Category Archives: syllabus creation

Computational Data Science capstone class

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Andy Rundquist

In just over a week the CDS capstone class starts and I’m not nearly ready. It’s been a while since I taught a class (Spring 2021 in the pandemic) and I’m a little rusty. But I remembered how useful it … Continue reading →

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Rigid bodies, formulation and examples

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Andy Rundquist

My friend Rhett Allain gave me a good challenge recently with this tweet: I had been working on a problem that he posted about regarding a bead sliding freely on a hoop that is spinning about an axis in its … Continue reading →

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Classroom photo sharing app

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Andy Rundquist

For a long time I’ve wanted an app that could Allow my students to take a picture of their work and share it with the class Certainly my computer should be able to display it, but with thumbnails for all … Continue reading →

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Audience ranking questions

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Andy Rundquist

I’m helping to run a workshop this week and we realized that instead of using post-it notes through the day to capture “burning questions” we could use a tool that both collects questions and allows the audience to vote on … Continue reading →

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Book editor in Google Apps Script

Posted on May 1, 2021 by Andy Rundquist

I’m teaching a class in the fall called “Web App Development with Google Apps Script” that I think I want to write my own book for. I started doing some of that using wikibooks, but I was frustrated at some … Continue reading →

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Synchronous dashboard with audio and breakouts

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Andy Rundquist

I teach again in just a week and have set a goal for myself to make an app that I can use in my synchronous meetings. As of this weekend, I think it’s working (see github repo here)! You can … Continue reading →

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Physics Teachers Are Awesome

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Andy Rundquist

I’ve started a project that brings me joy. I’m hoping to help spread that around! I was looking around for ways that I could support physics teachers who were working so hard to teach during this pandemic. I was reflecting … Continue reading →

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Lifelong computational skills

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Andy Rundquist

I’m frantically putting together my syllabus for our brand new Computational Data Science intro course (this comes after a programming course) and I realized that I’m not using one of my favorite syllabus planning tools: this blog! This course was … Continue reading →

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Non-majors teaching tools

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Andy Rundquist

This January I’m teaching a 4-wk intensive course called “Hamline Mythbusters”. On the first day of class I verified my assumption: this would be the last science class ever taken by nearly the whole class. They’re almost entirely seniors (the … Continue reading →

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Physics majors practice presentations

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Andy Rundquist

For years we’ve been working to give our physics majors opportunities to improve their presentation skills. We do a lot of oral exams but we also want our students to do well in more formal settings. We have a junior/senior seminar … Continue reading →

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