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Agenda

Initial Publication Date: February 5, 2007

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Time Event
5:00 - 9:00 pm Workshop Registration Open, Marlborough Conference Center Front Desk
6:00 - 7:30 pm Optional Dinner Buffet (box dinners will be available for guests who arrive after the buffet)

Monday, May 21, 2007

7:00 - 8:30 am Workshop Registration open at Conference Center Front Desk.
Turn in Data Use Questionnaires-yellow by 8:30 am
6:45 - 8:30 Breakfast Buffet available in the Dining Room
8:30 am Workshop Begins, Marlborough Conference Center, Room C-109
8:30 - 8:45 Welcome, Review of Meeting Goals and Logistics - Tamara Ledley
8:45 - 9:30 Keynote Presentation #1
Polar Science, Global Impacts: The Legacy, Activities, and Relevance of the International Polar Year
Mark McCaffrey, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado at Boulder
9:30 - 9:45 Break
9:45 - 10:30 Overview of the Earth Exploration Toolbook, DataSheets, and team wiki pages, plus downloading of tools and data for Tool Time sessions - Tamara Ledley and LuAnn Dahlman
10:40 - 12:00 1st Team Breakout Session
Meet your team members, Learn about the data, tools, and expertise represented on your team
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Buffet in Dining Room
1:00 - 2:00 ToolTime Session 1
Featured Tools and Room Numbers:
Google Earth - C113, ArcGIS - C115, Stella - C211, and NI2k - C212.
See Tool Time descriptions for information about each tool.
2:00 - 2:15 Break - Go to next Tool Time Session
2:15 - 3:15 Tool Time Session 2
Featured Tools and Room Numbers:
Google Earth - C113, PSICAT - C115, My World GIS - C211, and NEO - C212
See Tool Time descriptions for information about each tool.
3:15 - 3:20 Day 1 Evaluation Survey-lavender. Complete and submit in Tool Time Session 2 rooms
3:20 - 4:00 Break
3:45 - 4:00 Poster Session Set-up
4:00 - 5:30 "Challenges and Successes Using Data in Education"
Poster and Demo Session plus Reception (snacks and no-host bar)
6:00-7:30 Dinner Buffet
7:30-8:30 Optional Presentation and Open Discussion, Room C109
An Awkward Reality: Revisiting An Inconvenient Truth
Mark McCaffrey

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Time Event
6:45 - 8:30 Breakfast Buffet available in Dining Room
8:30 - 8:45 Welcome, Daily Logistics Overview - Tamara Ledley, Room C109
8:45 - 9:30 Keynote Presentation #2
Democratizing Access to NASA Remote-Sensing Data Products
David Herring, Earth Sciences Division, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
9:30 - 9:45 Break
9:45 - 10:50 2nd Team Breakout Session
Brainstorm possible storylines for educational activities
10:50 - 11:00 Team break as needed
11:00 - 12:00 3rd Team Breakout Session
Evaluate suggested storylines and perform proof-of-concept checks, select one workable data-use scenario for development
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Buffet, Dining Room
1:00 - 2:00 Tool Time Session 3
Featured Tools and Room Numbers:
GeoMappApp - C113, ArcGIS - C115, My World GIS - C211, and NEO - C212
See Tool Time descriptions for information about each tool.
2:00 - 2:15 Break
2:15 - 3:15 4th Team Breakout Session
Develop the case study and outline procedures for data access and analysis.
3:15 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:55 5th Team Breakout Session
Flesh out access and analysis procedures with info that will build users' knowledge about the data and tools; suggest ideas for going further.
4:55—5:00 Day 2 Evaluation Survey-grey - Complete and submit in breakout rooms
6:00-7:30 Dinner Buffet, Dining Room

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Time Event
6:45 - 8:30 Breakfast Buffet
8:30 - 8:50 Overview, Logistics, and Thank-yous (last time everyone is together) - Tamara Ledley, Room C109
8:50 - 9:35 Keynote Presentation #3
Climate Change Studies Using Different Knowledge Systems
Elena Sparrow, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
9:35 - 9:50 Break
9:50 - 11:00 Final Team Breakout Session
Finalize activity outline. Upload summary PowerPoint Slides and all documents to team wiki page.
11:00 - 11:15 Move to report out rooms, make certain team slides are available on projected computer.
Group 1: NCAR, NASA-AURA, AmericaView - Rm C212
Group 2: NCDC, NASA-NEO, IODP, GLOBE-Seasons&Biomes - Rm C113
Group 3: Project WET, NODC, GLOBE-Carbon Cycle, NSIDC - Rm C115
11:15 - 11:45 Team Report Out Sessions
11:45 - 12:00 Complete and submit Final Evaluation Survey-blue
12:00 Lunch Buffet (box lunches will be available for those who need to leave right away)