Natthi Sharma: Making Sense of the Weird Quantum Reality

The audience will first be exposed to experimental results on electrons/photons that require for their explanation very counter-intuitive concepts, such as being here and there or spinning up and down at the same time, underlying quantum physics. Very special visual analogs will be used --- analogies are always useful to comprehend new in terms of known --- to comfort the intellectual paralysis of our (predisposed) mind in understanding the co-existence of mutually exclusive attributes in the microscopic quantum world.

Jared Jeffries: Using the Globalization of Information to Shape Tomorrow's Political Landscape

Information shapes our world, and how we communicate that information is just as important as the information itself. Until recently the speed of communication was restricted by the rate of travel. This has changed dramatically in the last 100 years. With the advent of modern communication tools, such as social media, people can reach out to one another in ways they never have before. This new inter-connectivity has created new avenues of discourse and offers new ways to shape our political landscape.

Tyson Gersh: Neurotastic - teaching learners to educate through web-based media and improve access to education worldwide

The popular proverb states that you “remember 90% of what you teach”. Despite the wisdom behind these words and their theoretical potential, such conceptualizations of learning prove difficult to implement into standardized educational curriculum. How can educators teach students to be the agents of their own education and endorse a model of learning centered on peer-to-peer education in the face of decreasing school resources? Using a novel curriculum being piloted in Ann Arbor, MI as a case-study, this talk will explore the utility of web-based media and the theme of social justice in modern public educational institutions.