We are working on an initiative that would enable the most creative, passionate science teachers to reach the greatest number of students with web-based lessons.
We want to run a competition for science teachers to create an engaging, interactive simulation based module to teach students a challenging concept in mechanics or electricity.
Your reward: we'll pay for your students to have snazzy new lab equipment, go on an awesome field trip, or you to get the awesome professional development workshop you've always wanted.
The catch: you need to use our platform www.siminsights.com to design and teach your lesson. Sure, we know it's basic and has stuff we could improve. We love feedback! In the meantime, start figuring out how you might use our tools to create that winning lesson.
We'll have more info for you in the coming weeks. If you have thoughts on prizes that you would like, companies you want to sponsor those prizes or know people who might have info on sponsoring a prize, hit me up! I'm working on finding some awesome sponsors for this contest! Let's recognize, reward and retain our best science teachers!
An online collaborative simulation platform
Monday, September 26, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
SimInsights integrated with Facebook
We are excited to announce the integration of Facebook with SimInsights. Please see attached a few slides for how it works.
Facebook integration will add names, faces and a lot of warmth to our site which will help build a community. It should lead to new connections being formed among users, more lively interactions and richer discussions.
Please take a minute to log in to www.siminsights.com using your facebook account. You can also login using
your google or yahoo accounts. Just click on "My Sims" link on the top
gray bar, select "Settings" menu item and link to your facebook accounts at the bottom of the page.
We look forward to seeing your pictures on your portfolios!
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
New design for SimInsights website
Have you seen the new design of our website? What did you think?
The new design puts user created simulations front and center on the home page. The moment you land on our site, you are invited to run a simulation, generate charts, look at the numbers update, change simulation settings and re-run. You can then choose from several recent models created by our community. Scroll down to see the latest news through twitter feeds. And finally, a scrolling stream of our user quotes tells you why our users love us.
I feel that having simulations on the home page celebrates the creativity of our community. It also highlights the uniqueness of our platform as the first site that adds simulation to the various forms of expressions available on the web such as text, image, audio and video. But perhaps most importantly, it takes the fear out of simulation.
Having spent nearly 10 years in the engineering simulation industry, I know that poor usability has made a lot of grown-up people dread simulations. If the adults are so fearful, what chance do students have with this technology?
Well, our goal is to simplify simulation and harness its power to serve the user rather than terrify him. Our mission is to make our simulation tools so simple that anyone- no matter what the age, gender of education level- can have his or her first simulation running in less than a minute after landing on our site.
We are just getting started. So let us know what you think about whether we are off to a good start and how we can do a better job. Thanks for reading.
The new design puts user created simulations front and center on the home page. The moment you land on our site, you are invited to run a simulation, generate charts, look at the numbers update, change simulation settings and re-run. You can then choose from several recent models created by our community. Scroll down to see the latest news through twitter feeds. And finally, a scrolling stream of our user quotes tells you why our users love us.
I feel that having simulations on the home page celebrates the creativity of our community. It also highlights the uniqueness of our platform as the first site that adds simulation to the various forms of expressions available on the web such as text, image, audio and video. But perhaps most importantly, it takes the fear out of simulation.
Having spent nearly 10 years in the engineering simulation industry, I know that poor usability has made a lot of grown-up people dread simulations. If the adults are so fearful, what chance do students have with this technology?
Well, our goal is to simplify simulation and harness its power to serve the user rather than terrify him. Our mission is to make our simulation tools so simple that anyone- no matter what the age, gender of education level- can have his or her first simulation running in less than a minute after landing on our site.
We are just getting started. So let us know what you think about whether we are off to a good start and how we can do a better job. Thanks for reading.
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