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News from the Center for Image Processing in Education

April 1998

Summer is approaching! Are you wanting to attend a CIPE workshop, write a grant, or collect images for your classroom? In this issue of CIPE Update, you'll find information on:

1998 National Imaging Technology in Education Conference

The Nation's Premier Image Analysis Conference for Elementary, Secondary and Post-secondary Educators

Join us for NITEC '98: "Visualization in the Science, Mathematics and Technology Classroom,"-- three exciting days designed specifically for educators integrating image technology in their classroom instruction. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out in the classroom, NITEC '98 is the perfect forum to:

NITEC '98 highlights the latest advances in image processing and analysis, plus looks at new visualization tools and methodologies used today. Learn about visualization technologies ranging from geographic information systems, mapping, remote sensing, planetary and terrestrial exploration, virtual reality, 3-D modeling, and forensic science applications. Every program topic is devoted to guiding educators through imaging applications ranging from biomedicine and planetary science, to environmental and agriculture technology, and technology education.

You'll hear from nationally renowned imaging specialists, educators, and students presenting first-hand experiences and fresh approaches. You'll meet colleagues from across the country who are successfully using imaging technology in their classroom, and get expert consultation from the staff at CIPE. Plus, there's open lab time so you can "test the waters" yourself. Everything together in one place to help inspire and support curriculum ideas for 1998-99 and beyond!

Attend our new pre-conference workshop introducing Geographical Information Systems--GIS--a powerful visualization, mapping and spatial analysis tool with significant educational applications and a natural extention of image processing. GIS is widely used in professional fields by land-use planners, environmental and natural resource managers, architects, engineers, economists, and scientists in many fields.

NITEC '98 is supported by the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Program. Space is limited and issued on a first-come, first-served basis. Make your reservation today and come explore the power and elegance of digital imaging technology!

New Materials Released

CIPE is excited to announce the release of two new products: A&P Technologist and Discovering Image Processing. Both projects were funded by the Advanced Technological Education program at the National Science Foundation. We have worked long and hard on these projects and are proud to see them come to completion. The lessons in both products have undergone classroom testing and revision to ensure their success in the classroom.

A&P Technologist is a collection of 12 lessons designed for a one- or two-semester Anatomy and Physiology course at the community college or advanced high school level. These lessons cover most of the body systems and incorporate thinking, math and hands-on technology skills. In All Stressed Out, students measure and compare bone structure and strength. In Brain's Blood Supply, students animate and enhance angiograms to visualize blood flow through the brain and then measure and calculate cross-sectional area and resistance to blood flow. A&P Technologist lessons are ideal for students seeking technology-related careers in areas such as biomedical engineering, environmental health and technology, biotechnology or radiology technology. The vast majority of the images are new and include spectacular images from the National Library of Medicine's Visible Man Project.

Discovering Image Processing is a collection of 10 lessons that teach the basics of image processing and analysis technology in a creative and fun way. Based on lessons from the IPT Sourcebook, each lesson has been designed to teach one or more image processing skills in a student-centered and applied context. In Digital Detective, students manipulate look-up tables to reveal hidden details, compare hair samples, and analyze fingerprints of both the finger and DNA varieties. In Photo Effects, students cut, paste, scale, and "morph" images to create fantastic effects and then consider the ethical implications of image processing in the media. In all lessons, students practice such basic skills as reading, writing, thinking and creativity, and career links have been integrated throughout the lessons.

Development of lessons for our Biotechnology and Environmental Technology projects continues to progress. If you are interested in testing lessons for either or both of these two projects, please contact Deborah Alongi, ext. 128 (for Biotechnology), and Steve Moore, ext. 125 (for Environmental Technology).

Mining the Internet for Grant Money

One thing all educators need is more money... more money for equipment and software, more money for special projects, and more money for professional development. Fortunately, money is available from a number of sources... if you know where to find it.

One of the best sources for information on available grant sources is the Internet. The U.S. Department of Education maintains an excellent web site. It is a wonderful source for all of the latest information on grant programs from that agency. In most cases, requests for proposals and grant program applications can be downloaded from the site. Subscribe to an automated news service about Department of Education initiatives by sending an e-mail message to listproc@inet.ed.gov. Type SUBSCRIBE FIRSTNAME LASTNAME (filling in the appropriate names) in the body of an otherwise blank message.

To keep in touch with funding opportunities from a variety of federal agencies, subscribe to FEDIX, a free information exchange service for federal grants and contracts. Link to FEDIX by visiting their site.

A comprehensive source of information on opportunities from private foundations is the Foundation Center. Locate the center at http://fdncenter.org. Other useful resources for information about private funding are the Chronicle of Philanthropy web site and the Internet Prospector. Happy mining!

