STEM … plus plus plus = ???
So STEM. I talked about what it means to me in an earlier brief post. I most often hear it as an acronym for “science, technology, engineering, and math,” as in “STEM Education” (in fact,… Read More
No data is too obvious to publish
One of the main goals of the UF Ag-STEM lab is to help re-connect what have become separate, siloed disciplines: science and agriculture. I have a research publication out about the potential to do that in… Read More
Off to NARST and AERA
I’m headed to NARST and AERA in Chicago next week. I’ll be presenting at NARST in two sessions: The Basu Scholars Symposium and a Strand 2 Session Tuesday morning.
Down the rabbit hole: How long should you spend tracking down that one article?
In reading an article on public perceptions of agriculture, I decided I wanted to track down a citation contained in it. The following is a brief description of the saga to find the source, and what… Read More
The pace of publication – does qualitative take longer?
I just had my first paper from my dissertation published: Comparing Experts and Novices on Scaffolded Data Visualizations using Eye-tracking. It was on the (mostly) quantitative results of my mixed-methods study, completed in early 2013…. Read More
What does STEM mean to me?
I got a chance to look back at my former lab at Oregon State today:, and I saw Susan’s post asking what I think of as STEM? As those who know my career path might… Read More
Teaching with Visualizations of Data
Teaching with Visualizations of Data Suggestions for teachers (aimed currently at high school level, but adaptable) to help students learn with visualizations of data
Creating Visualizations that are understandable to broad audiences
Kelly at VizCandy tells us we must know our audience when building a data visualization, giving steps to think about when planning what charts and visualizations to build, and how much data to display. I… Read More
Joining the digital age … at least professionally
So, I’ve got a professional blog now! That is, a blog about my professional work, not necessarily reflective of the money I make off of this (I don’t). I do have an Extension appointment as… Read More