Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

DLESE 2003 MEETING:

Skills Workshop Program (PDF version)

6:30 am - 8:00 am Breakfast (Williams Village dormitory)(2nd floor cafeteria)

7:15 am -8:15 am Transportation (Williams Village to the University Memorial Center)

8:15 am - 8:40 am Plenary Session: Earth Systems Education thru a Geographic Eye (UMC 235)

8:40 am - 9:00 am Walk to various lab locations

9:00 am - 11:00 am - Session One

1. Effective Science Writing Exercises for Enhancing Learning (Ekeley S274)
2. Mapping Data over the Internet: Introducing ArcIMS (Ekeley W240)
3. Introduction to GIS (GUGG 6)
4. Saguaro Project (ECCR 244)
5. Atmospheric Aerosol Project: A Student-Teacher-Scientist Partnership (ECCE 141)
6. Geoscience Education Through Interactive Technology (GETIT)(ECME 107)
7. Rich Annotation of Images: Fun and Learning with Interactive Web Drawing(ECCH 107)
8. GLOBE (ECCR 239)
9. Global Earthquake Explorer (ECCR 225)

11:00 am - 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 -3:00 Session Two:

1. Working with Online Sources of Georeferenced Data: Part 1 (EKELEY W240)
2. Introduction to GPS (GUGG 6)
3. Geospatial Junction: GIS for the Classroom (ECCR 244)
4. Jules Verve Voyager and Voyager Jr: Interactive Web Map Tools for Science, Education and Outreach - New for 2003: EarthScope and Comparative Planetology (ECCE 141)
5. Collection Building Using the DLESE Catalog System (ECME 107)
6. Community Collection Building: Successes and Lessons Learned from Building the Digital Water Education Library (ECCH 107)
7. Making GIS Accessible with Tools Designed for Learners (ECCR 239)
8. Integrating Field and Digital Inquiry (ECCR 225)

3:00 - 3:30 Break (Snack and walk to/from Ekeley, Guggenhiem and Engineering Labs)

3:30 - 5:30 Session Three:

1. Working with Online Sources of Georeferenced Data: Part 2- Creating a Base Map for your own Study (EKELEY W240)
2. Increasing Spatial Literacy with an Internet GIS (GUGG 6)
3. Geospatial Junction: GIS for the Classroom (ECCR 244)
4. EarthKAM (ECCE 141)
5. Library Interoperability Using OAI: Building the Library by Collection (ECME 107)
6. Using the Atmospheric Visualization Collection (ECCH 107)
7. Collections Evaluation: Tools and Methods for Project, Resource, and Whole Collections Evaluation and Assessment (ECCR 239)
8. A Guided Tour Through DLESE - Getting your Feet Wet for DLESE Novices!(ECCR 225)

5:30 -6:00: Buses to Williams Village Dormitories from the East entrance of the engineering building and from the main entrance of the UMC.

6:15- 9:30: Welcome Reception at National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).