COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY | Q&A Event with the COSMOS Brain Trust (March 4, 2014)

Session with COSMOS host Neil deGrasse Tyson, writer/executive producer/director Ann Druyan, executive producer Seth MacFarlane, executive producer Mitchell Cannold, executive producer/director Brannon Braga and co-executive producer Jason Clark

Check out the live-stream of our #Cosmoslive Q&A w/ @NeilTyson & @SethMacFarlane right now at http://t.co/GVGyVJzAzR
— Nat Geo Channel (@NatGeoChannel) March 5, 2014

I hope parents make their kids watch @COSMOSonTV. I hope kids make their parents watch. #cosmoslive
— Veronica McGregor (@VeronicaMcG) March 5, 2014

Wooo so excited about @COSMOSonTV returning! #cosmoslive pic.twitter.com/tRxt6rZah1
— Lucky Tran (@luckytran) March 5, 2014

At #cosmoslive premier. It's quite a place... in space. http://t.co/Gbq7b1rSOc
— Bill Nye (@TheScienceGuy) March 5, 2014

This I can attest to! :) #ScienceCareers #STEM #cosmoslive pic.twitter.com/ClEr0MyP69
— Lucky Tran (@luckytran) March 6, 2014

Truth! #STEM #cosmoslive pic.twitter.com/7hto8ygjmu
— Lucky Tran (@luckytran) March 5, 2014

Review from last night's screening of the first episode of the new COSMOS series by @j_timmer http://t.co/wwOtQfNKWH #COSMOSlive
— Lou Woodley (@LouWoodley) March 5, 2014

Engaging with Social Media | AAAS 2014 Meeting in Chicago

Presenters: Maggie Koerth-Baker (BoingBoing.net), Kim Cobb (Georgia Institute of Technology), and Danielle N. Lee (Cornell University)

Moderator: Dominique Brossard (University of Wisconsin)

A Valentine's Day greeting to my biotech students

Happy Valentine's Day in a DNA profiling way...

Source: Mental Floss

And show your love for microbes...

Experimenting to get ready for Valentine's Day image. #bioluminescence #microbeart pic.twitter.com/aUXsRLwFZH
— Mark O. Martin (@markowenmartin) February 14, 2014

One more pre-Valentine's Day bioluminescence photo. #luminescence #microbialart pic.twitter.com/Yz4aKMbJoe

— Mark O. Martin (@markowenmartin) February 14, 2014

And don't forget your #AcademicValentines!

Papers are read, Methylene blue, The lab feels so empty When I'm without you #AcademicValentines
— Jason McDermott (@BioDataGanache) February 12, 2014

My love for you significant (P = 0.05). #AcademicValentines
— Vertebrae Hedgie (@HallieVert) February 12, 2014

Valentine's Day and a long holiday weekend - woohoo!

Community Colleges as "Democracy's College"

An excellent conversation on Boston's WBUR On Point radio show with three community college leaders:

Pam Eddinger, president of Bunker Hill Community College
Bruce Leslie, chancellor of Alamo Colleges
Paul Brown, president of the Zane State College in Zansesville, Ohio

The three educators highlight the importance of community colleges for our nation.

Three community college presidents join us to tell of their fight on America's economic front lines: http://t.co/almd3lIbYe
— On Point - NPR (@OnPointRadio) February 5, 2014

ICYMI: A riveting conversation on how America's community colleges are making a difference today: http://t.co/almd3lIbYe
— On Point - NPR (@OnPointRadio) February 5, 2014

Here's a sampling of some points from the show:

'If you ask any community college president, we're pivots. We're democracy's college.' @PamEddinger http://t.co/almd3lIbYe
— On Point - NPR (@OnPointRadio) February 5, 2014

Fifty percent of all undergrads in the U.S. are in a #comm_college - @PamEddinger via @OnPointRadio http://t.co/e8A0HX9oO1
— Ken Kubo (@kmkubo) February 5, 2014

#Comm_College as the three-legged stool: educational, financial, & social support - @PamEddinger via @OnPointRadio http://t.co/e8A0HX9oO1
— Ken Kubo (@kmkubo) February 5, 2014

'We all learn better in a cohort. We all learn better with friends next to us and teaching us.' @PamEddinger http://t.co/almd3lIbYe
— On Point - NPR (@OnPointRadio) February 5, 2014

Caller: 'I'm a loving critic of the comm. college system. Higher education should prepare students for citizenship.' http://t.co/almd3lIbYe
— On Point - NPR (@OnPointRadio) February 5, 2014

Good discussion on the #comm_college balance between job-maker role & broader education role @OnPointRadio http://t.co/e8A0HX9oO1
— Ken Kubo (@kmkubo) February 5, 2014

'If someone cannot learn how to learn, that means I'm not doing my job.' @PamEddinger http://t.co/almd3lIbYe
— On Point - NPR (@OnPointRadio) February 5, 2014

The audio and show notes are available for this program.

