of scientific imaging instrumentation using the Internet. We had previously demonstrated web based remote access to sophisticated scientific imaging systems several years ago in the Chickscope project. The primary goal of the Bugscope project is to demonstrate that relatively low cost, sustainable access to an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) can be made available to K-12 classrooms.Methods: To participate in the project, a classroom submits a web based application that describes how they plan to use the microscope. If the application is accepted, a one hour session on the ESEM is scheduled and the classroom mails in their chosen specimen. During their access time, classrooms use a standard web browser over the Internet to control and acquire images from the ESEM (Philips/FEI XL-30FEG).

Bugscope: a Sustainable Web-Based Telemicroscopy Project for K-12 Classrooms

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (S2) ◽  
pp. 514-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.S. Potter ◽  
B. Carragher ◽  
M. Ceperley ◽  
C. Conway ◽  
B. Grosser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Wide ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Browser ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Remote Imaging ◽  
The World ◽  
K 12

Bugscope is a new educational project in the World Wide Laboratory. The World Wide Laboratory provides Web browser based control of scientific imaging instrumentation using the Internet [1]. Providing K-12 classrooms with web based remote access to sophisticated scientific imaging systems was initially demonstrated by us in 1996 in the Chickscope project [2,3]. Chickscope allowed students to study chicken embryo development using a remotely controlled magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system from their classrooms. While the Chickscope project was highly successful, the resources required to provide operational support for the remote imaging aspects of the project for a small number of classrooms were enormous and the project was not sustainable. The Bugscope project builds on the methods developed and the lessons learned from the Chickscope project. The primary goal is to demonstrate that relatively low cost, sustainable access to an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) can be made available to K-12 classrooms to examine arthropods.Methods: Classrooms use a standard web browser over the Internet to control and acquire images from a Philips XL-30FEG ESEM. The architecture to support remote acquisition is shown in fig. 1. The client/server control architecture for the ESEM remote control server is based on the emScope control library [4].

Bugscope: A Practical Approach to Providing Remote Microscopy for Science Education Outreach

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clinton S. Potter ◽  
Bridget Carragher ◽  
Liana Carroll ◽  
Charles Conway ◽  
Benjamin Grosser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Educational Outreach ◽  
Outreach Program ◽  
High Magnification ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Web Browser ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Education Outreach

AbstractThe Bugscope project is an educational outreach program for kindergarten to grade 12 (K–12) classrooms. The project provides a resource to classrooms so that they may remotely operate a scanning electron microscope to image insects at high magnification. The microscope is remotely controlled in real time from a classroom computer over the Internet using a Web browser. Bugscope provides a state-of-the-art microscope resource for teachers that can be readily integrated into classroom activities. The Bugscope project provides a low-cost, sustainable model for research groups to support K–12 education outreach projects.

Interactive Power Point Lesson

2011 ◽  
pp. 463-468
Author(s):  
Melissa B. Holler
Keyword(s):  
World Wide ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Technology Coordinators ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Internet Explorer ◽  
The World ◽  
Power Point ◽  
Microsoft Office ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Integrated Software

The foundation for much of the technology being used in today’s classroom is the Microsoft Office suite. It is fast becoming the integrated software package of choice for many schools and school districts. Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access are the staples for many students and teachers. Complimenting these capabilities, Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator are the tools of choice for accessing the World Wide Web. Why not help teachers utilize these same tools to develop text, visual, and Web-based materials for the classroom, and leave the more complex and costly packages to multimedia designers and commercial artists? The success of this philosophy has been borne out by a blistering growth in applications from K-12 classroom teachers, technology coordinators, and corporate trainers.

Can We Talk? Electronic Portfolios as Collaborative Learning Spaces

2011 ◽  
pp. 558-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Web Browser ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Document ◽  
Community Of Learning ◽  
Northwestern University ◽  
Collaborative Learning Environment ◽  
K 12

This chapter describes the Northwestern University Collaboratory Project’s ePortfolio. As a resource in the Collaboratory, a Web-based collaborative learning environment, it provides collaborative learning spaces where K-12 students can share and discuss their work. Web document templates are used by students to create media-rich documents that can be viewed with only a Web browser. Of particular significance is how the ePortfolio’s document-based communication model is being used to support mentoring, peer review, feedback, and reflection, and to facilitate a community of learning that motivates and encourages students.

