Improvisational Theater for Computing Scientists

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'''This project brings the creative practices of improvisational theatre into the training of research scientists with hopes of increasing scientists' capacities to be creative in their fields of expertise and to create new ways of seeing and doing education and research.'''
'''This project brings the creative practices of improvisational theatre into the training of research scientists with hopes of increasing scientists' capacities to be creative in their fields of expertise and to create new ways of seeing and doing education and research.'''
==Performance and Science Links==
==Performance and Science Links==
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* ''Improvisational Theater for Computing Scientists:''Project home page[http://www.ccam.uchc.edu/holmes/improv]
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* ''Improvisational Theater for Computing Scientists:''[http://www.ccam.uchc.edu/holmes/improv]
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Project home page
* ''[[Improv Science]]''
* ''[[Improv Science]]''
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An introduction workshop to practice listening and speaking skills and creating group conversations
* ''Theater, Communication and Science:'' Work by Holly Gaff and Jenifer Alonzo [http://www.jeniferalonzo.com/]
* ''Theater, Communication and Science:'' Work by Holly Gaff and Jenifer Alonzo [http://www.jeniferalonzo.com/]
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Ms. Alonzo is working to develop a series of workshops which will help biologists and mathematicians better collaborate

Revision as of 16:09, 28 October 2010

This project brings the creative practices of improvisational theatre into the training of research scientists with hopes of increasing scientists' capacities to be creative in their fields of expertise and to create new ways of seeing and doing education and research.

Performance and Science Links

  • Improvisational Theater for Computing Scientists:[1]

Project home page

An introduction workshop to practice listening and speaking skills and creating group conversations

  • Theater, Communication and Science: Work by Holly Gaff and Jenifer Alonzo [2]

Ms. Alonzo is working to develop a series of workshops which will help biologists and mathematicians better collaborate


Performance in Scientific Conferences

  • American Society for Cell Biology, CellSlam
  • European Student Council Symposium [3]: Gijs Meeusen will present a very interactive workshop entitled Presenting Science using the theatre approach (2010).

Performance Groups

Graduate Improv Troupe

CSE Band[4], Parody band

Physics Review at UIUC [5]

Dance your Ph.D. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/09/dance-your-phd-finalists-announce.html

Performances, Scenes, Videos

References of interest

  • Performing as Scientists: an improvisational approach to student research and faculty collaboration” BioScene, March 2006. Holmes and Qureshi
  • Creative Teaching: Collaborative Discussion as Disciplined Improvisation. Educational Researcher 2004. R. Keith Sawyer
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