The National Conference on Science Education, the annual conference of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), has always provided a perfect meeting place for GLOBE teachers and Partners in North America. With over 10,000 science teachers in attendance, the 2011 Conference in San Francisco was no exception. Activitiesincluded the sixth annual GLOBE North America Regional Meeting, the annual GLOBE Community Reception, participation in National Earth Science Share-a-thons, a GLOBE booth in the main conference hall, and several presentations made throughout the conference by GLOBE community members and staff.
The North America Regional Partner Meeting, took place on Wednesday, 9 March 2011. Videos of Sessions 1 and 2 (morning and afternoon) can be seen below.
Due to technical difficulties we were unable to capture welcome and introductions and the first two presentations. The video picks up during the third presentation. We appoligize for this inconvenience. Presentation materials will be available in a few days.
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2011 NSTA North America Regional Meeting
Golden Gate B, Marriott San Francisco Marquis
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Agenda:
7:30 – 8:30 AM Breakfast and Networking
Session 1
8:30 – 8:45 AM
Opening & Introduction of Participants and Guests
8:45 – 8:55 AM
NASA, NOAA and NSF Sponsor Update
John McLaughlin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), representing GLOBE's U.S. Federal Sponsors: NASA, NOAA and NSF
8:55 – 9:00 AM
GPO Update Reports and 15th GLOBE Annual Partner Meeting in Washington D.C.
Teresa Kennedy, Director, GLOBE International Division and U.S. Country Coordinator
Donna Chalevoix, Director, Science and Education Division
9:00 – 9:15 AM
GLOBE in Canada and Summary of the 14th Annual GLOBE Meeting and Professional Development Workshop, Calgary, Canada (20 June 2010 – 3 August 2010)
Carol and Bill Batycky, GLOBE Canada Country Coordinators (Calgary, Canada)
9:15 – 9:30 AM
GIAC Update
Marsha Willis, North America GIAC Representative (Texas)
GLOBE North America Alumni Organization
Matthew Fenzel, North America Alumni Representative (Kentucky) and Sheila Yule, GLOBE Networks Coordinator, GLOBE Program Office (Kentucky)
9:45 – 10:00 AM – SKYPE Presentation
SCUBAnauts International: GLOBE in the Marine Environment
Elizabeth Moses, SCUBAnauts International Education Officer and Acting Chief Scientist
10:00 – 10:30 AM BREAK AND NETWORKING
All Partners are invited to display Posters Presentations
10:30 – 11:00 AM – U.S. Partner Regional Ambassador Committee Presentation and Discussion: U.S. Master Trainer Program
Mike Odell, Chair (Texas), Lynne Hehr (Arkansas-via Skype), Tony Murphy (Minnesota) and Pat Shane (North Carolina)
11:00 – 11:30 AM – U.S. Partner Regional Ambassador Committee Presentation and Discussion: K-4 Critical Topics
Lynne Hehr, Chair (Arkansas-via Skype), Robin Hoffer (Texas), Tony Murphy (Minnesota) and Pat Shane (North Carolina)
*Committee Members not present: Jennifer Bourgeault (New Hampshire), Bob Ford (Texas) and Allan Ludman (New York)
11:30 – 12:00 PM – U.S. Partner Regional Ambassador Committee Presentation and Discussion: Web 2.0 and GLOBE
David Bydlowski (Southern Michigan), Scott Graves (Connecticut), and Mitch Klett (Northern Michigan)
*Committee Members not present: Todd Ensign, Chair (West Virginia), Antony Berthelote (Montana) and Peggy Foletta (California)
- Google Applications session including information on Google Earth resources (15 min)
- Small group discussion: What are the social networking structures used by your teachers (15 min)
12:00 – 1:00 PM LUNCH and NETWORKING
Session 2
12:30 – 1:00 PM Special Session on the GLOBE Administrative Pages
Nandini McClurg, North America Regional Desk Officer, GLOBE International Division
*Please bring your own laptop for this session. Handouts will be provided.
1:00 – 1:20 PM
Safety Considerations for GLOBE
Sandra West, Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI), Natick, Massachusetts
1:20 – 1:30 PM
Group Discussion: Safety Considerations for GLOBE
1:30 – 1:45 PM
GLOBE at Night 2011
Constance Walker and Robert Sparks, National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), Tucson, Arizona
1:45 – 2:00 PM
WestEd
Svetlana Darche, Senior Research Associate, WestEd, Oakland, California
2:00 – 2:15 PM
EcoSTARS GLOBE Partnership at St. Catherine University
Lori Maxfield (Minnesota)
2:15 – 2:30 PM
Creating Interactive Media Using GLOBE Resources
Robin Nelson and Jerry Cobbs (Alabama)
2:30 – 2:45 PM BREAK AND NETWORKING
2:45 – 3:45 PM
Round Table Discussions
- Connections with ESSPs; Bridging the Protocols with the ESSPs, how do you do it?
- How is your Partnership funding GLOBE?
- What training resources are needed?
- How are teachers and their students using data?
- How are you encouraging your schools to input data?
3:45 – 4:00 PM
Summary of Round Table Discussions
4:00 – 4:15 PM
CloudSat and GLOBE
Deanna TeBockhorst (Colorado), Peter Falcon (California) and Todd Ellis (New York)
4:15 – 4:30 PM
Supporting the A-Train Symposium through GLOBE and S'COOL
Susan Moore, NASA Langley (Virginia)
4:30 – 5:00 PM
Final Discussion, including funding North America GLOBE Projects
Adjourn
All participants are invited to attend:
2011 NSTA GLOBE Program Community Reception
Thursday, 10 March 2011 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Marriott San Francisco Marquis
55 Fourth Street
Room: Club Room, Atrium Level
Partners, Teachers, Scientists & the entire GLOBE Community are welcome!
GREAT snacks will be served!!!