tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40449568289611742782024-03-13T11:26:57.576-07:00The Stanford ESP BlogJ.D. Zamfirescuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02655457426145922849noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-524613515466888702010-04-20T01:11:00.000-07:002010-04-20T01:12:05.327-07:00Tell us your stories!!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We'd love to hear about your stories from this 2010 Spring Splash! Tell us anything you want! Here are some ideas: </span><br />
<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">What did you learn at Splash? </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">What was your favorite class and why? </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">What things did you like about Splash? </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">What things should we do to make Splash better? </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">What did you have trouble with at Splash? </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">After Splash do you feel any differently (excited? eager? energized?).</span></li>
</ul>Joe Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594255916769267608noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-59613780458432195182010-04-19T13:15:00.000-07:002010-04-19T13:15:04.534-07:00Splash! By Numbers!Thank you everyone who helped out and attended Splash! It was our largest Splash! ever! We had:<div><ul><li>929 Students attend</li>
<li>215 Classes Taught</li>
<li>393 Total Sections Taught</li>
</ul><div>The number of students that attend from the last Splash! in the fall of 2009 increased by almost 50% this year. Great job everyone and thanks for attending!</div></div>Joe Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594255916769267608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-49172575472824546872010-04-02T10:52:00.001-07:002010-04-02T10:52:46.571-07:00Today is the last day for teachers to sign up! Hurry teachers!!!Joe Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594255916769267608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-82514456067644049722010-03-24T15:27:00.000-07:002010-03-24T15:27:41.353-07:00Preview a few classes!Here's a short list of some of the classes that have been registered -<br />
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<ul><li>Hands-on Biology</li>
<li>Quantum Field Theory</li>
<li>Television Mass Communication</li>
<li>DNA, Strawberries, and You!</li>
<li>Improv Your Life</li>
<li>Hip hip choreo + poppin</li>
</ul><br />
What classes would YOU like to see up here?Joe Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594255916769267608noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-52194131671335957102010-02-22T16:18:00.000-08:002010-02-22T16:47:29.090-08:00What should we do?<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Hey readers! We're looking for ideas on how to get more students to be involved with Splash. What are some ways that you can think of to let students know about Splash? A lot of people haven't heard of Splash and we're trying to get the word out.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Post your ideas by commenting below!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Top three ideas will get free T-shirts!</span></div>Joe Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594255916769267608noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-56377994225421574702010-02-08T08:00:00.000-08:002010-02-09T15:54:18.947-08:00Look who won a T-Shirt!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">SPLASH! T-shirt competition results!!</span></b></span></div><div>A while ago we polled all of our past students to tell us about their experiences during SPLASH! We've rated them and pick one to win a free SPLASH! T-shirt! Congratulations <b>Yessenia Moreno</b>! </div><div><br />
</div><div>Below is her SPLASH! experience that won her a free t-shirt. </div><div><br />
</div><div><i>Splash was a great experince for me. I had never attended Splash and I regret that because it was a really fun experience. I went as a Senior, which unfortunatly means that i can't go next year, but if I could do it again, I would. You get to meet a lot of new people, no matter what age they are, it's still fun to get to know them. My favorite classes would have to be Sign Language and </i><span style="color: black;"><i>Frisbee. I really enjoyed both because they were really fun and I got to interact with others :) I was a little bad at Sign Language, but it was still fun to see that I was not the only one struggling. There were times when I got lost, expecially when I had to get there, but it was still fun. One of the wacky experinces I had was that I took a Music Theory class when I had never seen a music note or learned about them. Thanks for giving me the chance to be there.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><i> I would recommend this to anyone, it's fun and at the same time you learn new things. </i></span><i> </i></div><div><i>-Yessenia Moreno</i></div>Joe Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594255916769267608noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-26367938850497347472010-02-01T13:58:00.000-08:002010-02-01T14:01:02.906-08:00The Pekin Art of Opera Face Painting<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Exciting Classes At Splash:</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Pekin Face Painting</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">Taught by Emily Song</span></span><br />
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<tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;">Learn about the Ancient art of Pekin Face Painting! This facial <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse;">make-up is applied to distinguish different roles and reveal their dispositions and moral qualities. Red stands for courage and loyalty and white represents brutality and cruelty. Students explored intriguing facts about Chinese culture and learn the application of face painting!</span></span></span><br />
