Vernier Software & Technology has added many hands-on training opportunities in 2000-most of them at no cost to participants. We have implemented a Vernier "Traveling Workshop Kit" that will have traveled to 48 locations (77 workshops) throughout the United States by the end of the year. Here are some opportunities that are still available:

Vernier Hands-On Training at National Conferences
This fall, we will offer hands-on training at several national and regional conventions. No pre-registration is required; simply consult your convention program for dates and times, or contact us for information.

NSTA Midwestern Area Convention, Milwaukee, WI
(Oct 19-21, 3 high school and 2 middle school workshops)

National Association of Biology Teachers, Orlando, FL
(Oct 25-28, 5 workshops)

NSTA Eastern Area Convention, Baltimore, MD
(Nov 16-18, 3 high school and 2 middle school workshops)

NSTA Southwestern Area Convention, Phoenix, AZ
(Dec 7-9, 3 high school and 2 middle school workshops)

2001 T^{3 TM} Vernier Affiliate Workshops
For the first time this summer, Vernier co-sponsored (along with T³, Teachers Teaching with Technology^TM) six hands-on workshops. It is not too soon to start thinking about hosting a two-day T³ Vernier Affiliate Workshop at your school in 2001. Completing a Mini-Grant Application could result in your school being chosen as a workshop site and receiving a T³ grant to partially fund the workshop. You can get information or apply by visiting the T³ web site at www.t3ww.org/t3/minigrant.htm. The deadline for completing this application is October 15, 2000.

PHYSLab 2001
Applications for Project PHYSLab for next summer in Portland, Oregon are now being accepted. This is a three-week, NSF-sponsored workshop for high school physics teachers that is in its tenth year. The workshop will be held July 2-July 20. The registration deadline is Feb. 28, 2001. Contact Lowell Herr at lherr@uswest.net, http://physlab.catlin.edu.

Vernier workshop held for the Department of Defense
Dependents Schools at H.H. Arnold High School in
August, 2000, Wiesbaden, Germany.

RealTime Physics and Interactive Lecture Demonstrations
Activity-Based Learning in Lab and Lecture, Winter AAPT Meeting, January 7, 2001, San Diego, CA. David Sokoloff (University of Oregon), Priscilla Laws (Dickinson College) and Ronald Thornton (Tufts University). This full-day, hands-on workshop is designed for those interested in making learning in their introductory course more active using strategies based on the outcomes of physics education research and involving the comprehensive use of microcomputers for data collection and analysis. Participants will work with activity-based materials designed for both lecture and laboratory. The tools and software used in this workshop are available for Macintosh, Windows and MS-DOS computers. Contact David Sokoloff, Department of Physics, 1274 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1274, Phone: (541) 346-4755, Fax: (541) 346-5861, E-mail: sokoloff@oregon.uoregon.edu

RealTime Physics II
Activity-Based Learning of Electric Circuits and Optics in Lab, Summer AAPT Meeting, July 22, 2001, Rochester, NY. David Sokoloff (University of Oregon), Priscilla Laws (Dickinson College) and Ronald Thornton (Tufts University). This half-day hands-on workshop is designed for those interested in making learning in their introductory course more active using strategies based on the outcomes of physics education research and involving the comprehensive use of microcomputers for data collection and analysis. Participants will work with activity-based materials designed for teaching second semester topics in laboratory. The tools and software used in this workshop are available for Macintosh, Windows and MS-DOS computers. Contact David Sokoloff, Department of Physics, 1274 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1274, Phone: (541) 346-4755, Fax: (541) 346-5861, E-mail: sokoloff@oregon.uoregon.edu

Interactive Lecture Demonstrations II
Active Learning of Electric Circuits and Optics in Lecture, Summer AAPT Meeting, July 22, 2001, Rochester, NY. David Sokoloff (University of Oregon), Priscilla Laws (Dickinson College) and Ronald Thornton (Tufts University). This half-day, hands-on workshop will introduce the participants to the use of Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (ILDs) to promote active learning in lecture. The demonstrations--many of which are microcomputer-based--will be drawn from second semester topics: electricity, magnetism, light and optics. Participants will have an opportunity to practice and present ILDs. Results of studies on the effectiveness of this approach will be presented. This wokshop should be of special interest to teachers of large lecture classes as well as those who teach small classes where only one computer is available. The tools and software used in this workshop are available for Macintosh, Windows and MS-DOS computers. Contact David Sokoloff, Department of Physics, 1274 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1274, Phone: (541) 346-4755, Fax: (541) 346-5861, E-mail: sokoloff@oregon.uoregon.edu

Chautauqua Short Course
Promoting Active Learning in Introductory Physics Courses, University of Oregon, AUGUST 3-5, 2001. David Sokoloff (University of Oregon), Priscilla Laws (Dickinson College) and Ronald Thornton (Tufts University). NSF-sponsored Chautauqua course designed for those interested in making major changes in introductory physics courses or in other introductory science courses. The focus will be on giving participants direct experience with methods for promoting active student involvement in the learning process through activity-based physics strategies using computers and the research-based Workshop Physics, Tools for Scientific Thinking and RealTime Physics curricula. The microcomputer-based tools used are available for Macintosh, Windows and MS-DOS computers. Contact David Sokoloff, Department of Physics, 1274 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1274, Phone: (541) 346-4755, Fax: (541) 346-5861, E-mail: sokoloff@oregon.uoregon.edu