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Telcon participants decided that a moderated round table would be the best format for the CCEWG bellwether gathering which will take place on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 4th 2011. Invitations will go out to experts from several ESIP member organizations, including but not limited to NASA, NOAA, GLOBE, EPA, NSF, CLN and GLOBE. | Telcon participants decided that a moderated round table would be the best format for the CCEWG bellwether gathering which will take place on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 4th 2011. Invitations will go out to experts from several ESIP member organizations, including but not limited to NASA, NOAA, GLOBE, EPA, NSF, CLN and GLOBE. | ||
− | To focus and scope the discussion we will be developing questions prior to the winter meeting via the ESIP Education listserve, ensuing telcons, and this Wiki. ESIP members are encouraged to propose discussion topics and pre-workshop focus questions below. | + | To focus and scope the discussion we will be developing questions prior to the winter meeting via the ESIP Education listserve, ensuing telcons, and this Wiki. ESIP members are encouraged to propose discussion topics and pre-workshop focus questions below. |
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+ | |Nov 18th Telcon update: | ||
+ | Our vision for this event involves a 90 minute panel-led town hall meeting to establish common ground around what our mission might encompass. We currently have confirmation from Lin Chambers (NASA GCCE), Nina Jackson (NOAA/NESDIS), Ed Geary (GLOBE), LuAnn Dahlman (NOAA Climate Services) and Tamara Ledley ( Climate Literacy Network), with other invitations pending. Expert panel members have been asked to consider the following questions: | ||
+ | 1) What do you see as the greatest challenge to climate change education? | ||
+ | 2) How can the ESIP Federation best serve your agency (NSF) in climate related education goals? | ||
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+ | Arrangements are being made for telephone access to the first 90 minutes of this working group meeting. After a break we'll reconvene to set a course of action for 2011. | ||
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− | <center> The next Telcon | + | <center> The next Telcon would typically take place on the third Thursday of December but will likely be rescheduled due to AGU. </center> |
<center> 800-508-7631</center> | <center> 800-508-7631</center> | ||
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Revision as of 15:02, November 29, 2010
The Climate Change Education Working Group is a new intitative by the Education Committee. Check back to watch the development of this space. Register in the ESIP wiki and click on the "watch" tab to be notified of ongoing events.
BackgroundDuring the September 2010 telcon the ESIP Education committee unanimously agreed to form a Climate Change Education Working Group (CCEWG) to support members climate education initiatives such as TERC's CLEAN-NE and CLEAN Pathway projects, several NASA GCCE projects, and the NOAA Climate Stewards program. This initiative will commence at the Winter meeting.
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