[Globaldata] Community input

[Patt Germann]

Dear Colleague,

Community input has been invaluable in guiding the development of websites 
for geoscience faculty at SERC and Montana State University.  To continue 
this practice, we are seeking participants for several focus groups during 
the upcoming AGU meeting in San Francisco.  These focus groups will provide 
guidance for the following 4 websites which are being developed as part of 
the DLESE Community Services Center, with funding from the National Science 
Foundation (03-06708).

          o Integrating Research and Education 
	http://serc.carleton.edu/research_education/index.html
          o Preparing Teachers to Teach Earth Science
	http://serc.carleton.edu/teacherprep/index.html
          o Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences
	http://serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/
          o Using Data in the Classroom Portal
	http://serc.carleton.edu/usingdata/index.html

We are interested in participation from all parts of the geosciences.  You 
need not have used these sites before the focus group.  Selected 
participants will receive refreshments and a $20 gift certificate.

We would like to have groups of 8-10 participate in a structured 
walkthrough of one of the websites.  Following the walkthrough we would 
like to talk about the content, organization and potential use of the 
website.   Would you be interested in participating in such a focus group 
at AGU?  The focus groups will meet at the Marriott for 75 minutes either 
Tuesday, December 6th or Wednesday, December 7th.


Evaluation of the workshop website is an integral aspect of continuing to 
improve these websites.   The information that we gather through these 
focus groups will allow us to understand your potential use of the website 
and will be used to improve it.  Be assured that your privacy is important 
to us: the focus group discussion will remain confidential and we will not 
identify you by name in any of the subsequent publications of the research 
results.

Let me know by November 8th if you are willing and able to join us for one 
of these focus groups and your preference on which date and time.  Thank 
you for your continuing support of this project.

Cathy Manduca, Carleton College
David Mogk, Montana State University


-- 
Patt Germann
Administrative Assistant
Science Education Resource Center
Carleton College
1 N College St Box 860
Northfield  MN 55057
507.646.5634/fax 507.646.5175
"Scientific theory is a contrived foothold in the chaos of living
phenomena."
Wilhelm Reich