CAMP IPX Launched

Impact students with this innovative new Camp by introducing them to the creative technology skills that will last a lifetime! Camp IPX introduces students grades 6-9 to the fundamentals of digital imaging, including animation, measurement, filtering, 3-D modeling, morphing and video capture using Macintosh computers. The activities reinforce school subjects, utilize technology and on-line connections to their fullest, and provide glimpses into future career areas for students.

The New School Break

You get 10 ready-made lessons and more than 20 supplemental activities to choose from, and agendas in 5-, 10- or 30-day options in one-hour, half- or full-day configurations.

Plus, you'll get:

Camp IPX Base Fee Program

Camp IPX is an excellent way to offer a new Camp program or augment an existing one! The Camp IPX base fee allows you to set your Camp IPX tuition/registration fee at whatever level is appropriate for your community. It can even provide a unique fundraising opportunity for your organization.

Institutional Site License and Instructor Licenses are available.

Call CIPE at 800/322-9884 for more information or to order your initial Camp IPX or preview sample today!

Fair Use Guidelines

The fair use of copyrighted works for educational purposes has recently been updated and clarified to deal with the use of intellectual property in digital technologies. These fair use guidelines were adopted on September 27, 1996 as a nonlegislative report by the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, Committee of the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives.

To get a copy of the guidelines, visit their web site.

Important Reminders:

  • Exercise caution in downloading works from the Internet. Some works may be copyrighted and may not be reused without permission.
  • When using an image under fair use, credit the source and display the copyright notice and ownership if shown in the original work.
  • Include a notice that certain materials in your presentation are included under the fair use exemption of U.S. Copyright Law and are restricted from further use.

If you make alterations to copyrighted works to accomplish specific instructional objectives, note that alterations have been made.

Discovering GIS

Introductory Workshops for Educators K-12

Bring the excitement of mapping into your classroom with the wide world of Geographic Information Systems!

April 14-15
 Las Vegas, Nevada, in conjunction with NSTA (National Science Teachers Association Conference)

June 25-27
 San Diego, California, in conjunction with NECC (National Educational Computing Conference)

September 4-5
 Atlanta, Georgia, in conjunction with NAAEE (North American Association for Environmental Education)

Call CIPE at 800/322-9884 for more information or to reserve space in CIPE's Discovering GIS workshops!

1998 Regional Image Processing Workshops

The Nation's Premier Digital Image Analysis Training for Macintosh® and Windows® 95

Registration fee of $695 includes:

Level I: Foundations of Image Processing
Sacramento, CA June 17-20
St. Louis, MO June 24-27
Mesa, AZ July 18-21
Chicago, IL August 5-8
Washington, DC August 13-16

Level II: Applications of Image Processing
Mesa, AZ July 18-21

Call 800/322-9884 to register!

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'A&P Technologist' instructional materials play role in reforming traditional anatomy and physiology curriculum for college students

Tucson, AZ, November 5, 1997 -- The non-profit Center for Image Processing in Education announces the release of A&P Technologist, instructional materials for teaching fundamental concepts of anatomy and physiology through the technology of digital image processing. A&P Technologist 's 10 interactive lab exercises cover topics in both first and second semester Anatomy and Physiology. These detailed lessons complement an advanced placement high school or community college course.

A&P Technologist goes beyond traditional methods for teaching the subject matter. It uses real images and all lessons are modeled on the scientific process. For example, students can measure cellular dimensions, calculate surface to volume ratios, or analyze tissue sections without a microscope. Students also work with images from the National Library of Medicine's Visible Human Project, an extraordinary library of crosss-sectional images of the human body, to perform "digital dissections" right in the classroom.

A&P Technologist is ideal for students preparing for technical careers in biomedical engineering, biotechnology, or environmental sciences, as well as for entry-level students in traditional college anatomy and physiology courses. Using software developed by the National Institutes of Health, students employ image processing technology to learn basic science by analyzing digitized X-rays, MRIs, PET scans, and micrographs.

Developed with funding from the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Program, A&P Technologist uses image processing to help students learn course content while developing their analytical skills. Historically, anatomy and physiology instruction has emphasized anatomy over physiology, with a focus on memorization of material. A national movement is gaining momentum to reform both the curriculum and the techniques used to teach this course, bringing it more in line with the National Standards for teaching science. A&P Technologist is on the cutting-edge of this movement to reform anatomy and physiology because it allows students to do more than memorize parts of the body: they actively manipulate, measure and analyze images, gathering their own data to form conclusions.

Topics covered include biomedical imaging, tissues, bone structure articulations, brain anatomy, cardiac dynamics, blood cells, and respiratory pathology. In addition, A&P Technologist is easily customized to allow users to create their own images from additional sources such as digital cameras, scanners, and the Internet.

