INTEGRATING NASA PROGRAMS INTO THE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT

CENTER FOR NETWORK RESOURCES & TRAINING

(South Carolina State University)

NASA/MUSPIN/CNRT

Regional Spring Workshop

INTEGRATING NASA PROGRAMS INTO THE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT

April 22 - 23, 1999

Morris College- Sumter, South Carolina

The workshop featured topics on NASA programs at the South Carolina State University NRTS, Elizabeth City State University NRTS, and Tennessee State University NRTS; NOVA (NASA Opportunities for Visionary Academics); Effects of Implementing GLOBE into the Curriculum, and Web Based Curriculum. Speakers included Dr. Ronald Johnson (NOVA), Lillie Robinson and Katherine Mack (Bowman Middle/High School) and Reginald Eason (MU-SPIN Deputy Project Manager).

Thursday, April 22,1999

RICHARDSON - JOHNSON LEARNING RESOURCES CENTER (RJLRC)

8:30       -     9:00AM         Registration/Continental Breakfast

Film

9:00       -     9:15AM         Welcome/Overview of Morris College

                                                  Luns C. Richardson - President

9:15       -     9:30AM        NASA/MUSPIN Overview

                                                Reginald Eason - Deputy Project Manager

9:30       -     9:45AM        CNRT Consortium Overview

                                                Donald Walter - Principal Investigator

9:45       - 10: 20 AM       NASA Programs - South Carolina State University (SCSU)

                                                Donald Walter - Undergraduate Research in Astronomy

                                                Alice Baker - Internet Camp/Space Science Camp

                                                Joseph Fuller - Math/Science Program (MASTAP)

10:20     -   10:30AM       Break

10:30    -    10: 45AM       Effects of Implementing GLOBE into the Curriculum

                                                Lillie Robinson/Katherine Mack -Bowman Middle/HighSchool

                                                Celillus Spell - Orangeburg Wilkinson High School

10:45    -    11:00AM          NASA Programs at Edward Waters College

                                                Doris Brown

11:00    -    12:00PM        NOVA (NASA Opportunities for Visionary Academics)

                                                Ronald Johnston - Fayetteville State University

12:00    -    12:30PM        Tour of Historical Morris Campus

                                                Student Government Association

12:30     -     2:00PM        Lunch

WILSON - BOOKER SCIENCE BUILDING (WBSB)

2:00        -     3:00PM       Dealing with Y2k Problem on Your Campus

                                                                Willard Smith - Tennessee State University

                                                Rodney Johnson - Morris College

3:00        -     3:15PM       Web Based Curriculum - SCSU

                                                Nathaniel Gant - Teaching Biology Using the Internet

3:15        -     3:30PM       Break

3:30        -      5:00PM        Concurrent Sessions (Hands - on)

                                    Web Page Creation Using Netscape Composer

                                                                Yvonne Oliver - University of South Carolina

                                          PC Troubleshooting

                                                Jacob Heatley - Orangeburg Consolidated District 5

6:30PM                                 Group Dinner

Friday, April 23, 1999

WILSON BOOKER SCIENCE BUILDING - LIBRARY

8:30        -    9:00AM       Registration/Continental Breakfast

9:00        -   10:00AM     SERCH-Broker /Facilitator for Education & Public Outreach

                                                Anthony A. Docal - Georgia Institute of Technology

10:00     -   10:15AM      Break

10:15     -   11:00AM      NASA Programs at Benedict College

                                                 Larry Lowe - Microgravity Research/Distance Learning

11:00     -    11:40PM     Web Based Curriculum - Morris College

                                                 Janet Clayton - Instructional Media

                                                Jafar Amirzadeh - Physics

11:40    -    12:00PM     Collaborative Science Projects

                                              Wayne Gearheart - Environmental Science

12:00     -     1:15 PM      Lunch

1:15     -      2:00 PM     NASA Programs at Elizabeth City State University

                                                 Linda Hayden - Earth System Science Academy & Others

2:00     -       2:30PM   NASA Programs at Tennessee State University

                                               Willard Smith

2:30     -    4:00 PM     Concurrent Sessions (Hands - on)

                                 Web Page Development Using FrontPage 98

                                               Dianne Smoak - Orangeburg - Calhoun Technical College

                                   Using Access for Project Management

                                   Yvonne Oliver - University of South Carolina

4:00   -      5:00PM      Partnership Meeting