{"id":31031,"date":"2019-02-19t08:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-19t13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=31031"},"modified":"2019-02-15t12:33:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15t17:33:25","slug":"physics-forman-lecture-youtubes-physics-girl-discusses-using-videos-in-science-outreach-feb-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2019\/02\/physics-forman-lecture-youtubes-physics-girl-discusses-using-videos-in-science-outreach-feb-28\/","title":{"rendered":"physics forman lecture: youtube\u2019s \u2018physics girl\u2019 discusses using videos in science outreach feb. 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>dianna cowern, from youtube\u2019s\u00a0<em>the physics girl<\/em>, will be featured at a talk on thursday, feb. 28, in the stevenson center, room 4309.<\/p>\n<p>the event will begin at 4 p.m. and is open to the vanderbilt community. it is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/physics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">department of physics and astronomy\u2019s<\/a>\u00a02019 guy and rebecca forman lecture in science education.<\/p>\n<p>youtube was originally conceived as an entertainment medium for watching pet, gaming and music videos. in recent years, however, educational channels have gained momentum on the platform, some garnering millions of subscribers and billions of views.<\/p>\n<p><em>the physics girl<\/em>\u00a0youtube channel is an educational series from pbs digital studios that cowern created. using\u00a0<em>the<\/em>\u00a0<em>physics girl<\/em>\u00a0as an example, cowern\u2019s vanderbilt talk will examine what it takes to start a short-form educational video series.<\/p>\n<p>it will look at the channel\u2019s demographical reach, best practices for effective physics outreach, and survey how online media and technology can facilitate good and bad learning. the talk will show how videos are a unique way to share science and enrich the learning experience, in and out of the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>contact: shane hutson, (615) 343-9980<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:shane.hutson@vanderbilt.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shane.hutson@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190215085645\/forman_lecture_physics_girl.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-287316 img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190215085645\/forman_lecture_physics_girl.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>dianna cowern, from youtube\u2019s\u00a0the physics girl, will be featured at a talk on thursday, feb. 28, in the stevenson center, room 4309. the event will begin at 4 p.m. and is open to the vanderbilt community. it is the\u00a0department of physics and astronomy\u2019s\u00a02019 guy and rebecca forman lecture in science education. youtube was originally conceived&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":456,"featured_media":31035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[195,93,69,262,263,87],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2019\/03\/27124311\/forman.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31031"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31032,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31031\/revisions\/31032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}