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Simulations for History of Astrophysics

gilroy0 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:43:07 +0000

Poll: Feedback on T01

gilroy0 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:40:15 +0000

To help demo the classroom polling system we’ll be trying out, please take the following poll. (It’s below the fold — click on “Read more”.) You can take it via text message or by clicking a link. There are two questions, p01 and p02 — be sure to scroll all the way down.

Question p01:

Replace audience response hardware with Poll Everywhere

Make a live audience poll at Poll Everywhere

Question p02:

Create interactive meetings at Poll Everywhere

Replace audience response hardware with Poll Everywhere

Web-based planetaria

gilroy0 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:16:10 +0000

I haven’t had a chance to try these out, but the following are two programs that simulate a planetarium, and each runs via the Web so there is no software to install. At first glance they seem excellent.

WikiSky: http://www.wikisky.org/
SkyView Cafe: http://www.skyviewcafe.com/