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Check out <a href="http://wallenberg.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/teachingandlearning/">http://wallenberg.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/teachingandlearning/</a> to see more about the advantages and difficulties of teaching in a hi-tech space or <a href="http://wallenberg.stanford.edu/resources/index.html">http://wallenberg.stanford.edu/resources/index.html</a> to see the rooms themselves. We've reserved rooms 120-127 and the Learning Theater.Ben Shankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582903122336435536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-79076995758997635152009-12-03T08:00:00.000-08:002009-12-06T15:49:33.796-08:00Crazy Bikes!<div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span><span style="color:#38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Exciting Classes At Splash:</span></span></span></b></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">H511: Unusual Bicycle design and construction techniques</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Taught by </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:serif, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.stanfordesp.org/teach/teachers/tomkabat/bio.html" title="The biography of Tom Kabat" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Tom Kabat</span></a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><table><tbody><tr><td><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; "><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Students in the class learned</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> about how to make very unique bikes. After an explanation of different design</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> strategies and construction techniques (cardboard designs, wood designs), the students worked</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in teams to design</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> their own bikes. These designs were reviewed at the end with ergonomics, integrity, and uniqueness in mind. Check out more classes <a href="http://blog.stanfordesp.org/search/label/class%20reviews">here!</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: normal; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></td><td><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 199px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvugK8WzZGI/AAAAAAAACvY/PnwkzngvRyA/s200/DSC_0506.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403088287821948002" /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div>Joe Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594255916769267608noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-18095485965697927852009-11-26T08:00:00.000-08:002009-12-06T15:46:34.069-08:00Music Theory!<div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span><span style="color:#38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Exciting Classes At Splash:</span></span></span></b></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">P452: Intro to Music Theory</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Taught by </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-style: italic; "><a href="http://www.stanfordesp.org/teach/teachers/mzeman/bio.html" title="The biography of Michelle Zeman" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Michelle Zeman</span></span></a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; "><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Students learned about how to read treble and bass clef staffs, identify keys, learned notes and time signatures, and how to construct simple chords. The solfege system (do-re-mi) was taught and students participated in some simple sight-reading exercises. The kids got their MUSIC ON!</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvkuALbJxCI/AAAAAAAACuw/Y40lio62yVA/s200/Pic+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402399808609174562" /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvkuFac9fMI/AAAAAAAACu4/UjtfrLtVbT4/s200/PIc+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402399898542636226" /></span> </span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div>Joe Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594255916769267608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-33276680001150925062009-11-23T08:00:00.000-08:002009-11-24T07:24:55.102-08:00Can You Predict the Future?<div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Feats of Students:</span></span></span></span></b></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Bridge Failure Prediction</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">During this two hour class the students reviewed the Labor Day reconfiguration of the Bay Bridge. A girl gave an opinion as to why a certain eye-bar cracked. This same girl, noting that this reconfiguration was unintentionally putting large stresses on undeserving bridge components, predicted that the bridge would fail in a specific way. The amazing part is that later the same week THIS EXACT FAILURE OCCURRED.</span></span></div><table><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">You might ask: can I use the knowledge I gain from Splash to keep the rest of the world safe? One student, who took a class by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; "><a href="http://www.stanfordesp.org/teach/teachers/glenpark/bio.html" title="The biography of michael daly" style="text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">M</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; "><a href="http://www.stanfordesp.org/teach/teachers/glenpark/bio.html" title="The biography of michael daly" style="text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">ichael Daly</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">E479: San Francisco </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Oakland Bay Bridge Project - an Overview)</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">, did just this.</span></span></span></i></span></td><td style="text-align: center;"> <img style="text-align: center;cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 160px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SwedXUSmxZI/AAAAAAAACwA/kyJ_vrZODAA/s200/mn-bridgefail05_0500771286.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406462901590869394" /> </td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SwediXZQ4aI/AAAAAAAACwI/xDWwUPb13pM/s200/mn-bridge28_110__0500771374.