Computers and the web – Lee Trampleasure's Blog

April 6, 2020

Zoom + Whiteboard = almost in the classroom

As we move forward with online learning due to the COVID-19, I’m offering Zoom-based office hours. There are high-tech ways of sharing screens, etc, but I decided to use a low-tech solution to share drawings with my students.

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March 17, 2017

How I generate science tutorial videos

A tutorial on creating videos for science education (or any other instructional theme).

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November 22, 2016

Excel spreadsheet for calculating molar masses and percent composition

Over a decade ago I made a Quatro-Pro spreadsheet to make quick calculations from masses on the periodic table. Well, now Excel rules the roost, so I created a similar version using Excel. The fundamental element of the spreadsheet is that the cell with each mass is given a name that is the symbol for the element. So, for example,...

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February 3, 2016

How do you avoid spending too much time with Twitter?

OK, I admit it: I can get sucked into the vacuum of social media and find myself having spent more time on it than I desire. Last December, with grades coming due, I decided to take a ‘vacation’ from Facebook. I’ve largely been off it for about seven weeks (I did jump on a few times to arrange my annual...

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January 4, 2013

Why I’m pledging off quickly Sharing those great images with embedded text on Facebook.

Most of us have probably done it. We see a great quote or other statement embedded in a photo on Facebook, Google+, or other social networking site. Maybe it’s political, maybe it’s insightful, maybe made us Laugh Out Loud. A quick click of the Share button and all our friends can read it…well, most of them. Maybe we have a...

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December 3, 2012

Results of online grading survey

Last week I posted a survey of online grading practices. I announced the survey through several email lists I participate in [1], as well as on my Facebook “wall”. The survey was open for five days, and resulted in 164 responses. I make no attempt to pass this survey off as statistically accurate representation of all teachers/schools–the respondents come from...

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November 28, 2012

Survey of teacher use of online grading systems and their implementation

If you teach at a middle school or high school, please take a couple minutes to answer this survey. I will post results here in mid-December 2012. (Apologies for the multiple scroll bars.) I’ve reached the capacity of the free Survey Monkey site (100 responses!), so I’m making a copy of it. If the survey don’t appear below, it means...

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September 24, 2009

Introducing the Book: Help Desk

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July 8, 2009

Vanessa Trampleasure, 1956-2009

It is with great sadness that I write of the death of my cousin, Vanessa Trampleasure, of Essex, UK. I never met Vanessa, although we exchanged emails several times regarding our family tree. I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the Trampleasure family, and how technology makes our world a smaller place: Growing up, the Trampleasure clan was...

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May 16, 2009

Interesting “ESP” site

The test A friend sent me this. I was surprised at first, but then it didn’t take me too long to figure it out. Here’s the test: http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/Pickover/esp.html Try it out (it will open in a new window), then return here if you can’t figure it out. Scroll down for the solution. . . . . . . . ....

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