Before he was one of the best San Francisco Giants of all time, which Hall of Famer was one of the best players in the Negro League? What waterfall in Soma is dedicated to a civil rights leader? What church in SF is named after a jazz legend? Think you know the answers? Here's an …
Last week's "Science Today" video focuses on a topic near and dear to me : communicating science to the public. There's some great quotes from scientists, educators, and even science comedian Brian Malow on the importance of communicating science in ways that work for modern audiences, whether that be online or in-person. Watch this short …
I'm proud to share this video produced by our viz studio intern Sophia Li on volunteering at the California Academy of Sciences. This was the final product Sophia created for the Academy during her nearly year-long internship with us. Such a great picture of volunteering opportunities at the Academy. And that is was created by …
Check out the three awesome science videos created by our teen filmmakers this summer at the California Academy of Sciences. They each reflect the hard work of three teams of 3-4 teens working for under two-weeks on a science topic that they selected. Each video was inspired by our latest exhibit at the Academy, "Skulls." …
Sophia is a promising young person who I had the pleasure of working with last summer in our "Science in Action" science filmmaking program. She had such a blast learning video production that she asked if there were opportunities for her to keep doing it at the Academy. This resulted in our visualization studio …
Here is the first of three awesome videos created by a group of teens who participated in the California Academy of Sciences' "Science in Action Summer Intensive" this July. This video "Collections: A Window Into the Past" was created over just a couple of weeks by Kirby, Toby, Aimee and Roman. Enjoy! More about the …
Are you a Bay Area teen who loves science, wants to geek out about technology, and is interested in making digital media with other teens? The Academy wants you! I’m excited to announce that Digital Learning at the California Academy of Sciences is launching a new program for high school-aged youth called the “TechTeens.” We’re …
To get this blog started, I wanted to provide some background on what the Digital Learning program at the California Academy of Sciences has been doing since it was launched about three years ago. Over that time, I’ve loved getting to design fun and engaging youth programs that combine my interest in tech and my …
Welcome to my new blog, RangerRik.com! This is where you will find my thoughts and activities from my work as a digital learning educator and program developer at the California Academy of Sciences. This is also where I am going to share out lots of the awesome work, tools, approaches, conversations and events happening …
Today was so strange I don’t even know where to start. I’m in Ivano-Frankivsk, a small city in Western Ukraine, where I was brought by the US Embassy to lead some trainings in digital media for local NGOs. I’ve done a few of these technology trainings for civil society organizations around the world, and had …