The ACA Education & Literacy Planning Committee Video Initiative

The American Crystallographic Association (ACA) is in the preliminary stages of creating a online portal of videos that aim to help the ACA community promote and develop crystallographic literacy in the classroom and beyond.

We are currently welcoming submissions from our community to the video library.  The submissions will be collected and evaluated on a quarterly basis (January1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st).  

The videos will be hosted by the ACA in two categories: a few public videos accessible by all to promote crystallography broadly; and behind an ACA-login available to current members only. Videos behind the ACA firewall could be used and remixed for classroom usage, but not published publicly.

 
Submit a Video
 

Videos can be as simple as a few minutes of talking over a slide presentation, or as complex as a molecular animation. ACA would provide a certificate in appreciation and acknowledge creators online at https://www.amercrystalassn.org/ and at the annual meeting.

 

Spring 2023 Contest

All videos submitted by students, postdocs, and junior faculty (within 10 years of PhD) will be eligible for a $500 USD prize to be awarded for the best videos in a suggested category. The first ten videos submitted will receive $100 for their contribution. Videos will be evaluated by the Young Scientists Interest Group.  The deadline to submit a video for consideration in the contest is April 1, 2023!

 
Submit a Video
 

Questions?

Please contact us with any questions!  Education Committee Chair Christine Zardecki ([email protected]).

 


This activity is funded in part by a grant from the American Institute of Physics federation Venture Fund.