Anne began the class with an introduction to chat. The students started learning how to use Chat by 'chatting' with each other and with Dr. Thissen via Global Chat. They had so much fun that Friday's big chat event had to be mentioned to quiet the riot. They were even more excited about the Cu-See-Me session that we had next. They used the QuickCams to see each other and also Dr. Thissen, who was at UNC, in realtime.

The next activity was done outside on the picnic tables. The purpose was to have the students look at eggs and determine the nature of their contents. However, the eggs had been "altered". Some were raw or hardboiled, as expected, but some contained water, soap, or nothing at all! The students were shocked and amazed, but they answered correctly on many. This served as proof of the fact that you can't always believe what you see... or hear or feel or think.

Computational science was introduced today as well, with a discussion of the application-algorithm-architecture triangle and a visit to a population dynamics webmodel. The students also learned about how every step in a process must be described in detail when they told Monte how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Finally, a game of telephone illustrated the noise and misinterpretation that can obscure a signal.