American Association of Physics Teachers

Alan Wright

Week 2: Work and Play

Sunday, June 13, 2021

Alan Wright

This week I continued to work on finding professional development information for the states. I've researched approximately half of them at this point, which should cover a vary large percentage of AAPT members.

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Alan Wright

Week 1: Getting Started

Sunday, June 6, 2021

Alan Wright

This was the first week of the internship. It is unfortunately still virtual, but I will be enjoying my summer at Purdue University.

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Alan Wright

AAPT Teacher Professional Development Intern

The internship may be over but the Memories never will be

Monday, August 10, 2020

Benjamin Petkie

And so, it ends…. or does it? This summer internship has been such a fantastic experience. We closed it off Friday with our final presentations and I’m so impressed how much we all learned even having done this virtually.

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Next Project

Monday, August 3, 2020

Benjamin Petkie

After week 9 of the internship we’re cracking down on the AAPT Summer Grand Challenge. This was promoted during the meeting to entice teachers to share their distance learning labs.

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The Meeting is Over and the Podcast is Out!

Monday, July 27, 2020

Benjamin Petkie

 

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The AAPT Summer Meeting is here!

Monday, July 20, 2020

Benjamin Petkie

And the event has finally arrived, the AAPT summer meeting will run Sunday the 19th – Tuesday the 21st. I will personally be hosting a panel on Tuesday as one of the last events of the K-12 teacher lounge.

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First Podcast Down

Monday, July 13, 2020

Benjamin Petkie

And so, the Podcast begins, the first official episode was recorded Friday night and I will be posting it sometime next week. I’m very happy with how much I learned from the setting up the Podcast and look forward to making every episode better than the last.

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Our Days are Numbered but they will be Memorable

Monday, July 6, 2020

Benjamin Petkie

Wow already reflecting on week 5, time is really flying now and the summer AAPT meeting is coming up fast! The panel I’m hosting is coming along well, I reached out to one of my mentors and they connected me with 4 of their students.

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STEP UP and Student Panel

Monday, June 29, 2020

Benjamin Petkie

Oh, how time flies, week 4 has now come to a close and I’m having a good a time as ever. We have the teacher lounge schedule finalized and I am now reaching out to HS and college students to be on my panel in the lounge.

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