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406463091402662306" /></td><td><div style="text-align: left;">So by just taking a simple class at Splash, a student was able to understand and apply the knowledge she gained to a real-life situation and predict a bridge failure. "It's too bad the CalTrans Officials didn't take this class" Daly Wrote. Too true, Michael, too true. There are no limits to what you could potentially learn at Splash, and you'll just never know when it will come in handy!</div><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div>Joe Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594255916769267608noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-79322857634628535102009-11-19T08:00:00.000-08:002009-11-19T08:00:03.920-08:00Cooking!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span><span style="color:#38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Class In Review:</span></span></span></b></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">H534: Simple Indian cooking</span></i></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Taught by </span><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.stanfordesp.org/teach/teachers/ranil/bio.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" title="The biography of Rani Agrawal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Rani Agrawal</span></a></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><div style="text-align: left; "><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">Students watched and learned about Traditional Indian food that can be cooked quickly and effortlessly. Students were taught how to interlace spices into meals and learned the varied effects of specific spices. Not to mention the got to EAT some of the delicious food prepared<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> before their eyes!</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:medium;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvPPWSrxNfI/AAAAAAAACuI/m1Jf6Fz5KIk/s200/3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400888360026846706" /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvPPmhNjHBI/AAAAAAAACuY/8BJIvPA-uEY/s200/2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400888638804532242" /> <img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvPQGVQwIWI/AAAAAAAACuo/6dHqK8GA52w/s200/1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400889185352556898" /></span></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div>Joe Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594255916769267608noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-3093461132994952372009-11-12T08:00:00.000-08:002009-11-12T08:00:01.655-08:00Juggling!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span><span style="color:#38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Class In Review:</span></span></span></b></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">H607: Let's Throw Things! Juggling 101</span></i></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Taught by </span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><a href="http://www.stanfordesp.org/teach/teachers/melodylu/bio.html" style="color: #000066; text-decoration: underline;" title="The biography of Melody Lu"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Melody Lu</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><a href="http://www.stanfordesp.org/teach/teachers/danielnewburger/bio.html" style="color: #000066; text-decoration: underline;" title="The biography of Daniel Newburger"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Daniel Newburger</span></a></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:small;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In this class, not only were you taught how to juggle, but you get to make your own juggling balls out of everyday materials! But the BEST part is that you get to KEEP the juggling balls you make!</span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvKB0uAUkvI/AAAAAAAACsw/_c65ZwO6rRE/s1600-h/DSC_0631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128/" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvKB0uAUkvI/AAAAAAAACsw/_c65ZwO6rRE/s320/DSC_0631.jpg" width="95" /></a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvKB3XsonjI/AAAAAAAACtA/xSBdMP_zvVo/s1600-h/DSC_0627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvKB3XsonjI/AAAAAAAACtA/xSBdMP_zvVo/s320/DSC_0627.jpg" width="139" /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvKB52bf4tI/AAAAAAAACtQ/aVsFrt8mMas/s1600-h/DSC_0625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128/" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvKB52bf4tI/AAAAAAAACtQ/aVsFrt8mMas/s320/DSC_0625.jpg" width="126" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvKB4XqF6HI/AAAAAAAACtI/CMRJ42YAkF4/s1600-h/DSC_0630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvKB4XqF6HI/AAAAAAAACtI/CMRJ42YAkF4/s400/DSC_0630.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></span><br /></div></div>Joe Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594255916769267608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-65270181794678811072009-11-05T08:00:00.000-08:002009-11-05T23:15:26.264-08:00Ukuleles!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span><span style="color:white;"><span style="color:#38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Class In Review:</span></span></span></span></b></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">L533: Learn to Play the Ukulele</span></span></i></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Taught By </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.stanfordesp.org/teach/teachers/scico/bio.html" style="color: #330033;" title="The biography of Scott Meyer"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Scott Meyer</span></a></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.stanfordesp.org/teach/teachers/scico/bio.html" style="color: #330033;" title="The biography of Scott Meyer"></a><span style="font-family:Times;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is a class where a small group 6 students were taught how to play a stringed instrument. By the end of the class these students (who had no prior knowledge of how to play a guitar) were able to play Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles.</span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvJ8N5FU9ZI/AAAAAAAACso/XB4w4ehJaHw/s1600-h/DSC_0698.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvJ8N5FU9ZI/AAAAAAAACso/XB4w4ehJaHw/s200/DSC_0698.