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This Workshop is no longer being held. We had four great summers and several projects that continued beyond the workshop. Our star continuing project is the Virtual Cell web site. Jim Rusconi started this project in our Workshop and then has continued to work on it, creating an ever-growing dynamic site that, as of mid-Novemeber 1999, is about to reach 50,000 hits. From 1993 to 1997, local Rhode Island and Massachusetts high school teachers attended the summer workshop to learn about concepts in 3D graphics and ways in which computer graphics can motivate the teaching of math, science, and art. The Center's efforts have been supported by Autodesk, Caligari Corporation and Macromedia, who have generously donated copies of professional level 3D modeling, rendering, and animation packages to the participating schools. As a result of the workshops, two schools have created courses in 3D modeling, one lasting a full year. 3D graphics and the math involved have become part of a physics course, chemistry lab, math course, industrial technology courses (aka shop) and, of course, computer science classes. Without the math component, 3D graphics are being used in art, design, and biology courses. You can see student work from one of the modeling courses. |
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