Molecular Visions

Information

This group is for sharing the best scientific visualizations, multimedia, and interactive technologies that lead to a robust understanding of the molecular basis of life; the molecular basis of disease and the principles of genetic engineering.

Website: http://futureisnowinbioeducation.wetpaint.com/
Members: 27
Latest Activity: Aug 31, 2011

Starting Points

NB: This is a work in progress and will be modified to better fit the groups needs. I offer this as a starting point for discussion.

Vision

Extending the concept of personalized genomic medicine into education, we recognize the value of personalized education. We meet the unique learning needs of each individual student by assembling the best scientific multimedia into logically coherent and developmentally-appropriate learning progressions. These learning sequences are designed to foster a sophisticated understanding of the molecular basis of life and disease.

Mission

1. We are creating a well-organized and easy-to-navigate learning framework for sharing these resources with other teachers and their students.
2. We continuously scan for emerging multimedia from the best scientific laboratories and teaching institutions around the world.
3. We first share the results, we then organize them into topics and categories, and finally embed them into logically-coherent learning sequences.

Values

1. We are passionate in our life's work.
2. We are persistent in meeting our goals.
3. We value the scientific habits of mind of:
a. Openness to new ideas
b. Sharing
c. Dedication to the truth as nature reveals it
d. Honesty
e. Rigorous analysis with integrity

Please comment.

P.S. I intend to start a wiki for this group as it provides a better structure for organizing links into specific categories. From my point of view, a ning is best to start and facilitate discussions, but a wiki is better for supporting groups authoring content. Nicht wahr?

P.P.S. I intend to post my top ten molecular videos here. But I imagine the molecular videos will get lost among the crowd. Thus the rationale for the wiki.

P. P.P.S. I've posted a beta wiki at: http://futureisnowinbioeducation.wetpaint.com/

Discussion Forum

Top Ten Molecular Visualizations 4 Replies

Started by Gregory Louie. Last reply by Gregory Louie Jul 16, 2009.

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Comment by Gregory Louie on April 16, 2009 at 11:58pm: Please send in your links to outstanding sci visualizations on my comment wall.

Comment by Gregory Louie on April 17, 2009 at 12:02am: Recommended link via @StacyCBaker: Cornell University Time Lapse Movies of Fungi at: http://bit.ly/KU3eK

Comment by Colin Matheson on August 10, 2009 at 11:11am: Check out this great site full of molecular movies
http://www.molecularmovies.com/showcase/index.html

Comment by Debra Garcia on August 10, 2009 at 12:08pm: Colin- Hope you don't mind but I posted your molecular movie link on Diigo. Great stuff!

Comment by Marta Toran on August 10, 2009 at 12:53pm: Thanks for the awesome link Colin, those are some really high quality graphics. Do you know who puts the site together? The about link was under construction...

Comment by Marta Toran on August 10, 2009 at 1:00pm: Also, kind of related to this discussion and I'm sure people already know about it, but just in case... HHMI has a collection of over 20 DVDs that you can order FREE of charged about varied molecular biology/ biotech and medicine topics, recordings of their Holiday Lecture Series. Some of them have some great animations and videos.

Here is a direct link to their online catalog.

They also have a free bulletin which has good articles for use with students

Comment by Gregory Louie on September 12, 2009 at 9:41pm: Hi Marta,

Great resource. Would you review a few for us and how you use the DVDs in your classroom?

Comment by Gregory Louie on September 12, 2009 at 9:44pm: Hi Folks,

For those of you interested in Educational Research. I've started a discussion group at the MS Portal. We'll be discussing the book, How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom. I'll be reading about 25 pages a week and adding my comments about what I've read on Sunday evening. I intend to start tomorrow. Sept. 13, 2009.

Comment by Gregory Louie on September 12, 2009 at 9:45pm: Oh yes. The direct link is:
http://www.msteacher2.org/group/educationalandactionresearch/forum/...

Comment by Kelly Quinlan on August 31, 2011 at 4:00pm: One website I use alot is www.spongelab.com. they have alot of detailed digital images, anamition videos, and games.