HR: 0800h
AN: ED11D-1119 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: The Earth Exploration Toolbook and DLESE Data Services Workshops: Facilitating the Use of Geoscience Data to Convey Scientific Concepts to Students
AU: * Ledley, T S
EM: Tamara_Ledley@terc.edu
AF: TERC, 2067 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140 United States
AU: Dahlman, L
EM: LuAnn_Dahlman@terc.edu
AF: TERC, 2067 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140 United States
AU: McAuliffe, C
EM: Carla_McAuliffe@terc.edu
AF: TERC, 2067 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140 United States
AU: Domenico, B
EM: ben@unidata.ucar.edu
AF: Unidata Program Center, UCAR Foothills Lab 4 3300 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80301 United States
AU: Taber, M R
EM: mrtaber@unco.edu
AF: University of Northern Colorado, Department of Earth Sciences Ross Hall, Rm 3580, Greeley, CO 80639 United States
AB: Although Earth science data and tools are officially freely available to the public, specific data are generally difficult to find, and are often provided in formats that are difficult to use. The Earth Exploration Toolbook (EET, http://serc.carleton.edu/eet) and DLESE (Digital Library for Earth Systems Education) Data Services (http://www.dlese.org/cms/dataservices/) projects are working to facilitate the use of these data and analysis tools by teachers and students, and can serve as mechanisms, facilitated by eGY, for extending the reach of data resulting from the various I*Y scientific efforts. The EET gives educators and students an easy way to learn how to use Earth science data and data analysis tools for learning. Modules (called chapters) in the EET provide step-by-step instructions for accessing and analyzing Earth science datasets within the context of compelling case studies. Each chapter also provides pedagogical information to help the teacher use the data with their students. To introduce datasets and analysis tools to teachers, and to encourage them to use them with their students, the EET team provides telecon-online teacher professional development workshops. During these workshops teachers are guided through the use of a specific EET chapter. When a workshop is complete, participants have the software and data they have worked with installed and available on their own computers. We have run 17 of these workshops reaching over 230 teachers. New EET chapters can be developed through the use of an EET chapter template. The template provides a mechanism by which those outside the project can make their datasets and data analysis tools more accessible to teachers and students, and assures that new chapters are consistent with the EET format and that users have access to the support they need. The development of new EET chapters is facilitated through the DLESE Data Services Workshops. During these workshops data providers, tool developers, scientists, curriculum developers, and educators are invited to participate on teams of 5-6 members (with all these areas of expertise represented) who work to create an EET chapter featuring the data and data analysis tools represented on the team. We found that face-to-face collaboration on these teams allowed the sharing of perspectives and encouraged the contribution of individual expertise, facilitating development of data-rich EET chapters. During this presentation we will discuss the structure of the EET and its chapters, the teacher telecon-online workshops and their outcomes, the EET template and how it facilitates the development of new chapters, mainly through the DLESE Data Services Workshops.
UR: http://serc.carleton.edu/eet
DE: 0530 Data presentation and visualization
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005