Product Components

A&P Technologist includes one CD-ROM with more than 300 images and software, plus a Guidebook containing 10 ready-to-use lessons, background information on the technology used to produce images, and information on resources and support services. Complete within each lesson are extensive Teaching Notes (including lesson overview, objectives, prerequisites, and answers), detailed Student Lesson instructions, and Student Data Sheets.

A&P Technologist Lessons

  • Biomedical Imaging: More than skin deep
  • Tissue Study: An introduction to histology
  • All Stressed Out: Analyzing bone structure and strength
  • Articulations: Investigating motion and structure
  • Digital Brain Atlas: Mapping the geography of the brain
  • Brain's Blood Supply: Investigating blood supply to the brain
  • Blood Cells: Exploring blood cell morphology
  • Cardiac Dynamics: Charting the cardiac cycle
  • Up In Smoke: A study of emphysema caused by smoking
  • Digestive Landscapes: Comparing microscopic anatomy

Grade Level: Grades 11-14

Pricing and Availability

Single Educator: $199

Mini Site License*: $549 -- includes 3 Guidebooks and 3 CD-ROMs (3-5 teachers)

Site License:* $1,049 -- includes 5 Guidebooks and 5 CD-ROMs (6-10 teachers)

*(Allows the right to purchase additional CD-ROMs for $15 each)

System Requirements:

  • Macintosh® or Power Macintosh® computer
  • Color monitor capable of displaying 256 colors
  • 5MB free hard drive space
  • CD-ROM drive
  • 4MB minimum available RAM
  • Macintosh System 7.0 or later

Call for information about availability for Windows® 95.

A&P Technologist will be available April 1998. For more information about A&P Technologist, e-mail or call Marie LaVigne at (800) 322-9884, ext. 124.

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Educators Help Students Explore the Wonders of Digital Imagery with Technology-Rich Summer Camp Program 'Camp IPX'

Summer day program teaches students how to analyze digital pictures - from an x-ray to their Uncle Jay

TUCSON, AZ, November 5, 1997 - This summer students can develop their minds as well as digital images with Camp IPX, an innovative new summer day camp program created by the Center for Image Processing in Education (CIPE). Designed to be taught by educators at summer day camp programs, Camp IPX introduces children in grades six through nine to digital image processing through computer, critical thinking and creative skills.

Camp IPX is a full curriculum and promotional kit for teachers of all subject areas that is easy to implement and that helps students learn about digital processing through a wealth of hands-on activities and actual research software employed by scientists, researchers, and medical professionals.

Camp IPX's discovery-based program teaches students how to use computers, scanners and digital cameras to create an original image processing project. The program includes activities such as analyzing basketball shots to understand physics in motion, diagnosing hidden elements in x-rays, measuring distances on satellite images and electron micrographs, and investigating technology careers that utilize digital processing. Available in 5-day, 10-day or 30-day programs, Camp IPX also helps teachers become aware of the educational importance of digital processing and the ways in which it can be utilized across the curriculum.

"With Camp IPX, educators can easily give students a computer-rich summer educational experience," said Melanie Magisos, executive director of CIPE. "Created for summer or interim session learning programs associated with schools, community centers or businesses helping the local education community, Camp IPX offers a simple way to introduce students to the excitement of technology and digital imagery."

Camp IPX is based on award-winning and educationally sound products developed by the University of Arizona Image Processing for Teaching Project, with funding by the National Science Foundation. The program is created by CIPE, a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve science, mathematics and technology education through the development and dissemination of effective, innovative learning tools including professional development workshops. For educators interested in implementing Camp IPX, CIPE provides a wealth of materials and services needed to promote and facilitate the camp, including image processing software, reproducible lesson plans and activity sheets, promotional flyers and a letter for parents.

"I used the Camp IPX materials with sixth graders last summer and it proved to be a very exciting and worthwhile program," said Joanne Goodwin, technology resource teacher, Fairfax County Public Schools, McLean, VA. "We had a great time taking digital pictures of ourselves and then putting them in all kinds of situations! One student put his head on Michael Jordan's body. We all put ourselves on Mars next to the Rover. Another student turned himself into a 10-inch tall human and positioned himself next to a picture of a danish as we learned about scaling images and combining look up tables. I think I learned as much as they did!"

One of Joanne's students said of the experience "Today I got to be an archeologist, detective, and Romeo and a Star Wars freak! This is really great!"

