T144 From Virtual Globes to Geoblogs: Digital Innovations in Geoscience Research, Education, and Outreach

Monday, 19 October 2009
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
B117/118/119

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA GEOLOGIC MAPS IN GOOGLE EARTH
  J. Luke Blair, U.S. Geological Survey, Moffett Field, CA and Marco Ticci, William Lettis & Associates, Inc, Walnut Creek, CA and Scott Haefner, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
  164031 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  INTERNET-BASED VISUALIZATION AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES FOR EARTH SCIENCE DECISION-MAKING
  Frank A. D'Agnese, Earth Knowledge, Inc, Tucson, AZ
  166605 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  ONEGEOLOGY - A DISTRIBUTED MODEL FOR GLOBAL GEOLOGICAL DATA
  Ian Jackson, Independent Consultant, Southwell, N/A
  160154 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  ENHANCING ACCESS TO HIGH-RESOLUTION LIDAR TOPOGRAPHY – FROM POINT CLOUDS TO GOOGLE EARTH
  Christopher J. Crosby, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA and Viswanath Nandigam, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA and Ramon Arrowsmith, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and Chaitan Baru, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
  167300 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  NO SCALE TOO SMALL: APPLYING REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) BASED SOFTWARE FOR QUANTIFYING MINERAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS ON PHOTOMICROGRAPHS
  Prajukti Bhattacharyya, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
  162237 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  WHICH WAY ARE WE GOING? ONLINE MAPPING TOOLS TO HELP STUDENTS VISUALIZE PLATE MOTIONS WITH GPS DATA
  Shelley E. Olds, UNAVCO, Boulder, CO
  164971 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  TEACHING GEOLOGIC MAP INTERPRETATION USING GOOGLE EARTH
  David A. Tewksbury, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY and Barbara Tewksbury, Hamilton College Dept Geosciences, Clinton, NY
  162155 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  INNOVATIVE, ALTERNATIVE FIELD OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS
  Christopher Atchison, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
  162471 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  VIRTUAL FIELDWORK EXPERIENCES: BRINGING INQUIRY-BASED EXPLORATION OF EARTH SYSTEMS INTO THE CLASSROOM
  Sara L. Auer, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Christine Besemer, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Don Duggan-Haas, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Richard A. Kissel, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Robert Ross, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY
  160639 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  STUDENT CONSTRUCTION OF VIRTUAL FIELD ENVIRONMENTS AS PROJECT BASED LEARNING AND A VENUE FOR GEOCOGNITIVE RESEARCH
  Frank D. Granshaw, 1) Portland Community College / 2) Portland State University, Portland, OR and Sherry L. Cady, Portland State University, Portland, OR and Richard C. Hugo, Portland State University, Portland, OR
  163129 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  GOOGLE EARTH IN THE GEOSCIENCE CLASSROOM: AN EFFICIENT TOOL FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING
  Steve Kluge, Resources for GeoScience Education / geoscience.stevekluge.com, New Milford, CT
  166846 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  MY SECOND LIFE: USING A VIRTUAL WORLD TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION IN AN INTERNET-BASED CLASS
  Michael Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College, Oglesby, IL and William Shields, Illinois State Unversity, Normal, IL
  163063 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  A CLIMATE CHANGE TOUR FOR A K-12 AUDIENCE
  Lisa M. Ballagh, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO and Valerie K. Otero, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
  164058 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:15 PM
  USING GOOGLE EARTH FOR K-12 EDUCATION: A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOGLE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS
  John E. Bailey, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK and Tina Ornduff, Google Inc, Mountain View, CA and Katie Kennedy, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
  164759 (Technical Sessions)