Investigating Earthquakes with ArcExplorer GIS

EET Teleconference Online Workshop

Within a few days of registering for an EET Teleconference Online Workshop, you will recieve an email that lets you know if you have been accepted into the workshop, or if you have been placed on a waiting list. If you have been accepted, that email will provide a URL link to the PreWorkshop Survey. Please complete the survey as soon as possible. A completed survey cofirms your registration so that you are sent the teleconference number to dial into the workshop.

Preparing for the Worskhop

  1. To preview Investigating Earthquakes with ArcExplorer GIS, go to the
    Title Page
  2. To prepare for the workshop, acquaint yourself with the chapter by looking over the Title Page, Teaching Notes, and Case Study.
  3. Next, complete Steps 1 to 3 of Part 1 for each of the three earthquake datasets. You should end up with three Excel files, one for the Significant earthquake dataset, one for the Big earthquake dataset and one for a year's worth of Earthquake data. Save these files to a folder named Earthquake Data, in a place that you can easily relocate. You do not need to clean up the data. We will do that together during the workshop.
    Part 1
  4. Then, complete Steps 1 & 2 of Part 2, downloading, unzipping, and installing ArcExplorer Java Edition for Educaton (AEJEE), as well as downloading and unzipping the AEJEE project. WARNING: As you install AEJEE, please be sure to accept the default location that it wants to install to. If you move the program folder elsewhere, it will cause problems for using the already existing projects that come bundled with the software. The earthquake project you will use during the workshop also depends on this default location in order to work.
    Part 2
  5. Consider printing out each of the four Parts of the Step-by-Step instructions.
    Step-by-Step Instructions 
    This will allow you to focus your attention during the workshop on formating the earthquake data with Excel and on mapping and analyzing it in AEJEE GIS. Instead of constantly switching between the EET directions in your browser and the actual data analysis you will be doing in AEJEE GIS, you will be able to refer to the paper printout of the steps.
  6. If you have not already done so, make sure your browser can support the Eluminate Web-conferencing software.
    Elluminate Configuration Check
  7. Last, we have found that school firewalls can sometimes prevent participants from accessing Elluminate. To test your ability to connect to an Elluminate Classroom, click the link below. You can ignore the instructions for configuring your audio. We will be using the telephone, rather than Elluminate to talk to each other.
  8. If you have any difficulties getting ready for the workshop, please contact Carla_McAuliffe@terc.edu.

On the Day of the Workshop

  • When you participate in an EET Teleconference Online Workshop, please make arrangements to be at a relatively quiet telephone connection with access to an Internet connection at the same time.
  • To connect to the teleconference, dial the 1-800 number sent to you in a separate email. When prompted, enter the participant access code, sent to you in that same email.
    You should have received this number if you completed the PreWorkshop Survey.
  • To log-in to the Elluminate virtual classroom space, click the link below. When prompted to enter your name for the session, please enter your first and last name.
    Elluminate EET Workshops Classroom
  • To help you get connected on time, both the teleconference number and the virtual classroom space will be open 15 minutes before the workshop begins. Please double check the start time of the workshop for the time zone in which you will be calling. Participants have been dissappointed when they accidentally call into the workshop an hour early or an hour late.

During the Workshop

Here are some links that we will refer to: