Vernier Offers Free Data Collection Technology Workshops
Vernier Software &
Technology will reprise its free, hands-on
workshops for classroom teachers this
fall to help them incorporate the company's data-collection technology
into
their teaching.
Vernier will offer 35
four-hour workshops at locations around the country to help educators
of
science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects.
During the four-hour workshops, Vernier training
specialists will help
teachers explore classroom-ready experiments using the company's
technology. The
sessions will focus on integrating the data-collection technology into
physics,
chemistry, biology, environmental science and general K-8 science
classes.
Content is intended to meet Next Generation Science Standards.
The
sessions will be held in 35
different locations around the United States
through October.
The sessions began in Houston on Sept. 6 and will wrap up Oct. 25 in
Lansing,
MI. More detailed information is available
on how to apply and workshop
locations.
In
addition to the training, each participant will receive a link to
download a
Vernier Workshop Training Manual with ready-to-use lab handouts.
"Whether
new to probeware or an avid user, our workshops provide a valuable
professional
learning opportunity for all science and STEM teachers," said Vernier
Software
& Technology CEO John Wheeler. "Our workshops provide educators
with
training, knowledge and best practices they can bring back to the
classroom to
engage students in hands-on scientific discovery."
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Michael Hart is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and the former executive editor of THE Journal.