Meeting Your comPADRE for Physics (and Astronomy) Teaching (and Learning)

Presented by Bruce Mason University of Oklahoma

Do you feel like your lectures are in a rut, lacking snap and pizzazz? Are your students looking glazed, dazed, and confused in class? Does your instructor teach like it was the last century or perhaps even two centuries ago? Do you feel like there are better ways to learn out there, but you just don't have time to search them out? How would you like to have access to a web site that has physics and astronomy learning resources created just for your needs? That's what comPADRE can provide for you. But wait, there's more! This online resource also provides specialized resource collections to help support specific communities, created, organized, and managed by experts. As a member of comPADRE you can build your own personalized collections of materials, share them with your friends, and contribute comments and ratings of materials for your colleagues. You can even submit your own best work or the work of others to make comPADRE bigger and better. And membership is FREE! Supported by the National Science Foundation, and run by the AAPT, APS, AIP, SPS, and AAS, comPADRE is there to make everyone learn more physics and have a great time doing it. Offer void where prohibited by law. It's a good idea for us to acknowledge the NSF-DUE grants 0226129, 0532798, 0840768. Possible side effects are minor and include shortness of breath, sweaty palms, blurry eyes, and a significant amount of time spent playing with some really cool stuff.