Category: Author: Charles Xie
The educational software market is largely dominated by cartoon movies, animations, and games. Developing these media usually requires no rocket science (i.e., sophisticated mathematics and computation in the context of this blog). But this may change …
A significant part of chemistry education is about teaching molecular structures. Before computers were widely available, many teachers used physical ball-and-stick models in the classroom. Using physical models has limitations–the variety of the mole…
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” — Albert EinsteinScience should be taught as a verb, not only as a noun. Doing science is a compelling and effective way to learn. It is through the process of exploration, creation, and invention th…
“We have become quantum mechanics — engineering and exploring the properties of quantum states. We’re paving the way for the future nanotechnicians.” — Donald M. Eigler, IBM FellowUnderstanding how things work in the microscopic world is fundament…
Moore’s Law has been the golden rule in predicting the increasing of personal computing power for more than a decade, but change has arrived. A couple of years ago, Amdahl’s Law became the governing law (without an inauguration). Multicore computing is…
Photonics is a difficult subject because it involves electromagnetism that is basically an invisible and unintuitive world to many students. Yet this is a promising and thriving technical field where many jobs are being created.Computer simulation of l…
SecondLife has drawn extensive interest among educators. It is an attractive immersive environment for multiple users to interact with each other through navigating in an interesting 3D landscape. SecondLife represents the latest effort of developing 3…