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Volcano education Web site and workshop (applications are open!)
From: Michael P Poland <mpoland@xxxxxxxx>
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Dear All,
We are pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for
the workshop ?Using on-line volcano monitoring data in college and
university courses: The Volcano Exploration Project: Pu`u `O`o (VEPP)? to
be held during July 26-30, 2010 at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI.
The VEPP project is a collaborative effort between the USGS Hawaiian
Volcano Observatory, University of Hawaii at Manoa, and NASA. The goal of
the project is to make current volcano monitoring data (e.g., tilt, GPS,
seismic, camera, etc.) from the Pu`u `O`o eruptive vent on Kilauea Volcano
available on the Internet as a geoscience education resource. The VEPP Web
site (vepp.wr.usgs.gov) contains information on monitoring techniques, the
history of Pu`u `O`o, and portals to time series data and imagery from the
eruptive vent.
Through February 28, 2010, the VEPP Web site will be publically available
using the username ?hvo? and the password ?vepp? (both without quotes).
During this time period, we encourage geoscience educators to tour the
website and assess whether they would use the resource in their classrooms
and/or would like to attend the workshop. Starting at the beginning of
March, access to the site will be granted on an individual basis. A
username and password can be obtained by sending your name, affiliation,
and one or two sentences about how you would use the VEPP resource in
geoscience education to mpoland@xxxxxxxx.
A workshop will be held to familiarize participants with the VEPP Web site
and to develop curriculum that utilizes data for a variety of
college-level courses (ranging from large lecture courses for non-majors
through graduate-level seminars). The workshop will include discussions
about the data and monitoring methods used on the Web site, best practices
for the classroom, breakout sessions for curriculum development, field
excursions, and a tour of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (founded in
1912).
We invite applications from geoscience faculty at 2 and 4 year colleges
and universities to take part in the week-long workshop to be held at the
summit of Kilauea Volcano, on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Further information about the workshop, including an on-line application
form, is available at http://nagt.org/nagt/vepp.
The VEPP website is http://vepp.wr.usgs.gov (username: hvo; password:
vepp).
Applications are due by March 5, 2010, and selected applicants will be
notified starting March 19, 2010.
We will be happy to answer any questions you may have. Please contact any
of the workshop conveners listed below.
Thank you,
Michael Poland, USGS - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (mpoland@xxxxxxxx)
Rachel Teasdale, California State University, Chico
(RTeasdale@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Kaatje Kraft, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ (vanderhoeven@xxxxxxxxxx)
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