Session: Using Social Networking Tools to Teach Chemistry


CHED		Monday, April 7, 2008

8:30 AM-11:55 AM Hilton New Orleans Riverside -- Oak Alley, Oral
Using Social Networking Tools to Teach Chemistry

Sponsored by:	CHED
Cosponsored by:	CINF
Organizer:	Harry E. Pence
Organizer, Presiding:	Laura E. Pence
8:30 AM		Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM	184	Development of chemical forums, blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, crowdsourcing, and social bookmarking websites for chemistry Mitch A. Garcia, M. N. Ali, Noel N Chang, Heino Nitsche
8:55 AM	185	Using Facebook as an online scientific community where students can interact with each other and discuss chemical concepts covered in the laboratory Jacob D Schroeder, Thomas J. Greenbowe, Gerry McKiernan
9:15 AM	186	Being there: Using social networking services for engaged library instruction Gerry McKiernan
9:35 AM		Intermission
9:45 AM	187	Off the beaten path: del.icio.us and social tagging in the classroom Laura E. Pence
10:05 AM	188	Social networking: The challenges of audience participation Jason Wilde
10:25 AM	189	Social networking and virtual worlds at the Nature Publishing Group Joanna Scott
10:45 AM		Intermission
10:55 AM	190	Project Prospect from the RSC: The evolving journal article and chemical education Richard Kidd
11:15 AM	191	Bridging the divide: The integration of scientific data and journal literature Barbara Losoff
11:35 AM	192	Open access: Toward the mainstream? Bryan A Vickery, Gino G D'Oca

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