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What's New on Serendip?

Submitted by Ann Dixon on Thu, 02/01/2007 - 7:46pm

Welcome to Serendip, a place to explore. I'm Ann Dixon, a co-founder and webmaster. For more about me, please visit my home page. 

This blog is the place where periodically I'll post links to new discussions, exhibits, and interactive programs on Serendip. Enjoy!

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Who do you think would enjoy and use Serendip?

Submitted by Ann Dixon on Sun, 10/30/2011 - 7:03am

When we sat down together, your enjoyment of Serendip came through loud and clear (thank you!), as well as how valuable a tool it has been/ is/ will be in your teaching and intellectual lives.

There are other faculty and groups on campus who would undoubtedly benefit from and extend Serendip's experimental, immersive, interdisciplinary approach and philosophy. And who would be fun to work and play with too.

So who do you think would enjoy and use Serendip? Is there anyone you would like to introduce to Serendip, say, for the spring semester to collaborate with you in any small or large way?

Olivia, I loved your idea of using Serendip as a large textual dataset - I would be happy to talk with anyone you know of who might be interested in using it.

Wil and Mike, would you be interested in doing a science education grant proposal? Weecha asked me if Serendip would be available for doing outreach to 4th grades on earth science. (I of course said yes! with hopes of using the materials with Audrey in just a couple years!) Peter B might be able to give you spring or summer funding from HHMI to start off with a pilot project that could be taken to someone other than HHMI.

Alice, who will you be inviting (from campus) to participate in the Breaking Project?

To all of you immersed in collaboration with Parkway (!), do you envision this as extending indefinitely into the future? and are there others on campus who might like to participate in this model of engagement?

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Submitted by Ann Dixon on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 3:46pm

A Day at the BeachA Day at the BeachHere is a test.

 

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What's New on Serendip - April 2008

Submitted by Ann Dixon on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 11:46am

Serendip principles and principals participated in a national conference, SENCER, in Washington D.C this month.  Our presentation, Science Education as Interactive Conversation, is available for download, and we have some links to relevant materials.

Hands-on Activities for Teaching Biology to High School or Middle School Students has been very popular with science teachers, and is one of Serendip's favorite exhibits. Even if you're not in high school anymore, take a look at Dragon Genetics, just for fun.

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What's New on Serendip - July 2007

Submitted by Ann Dixon on Thu, 07/12/2007 - 11:33am

We are starting to use Serendip's Exchange, the new totally interactive section on Serendip, almost exclusively now. We welcome you to visit and comment on virtually any topic that you find there. One of our featured student webpapers is "Why, I Say, White People Can't Dance" - come join in this provocative conversation.

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What's New on Serendip - April '07

Submitted by Ann Dixon on Wed, 04/25/2007 - 12:24pm
  • Serendip's Exchange now has a new design created by Suzanne Gaadt, the creative director of Bryn Mawr's alumnae magazine, which will eventually transform the rest of Serendip too. The interlocking links, Serendip's new logo at the top left, is an ambiguous figure.
  • Re-Making the Landscape: The Art and Science of Ava Blitz , one of Serendip's first guest exhibiting artists, Ava Blitz, returns to Serendip with "Cooking Up a Storm" and "Beauty and the Beast."
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What's New on Serendip - January '07

Submitted by Ann Dixon on Thu, 02/01/2007 - 7:48pm
  • Serendip's Exchange, a place (this place!) for conversations, blogs, forums and papers in progress. Please join in!

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  • Courses for Spring 2007:
    • Biology 202: Neurobiology and Behavior
    • Emergence 362
    • The Story of Evolution and the Evolution of Stories
    • Gender and Science: Re-envisioning & Revising the Relation

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