An XML Language Template Design for Managing a Remote Instrument Educational Outreach Project

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (S2) ◽  
pp. 816-817
Author(s):  
A. Lazarevich ◽  
B. Carragher ◽  
C.S. Potter ◽  
D. Weber
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Educational Outreach ◽  
Environmental Scanning ◽  
Minimal Amount ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Test Bed ◽  
The Past ◽  
Template Design ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Operational Aspects

For the past two years we have been operating a remote instrument educational project called Bugscope. Bugscope is an educational outreach project that provides access to an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) for K-12 classrooms. While the operational aspects of the project require a minimal amount of staff time, the information management for the project is difficult for a small microscopy research group to support without a significant allocation of resources away from the group’s principal research goals. in an effort to alleviate this problem we have begun, in the past five months, to develop a software toolkit called ‘Information Technology for Outreach Projects’ (ITOP) - using the Bugscope project as a test bed. The goal of ITOP is to make it practical for academic research groups to provide scientific resources for educational outreach projects by automating many of the administrative and data handling tasks.

scholarly journals Dynamic Interactive Educational Diabetes Simulations Using the World Wide Web: An Experience of More Than 15 Years with AIDA Online

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eldon D. Lehmann ◽  
Dennis K. DeWolf ◽  
Christopher A. Novotny ◽  
Karen Reed ◽  
Robert R. Gotwals
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Insulin Regimen ◽  
Web Browser ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Remote Server ◽  
The World

Background. AIDA is a widely available downloadable educational simulator of glucose-insulin interaction in diabetes.Methods. A web-based version of AIDA was developed that utilises a server-based architecture with HTML FORM commands to submit numerical data from a web-browser client to a remote web server. AIDA online, located on a remote server, passes the received data through Perl scripts which interactively produce 24 hr insulin and glucose simulations.Results. AIDA online allows users to modify the insulin regimen and diet of 40 different prestored “virtual diabetic patients” on the internet or create new “patients” with user-generated regimens. Multiple simulations can be run, with graphical results viewed via a standard web-browser window. To date, over 637,500 diabetes simulations have been run at AIDA online, from all over the world.Conclusions. AIDA online’s functionality is similar to the downloadable AIDA program, but the mode of implementation and usage is different. An advantage to utilising a server-based application is the flexibility that can be offered. New modules can be added quickly to the online simulator. This has facilitated the development of refinements to AIDA online, which have instantaneously become available around the world, with no further local downloads or installations being required.

Web-Based Remote Experimentation

2011 ◽  
pp. 2306-2318
Author(s):  
C. C. Ko ◽  
Ben M. Chen ◽  
C. D. Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Information Search ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Web Based ◽  
On Line ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Access Information ◽  
Good Learning ◽  
Remote Experimentation

From the angle of computer based education, the Internet extends the power of personal computers (PC) from being a standalone machine to one that is connected to the world with uncountable resources. Applications such as library access, information search, educational material download, on-line tutorials and even examinations can now be routinely carried out by a low cost PC with Internet connection at any time from practically everywhere. Most applications are however software oriented and do not involve experimentation through remote access to physical hardware or equipment. While it is natural and easier for more flexible software to establish links and communicate with each other, these setups do provide a good learning experience in many situations. However, as pointed out by Antsaklis at al (1999), it is commonly recognized that effective and complete learning, especially in engineering and science, requires a mixture of theoretical and practical sessions. In particular, to appreciate and use theoretical knowledge to solve real world problems, practical exercises are indispensable.

Web-Based Remote Laboratory

2011 ◽  
pp. 2009-2018
Author(s):  
C. C. Ko ◽  
Ben M. Chen ◽  
C. D. Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Information Search ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Educational Material ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Online Tutorials ◽  
The World ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Access Information

From the angle of computer-based education, the Internet extends the power of the personal computer (PC) from being a standalone machine to one that is connected to the world with uncountable resources. Applications such as library access, information search, educational material download, online tutorials, and even examinations can now be routinely carried out by a low-cost PC with an Internet connection at anytime from practically everywhere.

scholarly journals Interactive Web-based tools for an introductory course in crystallography

1999 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1164-1168
Author(s):  
Gervais Chapuis ◽  
Wesley Hardaker
Keyword(s):  
World Wide ◽  
Group Symmetry ◽  
Programming Environment ◽  
Web Browser ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Java Programming ◽  
Introductory Course ◽  
The World ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
Interactive Simulations

The new possibilities offered by the Java programming environment combined with the accessibility of the World Wide Web present new and interesting perspectives. It is thus now possible to perform simulations directly, using a Web browser, independently of the computer platform being used. Basic concepts of crystallography,i.e.crystal structures, point- and space-group symmetry, lattices, reciprocal lattices and diffraction principles can be illustrated utilizing interactive simulations written in Java. A number of such applications have been developed with the aim to facilitate the understanding of these crystallographic concepts to the newcomers in the field.

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