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Bringing Real World Practice into an Organic Chemistry Class
Ron Rusay
Instructor
Department of Chemistry
Diablo Valley Community College
rrusay@socrates.berkeley.edu
I do believe in technology as a teaching tool. I am doing my students a service by introducing technology to them.... From serving on state committees, I've learned that--for the two-year college student, at least--there are two recurring skills that employers in
California say they want in their new hires. One is having a background in using the Internet. The other is being able to adapt to new technology....I began using learning technologies in 1996, after joining the Modular CHEM Consortium (MC2) and after attending a seminar at the University of California at Berkeley, sponsored by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). It was spectacular. The speakers were a physicist, a chemist, and an artist, and they talked about the value of art and graphics in conveying information. It was one of the most powerful talks I have ever seen...I introduced visualization and modeling software, specifically designed for chemistry, into my class, along with access to professional databases...I try to get my organic chemistry students to think in three dimensions on a molecular level, and I try to introduce as much real world practice into the classroom as I can. To do that, I've pulled together a variety of visualization software tools, plus crucial access to databases on the Internet...
If you have any questions, you can contact me at:
rrusay@socrates.berkeley.edu
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