Education/Telecon 2015-09-25

Folks who dialed in: Rebecca Fowler, Preston Lewis, LuAnn Dahlman, Becky Reid, Erin Robinson, Pat Reiff Folks who wrote to say they couldn't make it: Shelley Olds, Margaret Mooney, Bob Downs

We discussed the outline describing a potential series of drone-themed professional development activities that Rebecca Fowler contributed following our conversation last month. She also shared a successful proposal to a private foundation that resulted in funding for a four-day teacher workshop.

We'd like to have an engaging theme for educators that could also tap in to the expertise of data scientists within ESIP. Drones seem to fit the bill, but realistically, we'd likely have do something much cheaper, starting with tethered balloons that have been outfitted to carry cameras. Attendees were in agreement that providing teachers with the opportunity to build a data collection platform could help them (and their students) discover the value of organizing and archiving data.