Product Components

Camp IPX offers a complete curriculum and promotional kit for educators. Included in the 10-student kit is:

  • A teacher guidebook covering a 5- 10- or 30-day program filled with lesson plans and activities
  • NIH Image software for classroom use
  • Discs for each student to take home containing software and digital images
  • Camp IPX T-shirts for each student and the instructor
  • A reproducible Camp IPX promotional letter for parents
  • A reproducible Camp IPX registration form

Pricing and Availability

Camp IPX is available to any educator who has had experience in teaching image processing. Camp IPX is sold in ten-student kits for $1,250.00. Additional individual student packs are available for $50.00. Educators pay the base fee for Camp IPX. Decisions regarding additional charges for Camp IPX participants are at the educator's discretion. For those educators wishing to hold a Camp IPX who have not had previous experience teaching image processing, CIPE offers a variety of professional development workshops, as well as HIP® for Educators, a self-paced tutorial for implementing image processing in the classroom.

Formed in Tucson, Arizona, in 1992, the Center for Image Processing in Education (CIPE) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve science, mathematics and technology education through the development and dissemination of effective, innovative learning tools. The Center offers products for the classroom and professional development workshops to educators. Award-winning products released by CIPE include HIP& for Educators (a guide to using image processing in the classroom) and HIP& Biology 1 & 2.

For more information on Camp IPX, e-mail or call Marie LaVigne at (800) 322-9884, ext. 124.

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Discovering Image Processing Instructional Materials Introduce High School Students to Dynamic Technology Tool

TUCSON, AZ, November 5, 1997 -- The non-profit Center for Image Processing in Education announces Discovering Image Processing, a step-by-step introduction to the extraordinary tool of digital image processing. These instructional materials offer relevant, real-world skills that high school students can use in the classroom and take into the workplace. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Discovering Image Processing is designed to meet one of today's greatest educational challenges by delivering effective ways to use rapidly-expanding technological advances within the classroom.

Each of the 10 lessons in Discovering Image Processing teaches one or more real image technology skills, using software developed by the National Institutes of Health and used worldwide by scientists in many disciplines. Students learn to understand digital images, interpret digital data, construct true color images, create animations, locate coordinates, label and measure distances, manipulate Look-Up Tables, enhance contrast, and import and export images in or out of the computer. Lesson instructions guide the student though each technique. By applying basic skills learned in Discovering Image Processing, students can also produce additional images from such sources as microscopes,telescopes, still and video cameras, medical equipment, laser disks, andscanners.

"Image processing helps students develop critical skills that will allow them to participate more fully in the next century," said Melanie Magisos, Executive Director of the Center for Image Processing in Education. Discovering Image Processing is ideal for general classroom use or for developing career links through tech prep programs. Currently, image processing technology is used in a wide range of fields, including medicine, space science, agriculture, law enforcement, architecture, engineering, land use planning, microbiology, and aircraft maintenance.

Students explore real world data using appropriate technology tools, learn fundamental skills through guided exploration and critical thinking, and integrate and make connections among a variety of curriculum topics. The product contains over 300 images and 17 animations drawn from earth and space science, physics, biology, and mathematics. Discovering Image Processing is based on research done by the University of Arizona Image Processing for Teachers project.

Product Components

Discovering Image Processing includes one CD-ROM containing more than 300 images, 17 animations, and 10 ready-to-use, interactive lessons. The Guidebook contains instructions for installation, curriculum overview, information on resources and support services, and complete lesson plans. Each lesson plan includes an overview, educational objectives, a list of specific image processing techniques used, detailed teaching notes with answers, student lesson and data sheet, and troubleshooting tips. Each lesson runs approximately one class period. Discovering Image Processing is also available in a Spanish language version.

Discovering Image Processing Lessons

  • Pixelated Pictures: Understanding digital images
  • Lights, Camera, Action!: Creating and using image stacks
  • Digital Detective: Investigating look-up tables and controlling pastes
  • Digital Data: Graphical interpretation of digital images
  • On Tour in America: Locating coordinates, labeling, and measuring distances
  • Digitizing Details: Getting images in and out of your computer
  • Picture Yourself... : Scaling, cutting and pasting images
  • Color by Number: Creating and using color images
  • Photo Effects: Morphing, filtering and other fantastic effects
  • Tool Time: Discovering tool functions

Pricing and Availability

Single Teacher: $129

Mini Site License:* $449 -- includes 3 Guidebooks and 3 CD-ROMs (4-6 Teachers)

Site License:* $699 -- includes 5 Guidebooks and 5 CD-ROMs

*(Up to 10 teachers; allows the right to purchase additional CD-ROMs for $15 each)

System Requirements:
Macintosh® or Power Macintosh® computer
Color monitor capable of displaying 256 colors
Hard drive and Macintosh compatible CD-ROM drive
2.5MB minimum available RAM
Macintosh System 7.0 or later

Grade Level: Grades 9 through 12

For more information, e-mail or call Marie LaVigne at (800) 322-9884, ext. 124.

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