EarthEd Advisory Group Workshop Agenda

Summer 2004, August 5,6

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Morning Session (Thursday August 5, day 1):

Time

Item

Location

Content

7:000AM

Breakfast

Upham Hotel

Buffet

8:30 AM

Transit to UCSB

Meet in Upham Lobby

Folks with cars will drive out of towners to UCSB

9:00 AM

Welcome, Introductions

PSB 2712

Logistics, the plan, reimbursements for costs

9:15AM

Committee member introductions

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30 seconds/person brief intro

9:30 AM

EarthEd Overview

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Review, status of project, future developments, preview of dissemination plan.

10:00 AM

Hands on with EarthEd

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Begin the "Getting Acquainted" tutorial

10:30 AM

Break

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11:00

EarthEd online writing software overview

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Brief demo of online writing software, by Prothero

11:15

Research and experience with student writing.

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Jacqueline Regev: Education graduate student.

11:30

Discussion, identify common needs

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Small group discussions

12:00

Lunch

UCEN

 

Afternoon Session (day 1):

Time

Item

Location

Content

1:30

Panel discussion of online learning "Best Practices"

PSB 2712

Don Reed

Sean Chambelin

anybody else

3:00PM

break

   

3:30PM

Fishbanks Game, an online, multi-user fishing simulation.

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A multi-user game illustrating the "Tragedy of the Commons"

5:00PM

End/Discussion

   

6:00 PM

Dinner

 

Dinner at the Beachside

Walk from campus along the beach.


Morning Session (Friday, August 6 day 2):

Time

Topic

Location

Content

7:00 AM

Breakfast

Upham Hotel

Buffet

8:30 AM

Transit to UCSB

Meet in Upham Lobby. Folks with cars drive.

 

9:00 AM

Using EarthEd for data access and display

Computer Lab, hands-on

ÒHands onÓ: EED data resources: Our Dyn Planet, MARVE, and GLODV. Browser accessible data resources.

10:00

break

   

10:30

General discussion

 

How can we create effective inquiry assignments using earth data?

11:00

Dissemination plan and discussion

 

Presentation of a "straw man" dissemination plan and discussion

12:00 PM

Lunch

UCEN

 

Afternoon session (day 2):

Time

Topic

Location

Content

1:30 PM

Class management issues and EarthEd

PSB 2712

Sharing resources among instructors, streamlining the grading process.

2:00 PM

Summary discussion

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Comments and advice to Bill. Filling out the evaluation sheets.

Advice for next year's workshop.

3:00 PM

End of workshop