Museum of Paleontology Helps SFUSD Science Teachers Understand New California Standards
During the past academic year, the UC Museum of Paleontology--part of IU's Integrating Science Teaching and Technology Project (ISTAT)--has been a partner with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco State University, the Bay Area Earth Science Institute, the US Geological Survey, and the SFUSD Project INQUIRES in conducting a short course to help teachers of earth science understand the major standards-based topics included in the newly adopted California Science Standards for 6th and 9th grades.
In six Saturday sessions, presenters from the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, the US Geological Survey, Bay Area Earth Science Institute, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco State University, and UCMP, conducted courses in plate tectonics, earth materials and landforms. The series of short-courses culminated on April 20 with a field trip tour of geological points of interest in the city of San Francisco. IU video producer Rick Jaffe accompanied the teachers on the outing and is producing a visual record of the teachers' experience and the notable geologic sites.
To view more about the course outline and the materials used, the presenters, and additional resources, please visit the web site: Earth Science Short Course for San Francisco Unified School District Teachers
IS&T Makes Connections at Oakland Middle school
"During the past year, a long-held dream became reality for the 43 teachers and 1,100 students at Roosevelt Middle School in Oakland. All of Roosevelt's classrooms and their two computer labs have been connected to the Internet, thanks to a group of volunteers from Information Systems and Technology (IST) at UC Berkeley. How this project came about is a story of interpersonal and professional connections among staff leading to the creation of the Roosevelt Networking Team."
IST's involvement with Roosevelt Middle School started in 1998 when the IU began collaboration with the Archaeological Research Facility (ARF) to implement an after-school program for underserved students in Oakland.
Read the story by Tamara Sturak in the Spring 2002 Berkeley Computing and Communications Newsletter.
CITRIS Plans Envision Collaborative and Educational Uses for Campus Databases
"Though databases are growing exponentially, social scientists, urban planners, architects, anthropologists, economists and linguists are not yet equipped to mine these vast information reservoirs. But the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) hopes to change that."
For example, the UC Berkeley Anthropology Research Facility could benefit from creation of an image archive containing thousands of slides from a number of faculty. The anthropology department foresees the possibility of making 80,000 images available to its members. CITRIS expertise might assist the department's teaching lab to provide a number of new services to teach multimedia and archaeology.
Read about other CITRIS plans in a story by Diane Ainsworth at the Berkeleyan web site.
Grant Funds Distance-Learning Classroom at Haas School of Business
A $900,000 gift from the SBC Foundation will provide the technology for state-of-the-art distance learning capabilities at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
The SBC grant provides UC Berkeley with a fully equipped distance-learning classroom, allowing the Haas School to leverage its faculty and expertise, extend its educational outreach and strengthen corporate relationships.
This new classroom has the potential to expaned the Young Entrepreneurs at Haas (YEAH) program, which teaches about business, economics and entrepreneurship, and offers college preparation skills to underserved middle school and high school students in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Read more about the Haas School and the SBC grant here.
Other Upcoming Events at IU Projects:
ORIAS Summer Institute
ARF May 16 Public Lecture
CLAS May 2002 Events
