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@hummingbird604 Thx for backing me up on student privacy. I use fictitious 150lb, 6' male student if we really need exemplar. #mystatsbtw — 2 hours 24 min ago |
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I filter every activity w "will it force student to reveal priv info" (weight, age, mobility) If so, I reject. Friend jokes I'm too nice. — 2 hours 37 min ago |
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@RobertTalbert @derekbruff Thx for math q resources. Takes "well, there aren't any good questions" objection off the table. — 2 hours 44 min ago |
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O/H student talking to 1st yr Hons Physics prof. Student didn't recognize words sin, cos, tan. #ohdear #VWnow — 2 hours 55 min ago |
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Hey #astro101 tweeps: Any recommendations on where to buy a celestial sphere model? You know, the acrylic one with Earth, Moon inside. — 4 hours 23 min ago |
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@RobertTalbert We've got some folks here at #UBC having trouble imagining clickers in a math. Samples of ur questions avail? cc @derekbruff — 4 hours 36 min ago |
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@LeftCoastMama @anthonyfloyd awesome service at Firestone garage at Commercial & 12th. Highly recommended. — 6 hours 44 min ago |
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@ottaross Yeah, timed exposure (and I don't mean 5..4..3..2..1..click!) would be awesome. — 8 hours 4 min ago |
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@jmcgarry0 Yep, that's what I'm thinking. btw, did you know film cannister fits perfectly into eyetube? Now, eyepiece+camera or just camera? — 8 hours 5 min ago |
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Cool! Show iPhone camera live thru iPad (0:55 of vid http://tinyurl.com/39b2uym ) using BlueCam app. Great w/ iPhone telescope w/ public? — 8 hours 17 min ago |
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.@ottaross Thx for link to iphone telescope http://bit.ly/auZcay Looks like a dedicated iphone case with adapter glued on is the way to go. — 8 hours 26 min ago |
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Cool iphone microscope via @sciencegeekgirl http://bit.ly/9DTYy6 need Need NEED adaptor for telescope now, for curvy-backed iPhone 3G — 8 hours 42 min ago |
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@RogerFreedman Oh, you're on a roll! Keep it up! — 10 hours 22 min ago |
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@penguinstorm Thx for the multi-page printing tips. — 10 hours 27 min ago |
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42 #physicsTV — 10 hours 38 min ago |
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.@howellspace Re: space exploration breeds innovation: Google "desirable difficulty" to see (newish) insight to how ppl learn — 10 hours 46 min ago |
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@ptruchon Merci for mentioning my blog. Hope the new job is going well! — 10 hours 54 min ago |
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Any suggestions for printing PDFs 4-up? From Mac and PC. #astro101 students are asking. — 20 hours 31 min ago |
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Watching new series "Shattered" on Global. Recognize at least 1/2 actors from prev #YVR series. DaVinci, Defying Grav, more. — 20 hours 50 min ago |
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@fnoschese Thx! I'm sure there'll be some physics event'ly. Content is only half the challenge, tho. Implementation is this term's project — 21 hours 6 min ago |
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@Zarquil No, your piece about how a civic government should work is great. Applies here in #YVR, too. — 21 hours 17 min ago |
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@Zarquil You're partly to blame for the blog, you know. You and your eloquent editorials on civic politics. Thx. — 21 hours 32 min ago |
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Thx, tweeps, for the RTs, DMs and comments on my new blog Science Edventures http://j.mp/aimLFH I'm flattered. — 21 hours 39 min ago |
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@ntippe try twitterfall running onscreen. Tweets from audience showed up right away. Kills backchannel (no "this #wrkshp sux!) tho — 21 hours 43 min ago |
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@claymdavis @jensmh I've got a Chinese friend who did grad studies in Moscow #asianrussian — 23 hours 58 min ago |
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@jmcgarry0 I'm amazed how many unsecured wifi networks named linksys I sniff every day. C'mon ppl, read the set up instructions! — 1 day 1 min ago |
