Our goal has always been to provide high quality instructional materials and
help chemistry instructors at all levels use them effectively. In 2003 we will
continue our efforts to provide simple, accessible ways for you to find out about
the breadth and excellence of our materials. Of course, we rely on your feedback
about your needs.
Learn to Use JCE Video
Would you like to learn more about JCE digitized video materials?
Would you like to use them in your classroom? Are you organizing a meeting or
conference where the participants might like to learn too? JCE has special
Video Workshops to fill these needs—you can attend a workshop or host one.
Read on…
JCE staff conducts workshops on incorporating JCE Video into
classroom presentations. During 2002 we were at the ACS Spring National Meeting
in Orlando, at the Biennial Conference on Chemistry Education in Bellingham, WA,
and at the AP Chemistry Exam Reading in Clemson, SC. The workshops focus on using
video from our Chemistry Comes Alive! collection of CD-ROMs; the format can range
from a three-hour hands-on session to an hour-long demonstration. We will present
a similar workshop for any meeting or group of interested chemistry instructors
as time and finances permit: just invite us! If you are unable to attend a workshop,
you can access the materials we use in the workshops online.
If, after attending a workshop or working with the online materials, you would
like to present a workshop yourself, we can help by providing materials and examples
for your presentation, as well as information sheets, order forms, guest access
to JCE Online, and other items for your workshop participants.
JCE Online: New Look, New Additions
Check out JCE Software’s newly updated WWW
pages. We are in the process of updating them to match the new JCE Online
style. All of our Web-ready publications (listed below) have online demonstration
versions available, including the new 3rd edition of Periodic Table Live!, so
you can try them out before you make a purchase. Each JCE Software publication
has technical support and instructor’s notes online, providing you with
information that will help you use them in your classroom. The
Chemistry Comes Alive! (CCA!) area of the site has been updated to include
Chemistry Comes Alive! Volume 6: Laboratory Techniques, the newest addition to
the collection. The comprehensive table of contents, index, and search has been
improved, so finding video on any topic from any CD in the collection now is even
easier. Help us continue to improve our online presence by using it and telling
us what is helpful and what needs further improvement.
Take Part in a Discussion Forum
Participate (speak up! or simply observe) in one or more of our JCE
Online discussion forums, a new feature of
JCE Online. The forums are a special feature of Only@JCE Online. One
of these forums, on JCE Software, has discussion areas for all current
JCE Software publications, both software and video. Here users can ask
questions, answer questions, and share ideas and lessons using JCE Software
publications. The discussions are monitored by JCE Software staff, who
will answer technical questions and gather new ideas for improving JCE Software.
What’s in Store in 2003?
More Chemistry Comes Alive!
The CCA! series continues—look for at least one new Chemistry Comes Alive!
CD to appear in 2003. Volume 7 will include video from the ChemDemos
(1) and ChemDemos II (2)
videodiscs that was not included on previous CCA! volumes, plus lots of new chemistry
demonstrations. Each CD in the popular CCA! series contains video and animations
of chemical reactions and procedures that can be easily incorporated into your
own computer-based presentations, and each works on both Mac OS and Windows computers.
New Editions
A new 7th edition of General Chemistry Collection will ship in time for fall
2003 adoptions. It will include new programs for general chemistry in addition
to the software included in the current 6th edition (3).
The Advanced Chemistry Collection will be updated in fall 2003 and this 4th
edition will be shipped in time for spring semester 2004. It will include new
programs for advanced chemistry in addition to the software included in the current
3rd edition (4).
New Releases
In addition to the new programs above, we continue to work with authors and
peer reviewers on larger packages that will be published individually on CD-ROM.
We expect to publish at least one such CD in 2003. Watch the Journal
and JCE Online for information.
Connect with Your Students Outside Class
Most students now own a personal computer. Many instructors utilize the World
Wide Web to create HTML pages for their students. Campus-wide networks are providing
broadband access to such resources. JCE Software has options available
to take advantage of these developments: software adoptions, Web-ready publications,
and customized CDs.
Software Adoption for Your Course
You can adopt our CD-ROMs so that JCE Software programs are available to your
students, just as you would adopt a textbook. The popular CDs listed below have
already been adopted by general chemistry courses at several institutions:
- General Chemistry Collection
- ChemPages Laboratory
- Periodic Table Live!
- Chemistry Comes Alive! (CCA!)
For large orders, the cost per CD can be quite low (as little as $3–5),
making this a cost-effective method of allowing students access to the software
they need—whenever and wherever they desire.
Use Our Web-Ready Publications
Due to its many advantages, HTML has become a popular means to present material.
Viewed with the ubiquitous Internet browser, HTML is compatible with both Mac
OS and Windows, provides a flexible and familiar hypermedia interface, and is
readily distributed via various media. Our Web-ready publications can be used
by individuals directly from the CD-ROM. With appropriate licensing, they are
also ready for use on local intranets and can be readily incorporated into other
HTML-based materials. Visit us online
for a demonstration preview of each Web-ready publication; contact us to learn
about licensing them:
- Chemistry Comes Alive!, Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
- ChemPages Laboratory
- Multimedia General Chemistry Problems
- Periodic Table Live!
- Solid State Resources, 2nd edition
- Flying over Atoms
Create a Custom CD
Is no single JCE Software publication “just right” for
your course? Would you like your students to have access to more than one or only
parts of the items above? Do you need to keep the cost-per-student low? Just select
content from among our Web-ready publications, and JCE Software can build
a customized CD-ROM for you. You can also include your own computer software or
electronic documents. CDs can be distributed to students bundled with a locally
published laboratory manual, included as a part of student lab fees, or sold as
a Student Affiliate or other organizational fund-raising project. Prices range
from $3 to $8 per CD depending on the number ordered and packaging required. Orders
must be for 1000 or more copies; some restrictions may apply.
Share Your Work
We invite you to submit technology-based instructional materials to JCE
Software. Software is in our name, but our publications are not always traditional
software. We publish
- Video on videotape, videodisc, and CD-ROM
- Electronic documents such as Mathcad and Mathematica exercises, spreadsheet
files, and macros
- HTML and PowerPoint presentations
Most chemistry instructors use a computer in their teaching and many of you
have created materials for your classes. If you have an original computer presentation,
electronic document, animation, video, or other item that is not printed text,
it is probably an appropriate submission for JCE Software. A guide for
software and video submissions to JCE Software is online.
We especially invite presentations, lessons, and tutorials incorporating video
and images from the CCA! series.
If you publish your work in the Journal of Chemical Education, you
will share your efforts with chemistry instructors and students all over the world—and
receive professional recognition for your achievements as well.
Get in Touch with JCE Software
For more information about publications, orders, adoptions, custom CDs, and
network licenses, contact JCE Software, University of Wisconsin–Madison,
1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706-1396; phone; 608/262-5153 or 800/991-5534
(U.S.); fax: 608/265-8094; email. Information
about all of our publications (including abstracts, descriptions, updates, etc.)
is available from our World Wide Web site.
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