I was recently privileged to attend the White House's forum on citizen science (aka public participation in scientific research). I blogged about the new toolkit released to promote and support citizen science and the potential for it in Cooperative ... READ MORE
Category: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, my professional title includes STEM Education). However, ... READ MORE
Category: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 science centers: I was also interviewed ... READ MORE
Category: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. READ MORE
Category: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 I ultimately got out of tracking it down. ... READ MORE
Category: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. My ... READ MORE
Category: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 imagine, like Susan, I've had STEM, particularly science and math, in my world ... READ MORE
Category:Teaching with Visualizations of DataSuggestions for teachers (aimed currently at high school level, but adaptable) to help students learn with visualizations of data READ MORE
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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 have a few follow-on suggestions for ... READ MORE
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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 part of my work, however, and I hope that this will ... READ MORE
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