Experimentation with podcasting in an organic chemistry setting as a secondary tool for students

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John Picione, jpicione@uwm.edu and Kristen Murphy, kmurphy@uwm.edu. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 3210 N Cramer Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53211
The use of podcasting, in particular vodcasts has been utilized in a classroom setting consisting of students in the first semester of organic chemistry of the two semester sequence. Vodcasts pertaining to problematic material were released. These vodcasts focused on problematic material which the students faced, in particular three dimensional problem solving and multi-step syntheses integrating many of the reactions. The ACS 2006 first term organic exam was utilized as a partial measure of their effectiveness, in addition to quizzes which were given before and after the release of the vodcasts.
 

Using Social Networking Tools to Teach Chemistry
8:30 AM-11:55 AM, Sunday, March 25, 2007 McCormick Place North -- Room N230B, Level 2, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007