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Events - May Web Developers SIG

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Reinventing the Chalkboard: Using Online Technologies to Communicate Science and Mathematics

Who: Kristin Henry, President of GalaxyGoo, Inc
When: Thursday, May 22nd, 2003
Time: 6:30 PM, networking, 7:00-9:00 PM, program
Where: Marin Community Foundation Hangar #5 directions
Cost: Free to NBMA members; $10 for non-members; $5 for students with a valid ID
Info Contact: Marc Tanenbaum, Web SIG Leader.

Effectively communicating science and math online presents a unique array of challenges. When considering design, it is important for content, concepts, and interfaces to be approachable and usable. But there is also a technical dimension: for example, how to render scientific and mathematical concepts within a browser environment. Kristin Henry, President of GalaxyGoo, Inc. (an interdisciplinary think-tank dedicated to exploring expressions of science and math using online technologies), will discuss these challenges and demonstrate effective solutions drawing on her own work, and other examples drawn from the Internet.

Kristin Henry is President of GalaxyGoo, Inc. Her research interests include: expressing science and math concepts with new-media techniques, exploring user interface and database application design and implementation, and integration of webMathematica with various client-side solutions, including Flash.

Marin Community Foundation
5 Hamilton Landing
Novato, CA

From South of Novato:
Highway 101 North
Exit at Hamilton Field/Nave Dr.
Veer RIGHT at the end of the exit ramp.
Follow Nave Drive going north, parallel to 101.
Turn RIGHT at Main Gate Road, which leads into Hamilton AFB.
At Crescent, Main Gate Road becomes Palm Drive.
Go to end of Palm Drive.
Turn RIGHT onto Hangar Avenue.
Right after you pass So. Palm Drive, go a short distance and take an immediate left into the parking lot.
MCF is in Hangar 5, at 5 Hamilton Landing.
The entrance is down the pathway between Hangar 5 and Hangar 6.

From North of Novato:
Highway 101 South
Exit at Bel Marin Keys/Hamilton Field Exit (cloverleaf exit).
Turn RIGHT onto Ignacio Blvd.
After crossing the freeway, take an immediate RIGHT onto Nave Drive.
Go about .8 mile
Turn LEFT at Main Gate Road, which leads into Hamilton AFB.
At Crescent, Main Gate Road becomes Palm Drive.
Go to end of Palm Drive.
Turn RIGHT onto Hangar Avenue.
Right after you pass So. Palm Drive, go a short distance and take an immediate left into the parking lot.
MCF is in Hangar 5, at 5 Hamilton Landing.
The entrance is down the pathway between Hangar 5 and Hangar 6.

From the East Bay:
Cross the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
Continue on 580 until it merges onto 101 North.
Then follow the directions above “From South of Novato.”

Here is a map for further clarification.