22-27 June 1997 Unidata Workshop

Using Instructional Technologies and Satellite Data for College-Level Education in the Atmospheric and Earth Sciences

Location: NCAR Foothills Lab - 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO, Building Number 2
Rooms: Auditorium, Rooms 1002 and 1003, and the COMET Classroom
Group assignments: Group A - Rm 1003, Group B - COMET Classroom, Group C - Rm 1002 Development Groups will hold lab sessions together, led by science content experts and instructional design experts. Group topics are as follows:
Sunday 22 June
7:00-8:30 Opening Reception/Registration (beverages and hors d'oeuvres provided)
Williams Village, 30th St. and Baseline Rd.
7:00 Registration for Participants and Speakers
Jan Dillon
7:30 Workshop Kickoff
Sandra Nilsson
7:50-8:30 Meet your colleagues
    
Monday 23 June
8:30 Introduction and Welcome
Melanie Wetzel
8:45 Keynote Address - Data, Images, Creativity, Understanding: What Else?
Don Johnson
9:30 Workshop Agreement
Barbara Petruzzi, COMET
9:45 Photo Shoot - Outside of Lobby on Steps
10:00 BREAK
10:15 Mental Models in Science Education
Tom Reeves
11:15 Satellite Meteorology
Jim Purdom
12:00LUNCH
Afternoon Labs on Instructional Design and Project Planning
[Groups A-C meet separately, but go through these topics in order shown below]:
1:15 Needs Analysis
2:00 Determining Learning Objectives
2:45 BREAK
3:00 Designing Instructional Environments
5:00 Adjourn for Day - Catch Bus to Williams Village
5:30-6:30 Dinner served at Williams Village
7:00-9:00 Music Concert by Centennnial Brass Quintet
Rm 213 -- Williams Village Commons
    
Tuesday 24 June
8:30 Announcements
Melanie Wetzel
8:45 Atmospheric Temperature Climatology
John Christy
9:30 Satellite Technology
Steve Ackerman
10:15 BREAK
10:30 Education in Global Change
Gene Takle
11:15 Panel Discussion on Fostering Institutional Support for Instructional Development
Mohan Ramamurthy, Bob Ridky, Tom Reeves, Doug Yarger (Moderator: Mary Marlino)
12:15 LUNCH
1:15 Afternoon Labs on Educational Resources
Lab Topics
  1. COMET Training modules
  2. Web-based resources (HTML, data, education, and imagery)
  3. Realtime data utilization (Unidata, other)
  4. Archived data sources (CODIAC case studies, CD-ROM datasets, etc.)
2:45BREAK
3:00 Afternoon Labs on Educational Resources
5:00Adjourn for Day - Catch Bus to Williams Village
5:30-6:30 Dinner served at Williams Village
6:45Catch Buses for Evening Session
7:00 For those interested: IDRISI Hands-on Session in Room 1002
John Snow and May Yuan
    
Wednesday 25 June
8:30 Announcements
Melanie Wetzel
8:45 Applications of GIS in Meteorological Education, Research, and Operations
John Snow
9:30 Aerosol Remote Sensing
John Merrill
10:15BREAK
10:30 The Water Vapor Channel
Chris Velden
11:15 Education in Satellite Remote Sensing
Paul Ruscher
12:00LUNCH
and for those interested, lab session on IDRISI
1:15 HTML-Related Training and Instructional Development
3:00BREAK
3:15 HTML-Related Training and Instructional Development
4:30Adjourn - Catch Bus to Williams Village
5:30Catch Buses at Williams Village for Flagstaff Cookout
    
Thursday 26 June
8:30Announcements/Distribute Workshop Assessment Forms
Melanie Wetzel
8:45 Instructional Project Development
10:15BREAK
10:30 Instructional Project Development
12:00LUNCH
and for those interested, lab session on IDRISI
1:15 Instructional Project Development
3:00BREAK
3:15 Instructional Project Development
4:30 Project Summary Discussion
5:00Adjourn - Catch Bus to Williams Village
5:30-6:30Outdoor Barbecue in the Courtyard at Williams Village - Prepared by CU for Dormitory Guests
    
Friday 27 June
8:30Announcements/Collect Workshop Assessment Forms
All sessions will be in the auditorium on Friday morning
Melanie Wetzel
8:45 Group Summaries and Demonstrations
Group Spokespersons
10:00BREAK
10:15 Future Directions
Dave Fulker, Tim Spangler, Mary Marlino
11:00 Building bridges among disciplines, research, and education. Is it possible? Where are the resources? Are there jobs?
Bob Ridky, Cliff Jacobs, Mike Mayhew, Doug Yarger (Moderator: Ben Domenico)
12:00Adjourn Meeting (LUNCH)
1:15Catch Bus to Williams Village Checkout