Some kind words about the ARC Accreditation Quiz Show at Convocation #ConvoARC

For the January 2014 ARC Convocation we used PollEverywhere to create an interactive, audience participation Quiz Show to kick-off the 2015 ARC Accreditation campaign. 

#Accreditation Quiz Show at #AmericanRiverCollege Convocation #ConvoARC. I'm co-host. Yowza. http://t.co/uWhdBluWD1 pic.twitter.com/U2yLEfnprX
— Ken Kubo (@kmkubo) January 16, 2014

Interim President Pam Walker opens the Convocation.

Interim #AmericanRiverCollege President Pam Walker at Convocation! #ConvoARC pic.twitter.com/K94GOLpfQN
— Ken Kubo (@kmkubo) January 17, 2014

During the Accreditation Quiz Show:

Being reminded about the accreditation process using Poll Everywhere! @kmkubo #convoARC pic.twitter.com/5kZdynajP7
— Adam Karp (@adam_karp) January 17, 2014

To answer the Quiz Show questions, the audience used their cell phones or other digital devices to enter the responses, which are displayed live. On the days leading up to Convocation, we emailed a series of survey questions to answer in order to get familiar with PollEverywhere.

Talented Faculty @ARCNewsToday #convoARC pic.twitter.com/DKeae0CWGt
— Michelle (@mombieprincipal) January 17, 2014

And this is the question that everyone is talking about... 

Best #Accreditation Quiz Show question from #AmericanRiverCollege #ConvoARC. Self-evaluation or Self-flagellation? pic.twitter.com/FwknkNbwyC
— Ken Kubo (@kmkubo) January 18, 2014

@kmkubo as accreditation talk show host extraordinaire! #convoARC pic.twitter.com/Fv2a03mzWp
— Adam Karp (@adam_karp) January 17, 2014

Do all community colleges get to laugh this much?! #ConvoARC Thanks @kmkubo
— Michelle (@mombieprincipal) January 17, 2014

@LisaALawrenson Thanks for the kind words! Educational and FUN(NY)! #ConvoARC #Accreditation #AmericanRiverCollege pic.twitter.com/oJ4iYdjCxh
— Ken Kubo (@kmkubo) January 19, 2014

Accreditation Kick-Off: Poll Everywhere for Friday Convocation

ARC's Accreditation is coming! We have a kick-off event at Friday's Convocation that features Poll Everywhere to do live audience polling. All you need is a web-enabled device (tablet, smartphone, computer) or a cell phone that can text...

So don't forget to bring your favorite mobile device on FRIDAY!

To get ready, there are a series of practice polls for you to try before Convocation.

First poll question: 

Do you ever use the Internet for Facebook?

You can use either a cell phone or web-enabled device to answer.

1. To answer the question on a cell phone, text to 22333 one of the responses below:

389821 for "Have done this"

389822 for "Have not done this"

389823 for "Don't know"

2. To answer the questions on a web-enabled device, just go to 

http://PollEv.com/accred  and click on your answer.

For more instructions on how to respond using Poll Everywhere, here is a handout http://goo.gl/5pn0cz


Added notes:
Did you know that you can use Poll Everywhere with your classes? If you're interested, you can sign up for your own account and create your own polls for your students. Here's the easy user guide to get started:

http://www.polleverywhere.com/guide


Example: A poll from one of my classes

Some resources on learning #howtocode

Credit: Marissa Anderson/Flickr

An ongoing list of resources for learning how to program:

Coursera:
Jennifer Campbell and Paul Gries
Learn to Program (Part I): The Fundamentals (Python)
Learn to Program (Part II): Crafting Quality Code (Python)

Udacity:
David Evans
Introduction to Computer Science (Python)

MIT OpenCourseWare
John Guttag
Introduction to Computer Science and Programming (Python)

Codecademy
Codecademy - Python

UC Davis Genome Center
Keith Bradnam & Ian Korf
Unix & Perl Primer for Biologists