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Asian(looking) couple speaking Russian(sounding) language on bus. Totally short-circuiting my ethnicity-language neural network. — 1 day 2 hours ago |
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Well, you gotta start somewhere, right. First post on my new blog "Science Edventures" http://j.mp/aN1vAG #WordPressnoob — 1 day 2 hours ago |
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@AnthonyFloyd Woulda been kind thing to do. But I was in a crowd of 100. "Hey! Which noob is broadcasting unsecure wifi? Put up yer hand!" — 1 day 2 hours ago |
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Standing at #UBC busloop on edge of campus. Strong wifi signal called hpsetup. Unsecure. Someone's new laptop, maybe? — 1 day 3 hours ago |
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@CraftLass Shower, bus, walking around. Yep, me too. In grad school, I started carrying a pocket-sized journal EVERYWHERE ('cept shower...) — 1 day 5 hours ago |
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We're part of a conspiracy! Apparently #UBC astronomer detected incoming 800-m asteroid (but is hiding story) http://tinyurl.com/36z8m4h — 1 day 5 hours ago |
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@CraftLass Don't force it or settle on a title. It'll come to you. In the shower. Write it down. #mymethodforwritingopeninglines — 1 day 6 hours ago |
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Asked #astro101 class: how many stars in Solar System? 0, 1, 8, 9, 100b. iclicker TPS went fr 50-50 split (1 or 100b) to 96% correct. FTW! — 1 day 6 hours ago |
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First lecture-tutorial (Sun Size) was frakkin' awesome! Room erupted in convastrosation when I declared, "Go!" FTW! #astro101 — 1 day 6 hours ago |
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Instructor just dropped by to sat she'd rewritten her #astro101 lectures to match the learning goals we'd established. FTW! — 1 day 9 hours ago |
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@RaytheonMMU After RT RT RT, I missed who triangle/circles question was for. It's a nice one. Maybe not too easy, after all. Nice synthesis — 1 day 9 hours ago |
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@howellspace @00mb Thinking short turn-around (= already accred) will mean same, tired flash/podcasts instead of new, enthusiastic bidders — 1 day 9 hours ago |
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@00mb @howellspace So, who's putting in a bid? Hope you've already got your PWGSC creds. Bids close in 2 wks and creds to take time to get — 1 day 9 hours ago |
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Can you hire someone to "do social media" for you? Not sure. But great start, CSA RT @CanadaInSpace http://srs.gs/14US #CANSpace — 1 day 9 hours ago |
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After all the wrkshps, reading, rehearsal, today I finally run CAE-style lecture-tutorials and think-pair-share #astro101 — 1 day 10 hours ago |
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@translink 25 UBC only stopping at every 2nd or 3rd stop. Lots left waiting. #PLDC — 1 day 10 hours ago |
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@hummingbird604 Best desc of 3d decal from @CBCStephenQuinn: it's forced perspective pic, not frikkin' Princess Leia [paraphrased] — 1 day 10 hours ago |
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@RaytheonMMU Too easy! It's a right-angle triangle 9^2+40^2=41^2 so hypothenuse is circle's diameter. — 1 day 10 hours ago |
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@ScienceInTheSky "Dreaded" lunar phase lecture? But there're so many good resources, hands-ons. Tried the NAAP sim? #astro101 — 1 day 11 hours ago |
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@AnthonyFloyd Now that ur kid's in school, u care about seismics? Oh right, that's democracy: u can care about what u care about! Nice qs! — 1 day 23 hours ago |
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Came back from a mtg to find my computer on blue screen of death #ihateBSD — 2 days 2 hours ago |
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@howellspace Glad the GRE went well! #GREbusted — 2 days 3 hours ago |
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@Bud_T Read "Amazing" instead of "Amazon" in your tweet. Still works. Better even. — 2 days 7 hours ago |
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Courses: 2. Teaching assistants: 7. Tutorial sections: 9. First day of classes: priceless. #notreally #astro101 — 2 days 7 hours ago |
