A collection of files created by Gary for his students
The Capstone Manual for Practitioners from 2000 (not authored by me, but I was involved with the project and use this frequently)
An introduction to writing answers to essay questions
An introduction to writing answers to essay questions dealing with importance
An introduction to universal file formats
A collection of presentations on the basics of ICT:
Oral Presentation Rubric-- a 50-point rubric that can be used in any context Here is is in rtf format
Significant Figures-- a 1-page PDF designed primarily to give a context for following sig fig rules
Writing Complete Solutions to Physics Problems-- for secondary students
A Quick Guide to APA (6th) References-- for graduate students and secondary students
Textbook Reading Strategies-- created for science students
A collection of presentations of various IT tools:
An introduction to integrals- created as my "non-calculus" physics students were encountering many references to integrals in web resources they used. (Fall 09)Derivatives-1- Derivatives-2- created as my "non-calculus" physics students were encountering many references to derivatives in web resources they used. (Fall 09)
Error in Measurements - created as my "non-calculus" physics students were encountering many references to measurement errors in web resources they used. (Fall 09)
Outline of Research-- good for introducing research to secondary science students
Science Research Rubric-- good for secondary science students; made with Rubistar
These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License..
various iterations of this site have been available since 2007; other content comes from Gary's old site (Taconic-Learning.net)
last updated: August 1, 2011
(c) 2003-2011 Dr. Gary L. Ackerman