Hi everyone,
As a reminder, we've extended registration for this workshop through this Wednesday, July 1st. Jennifer ---------------- Do you teach ecology at the undergraduate level? Do you use data in your courses? We invite you to come explore how continental-scale datasets can be used in your teaching! ESA is offering an all-day Sunday workshop<http://eco.confex.com/eco/2009/techprogram/S4520.HTM> at the 2009 ESA Annual Meeting to help prepare the ecology education community for the use of National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) data in undergraduate classrooms. This workshop is a continuation of the effort begun with last year's NSF-funded faculty development workshop<http://www.esa.org/education_diversity/neon/workshop/> in Washington DC. Similar to last year's workshop, faculty will explore classroom uses of continental-scale data, focusing on datasets currently available through EcoTrends<http://www.ecotrends.info/EcoTrends/>. EcoTrends includes over 20,000 datasets from Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites, USDA, and other state and federal agencies. Space is still available! We have extended the deadline to July 1st. Workshop registration is $25 and includes lunch and a preparatory webinar on July 8th. The workshop will focus on guided discussion of how participants can use the data in classroom exercises to address four key ecological challenges (biodiversity, biogeochemistry, climate change, and ecohydrology). Preceding the August Workshop, there will be an introductory webinar on Wednesday, July 8 (2-4 PM EST) and a data exploration "homework" assignment which participants will share and discuss in Albuquerque. To learn more about the workshop, please see the session abstract<http://eco.confex.com/eco/2009/techprogram/S4520.HTM>, visit the project website<http://www.esa.org/education_diversity/neon/workshop/?q=node/38> (includes agenda), or email jenni...@esa.org<mailto:jenni...@esa.org>. You can register online<http://www.esa.org/albuquerque/registrationinfo.php> today. Jennifer Riem Education Coordinator Ecological Society of America Department of Education and Diversity Programs jenni...@esa.org<mailto:jenni...@esa.org> tel 202-833-8773 x236 fax 202-833-8775 EcoEd Digital Library<http://www.ecoed.net/> Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE)<tiee.ecoed.net>