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvJ8JdetQII/AAAAAAAACsQ/A3mciwnmQ3A/s1600-h/DSC_0704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvJ8JdetQII/AAAAAAAACsQ/A3mciwnmQ3A/s200/DSC_0704.jpg" width="150/" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvJ8M0FeawI/AAAAAAAACsg/c_BCG1YVloM/s1600-h/DSC_0699.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvJ8M0FeawI/AAAAAAAACsg/c_BCG1YVloM/s200/DSC_0699.jpg" width="150/" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvJ8LyHaHAI/AAAAAAAACsY/yKlOv4wm9F4/s1600-h/DSC_0701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvJ8LyHaHAI/AAAAAAAACsY/yKlOv4wm9F4/s200/DSC_0701.jpg" width="150/" /></a><br /></div>Joe Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594255916769267608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-13632391197203281172009-11-03T20:39:00.000-08:002009-11-03T20:44:13.151-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/SvEGAKJ2FvI/AAAAAAAACsI/pCk7MDuoZZ0/s320/Screen+shot+2009-11-03+at+8.40.59+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400104027989350130" style="cursor: pointer; width: 97px; height: 26px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Whoa! Make sure you're a fan of our Facebook group!</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stanford-Splash/68520929139?ref=ts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Join Here!</span></a></div></div>Joe Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594255916769267608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-16170906290496926622009-11-02T01:04:00.000-08:002009-11-05T23:14:29.558-08:00Origami Yoda!<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:white;"><span style="color:#38761d;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Class in Review:</span></span></span></span></span></b><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">H595: Giant Origami!</span></i></span></span><br /><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Taught By: </span></span></span><a href="http://www.stanfordesp.org/teach/teachers/avivo/bio.html" style="color: #000066; text-decoration: underline;" title="The biography of Aviv Ovadya"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Aviv Ovadya</span></span></span></a></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In this class, stu</span><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">dents work</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ed in teams to fold origami out of very large </span></span><span style="border-collapse: separate;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">pieces o</span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">f paper. This year two life-size Yodas were made! Click on the photos</span></span><span style="border-collapse: separate;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> below to enlarge them!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-weight: normal;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-weight: bold;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-weight: normal;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-weight: bold;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399431616463382418" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/Su6icqBQJ5I/AAAAAAAACrQ/pkJEG77vFyk/s320/DSC_0180.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 133px; width: 200px;" /> </span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399432469292569138" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/Su6jOTDk0jI/AAAAAAAACrw/XsyArUPy6w0/s320/DSC_0265.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 133px; width: 200px;" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/Su6jOjhKICI/AAAAAAAACr4/2ujCZh9zHLE/s1600-h/DSC_0217.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399432473711616034" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/Su6jOjhKICI/AAAAAAAACr4/2ujCZh9zHLE/s320/DSC_0217.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 133px; width: 200px;" /></span></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399432478947097234" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_esXu86qWHMA/Su6jO3BZOpI/AAAAAAAACsA/V1w03vklIJI/s320/DSC_0371.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 133px; width: 200px;" /></span></span><br /></div>Joe Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594255916769267608noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-8678688550850520922009-11-02T00:59:00.001-08:002009-11-05T23:31:06.830-08:00Class Reviews Coming Soon....<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Did you miss Splash this last time? Maybe you were able to make it but didn't get a chance to take all the classes you wanted to. We're going to highlight a few of the classes to show you what you missed! Maybe you took the class we review, and you might be in some of the pictures!</span></span>Joe Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594255916769267608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-27300406798788635612009-10-27T23:11:00.000-07:002009-11-04T23:53:41.534-08:00Splash Fall 2009!<table style="height: 330px; text-align: right; width: 524px;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">Thanks to everybody who made Splash Fall 2009 such a great success! Nearly 700 students attended more than 200 classes on topics ranging from web programming to creative writing to solving Rubik's cubes. We're exited that so many people came together to have fun and learn at the same time, and we can't wait to bring even more cool subjects to students for Splash Spring 2010. Stay tuned for information about future Splash events!<br />
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</tbody></table>Joe Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594255916769267608noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044956828961174278.post-31432237354578383932009-10-14T17:44:00.001-07:002009-11-03T20:45:58.379-08:00Welcome to the Stanford ESP Blog!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Stanford ESP is super-excited to announce the creation of our blog! We'll be sharing stories from Splash students and alumni, and passing along insights as we organize new Splashes and grow Stanford ESP.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We hope you'll join us!</span></div>J.D. Zamfirescuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02655457426145922849noreply@blogger.com0