Room 145 Renee Gittler teaches all first-year chemistry courses without wet labs on campus. But a little thing like that hasn't stopped Mrs. Gittler from teaching chemistry. Through the efforts of Mrs. Gittler, the Lehigh Valley Campus was chosen as the first Penn State test site for the computer-assisted lab. The computers play video simulations of chemistry lab experiments from interactive videodiscs. The simulations are remarkably lifelike.
Students can repeat the experiments and learn from their mistakes.
Mrs. Gittler received her bachelor's degree in chemistry from Hunter College. She has done graduate work in chemistry at Penn State University and has completed course work requirements for her doctorate. Her research interests include the development of effective instructional tools and methods for enhancing first-year chemistry classes. Mrs. Gittler is a member of the Pennsylvania Association of College Chemistry Teachers and the American Chemical Society. This page was last modified July 28, 1999.