js9 is a web-based image data analysis platform. It has been successfully used in both high school and college classes to analyze data, and to backwards-engineer published results. In this workshop, learn how to use js9 in your classes!
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Join us at the AAPT National Winter Meeting 2025 in St. Louis, MO for a one-day workshop on using sensors as educational tools! This workshop aims to provide two-year college faculty with tools and skills to not only create more sensor-based activities for use in your own classes, but also to lead future workshops on the same topic in your local community. Two-year college faculty who are selected for this workshop will be reimbursed for reasonable travel costs. There is no registration fee for this workshop for accepted participants.
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Virtual Workshops
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In-Person Workshops
TYC Tandem Meeting 2023
On July 12, 2023, over 75 TYC faculty and allies joined for a day of learning and networking in Sacramento, CA at the TYC Tandem Meeting, held in conjunction with the AAPT national summer meeting. Nine workshops were offered along broad topics: alternative grading practices, extracurricular student engagement ideas, and in-class activities to foster student learning.
Facilitating Accessibility for TYC STEM Students with Disabilities
Co-sponsored by OPTYCs, AMATYC (the American Mathematical Association for Two-Year Colleges), and 2YC3 (the 2-Year College Chemistry Consortium), an interdisciplinary group of STEM faculty and staff gathered for the Facilitating Accessibility for TYC STEM Students with Disabilities. This workshop was hosted by Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minneapolis, MN, June 26-28, 2023, and was funded by NSF grant 2228226.
Web VPython for Non-Beginners
Workshop participants actively coding in the Web VPython for Non-Beginners workshop (AAPT Winter Meeting 2023, in Portland, OR).