User:Ckazilek
Type of site | Art Biology Education |
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| Created by | Charles Kazilek |
| URL | http://kazilek.com |
| Commercial | No |
| Current status | Active |
I am an artist and working scientist in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. In addition I have a long history of developing preK-12 educational content.
ABOUT MY WORK[edit]
I am the Director of Technology Integration and Outreach in the ASU School of Life Sciences (SOLS) and have been a member of the SOLS faculty for over 25 years. I am also the creator and developer of Ask A Biologist as well as another outreach program, The Paper Project. I have been developing K-12 web content for more than 14 years and have been running teacher workshops (Dr. Biology’s Imaginative Classroom) for more than five years in collaboration with Arizona Science Center as well as in local school districts. Recently I designed and built Grass Roots Studio (GRS), an audio production studio. Currently the GRS is involved with two nationally distributed audio programs, Ask A Biologist and SOLS Science Studio. It also released a series of 15 audio lectures from the year-long ASU Darwinfest events.
Ask A Biologist[edit]
The Ask A Biologist program has been in existence since 1997 and provides students, teachers, and parents access to working scientists. Since the web site began it has answered over 30,000 questions. The web site has also received several awards for its content, including the Best of the Web (BOW) from the Center for Digital Education, and the Exemplary Web Site Award from the Arizona Teaching in Education Alliance. In 2004 Ask A Biologist received the highest peer review evaluation from the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching Association (MERLOT). Recently the companion audio podcast program was awarded the Silver Quill Award of Excellence by the International Association of Business Communicators. The number of unique daily visitors to the web site exceeds 2,500,000 per year. There are also more than 120,000 PDF content downloads per year. These statistics are from our Web logs using the analytical software Webtrends.
I am currently working on the Wikipedia entry for this program and hope to have it ready in mid January 2009.
Paper Project[edit]
Paper Project began in 1999 and continues to explore the structure and beauty of a material that we hold in our hands every day - paper. The works that have resulted from this exploration seamlessly blend the qualities of science and art. The images place the individual on the surface and within the very fibers of paper – it is as if they were to shrink down to a size no larger than a period at the end of this sentence. The project includes a traveling tactile art exhibit, an immersive 3D performance pieces, and a dance performance. The project also provides a wide range of educational content.
Grass Roots Studio[edit]
Grass Roots studio is housed in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. It was constructed in late 2007. The primary shows produced in the studio are Ask A Biologist, a companion to the Web site of the same name and Science Studio. Both of these shows are distributed by iTunes U as well as on various Web feed outlets.
Art Work[edit]
For many people science and art are thought of as separate pursuits. Science follows an academic path and is based in experimentation. Art involves the creative spirit and expression. Science is analytical, where art follows passion. They appear as two worlds set apart – but are they? As a scientist and artist my passion is exploring the unseen and creating works based on my journeys. The results of my exploration of science and art are ones that I hope people will also explore and interacted with.
Awards[edit]
2008 Silver Quill Award of Excellence. International Association of Business Communicators Southern Region [1].
2008 Nikon International Small World Competition - Fifth Place [2].
2006 Donald J. Nash Memorial Award.. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division (SWARM)[3].
2006 Nikon International Small World Competition - Fourth Place [4].
2005 Classics Award winner for Teacher Education [5].
2004 Nikon International Small World Competition - Fourth Place [6].
2004 President’s Award for Innovation. Arizona State University [7].
2003 President’s Award for Innovation. Arizona State University [8].
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "ASU communicators net 6 Silver Quill Awards". BNET. October 2008. Retrieved on 18 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ^ "2008 Nikon Winners". Nikon. 2008. Retrieved on 18 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ^ "Donald J. Nash Memorial Award". AAAS-SWARM. 2006. Retrieved on 18 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ^ "2006 Nikon Winners". Nikon. 2006. Retrieved on 18 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ^ "The Paper Project". MERLOT. 2005. Retrieved on 18 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ^ "2004 Nikon Winners". Nikon. 2004. Retrieved on 18 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help) - ^ "Past Winners: President's Award for Innovation". Arizona State University. 2004. Retrieved on 17 January 2009.
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