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 ENWS Three Workshop
ENWS III at Goddard Space Flight Center (July 26-31, 2003) was a success! Read about the outcomes of the workshop. This document requires that you have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded at the Adobe Reader website.

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ENWS III : Informal Education
Exceptional Space Science Materials for Exceptional Students (ENWS) III: Informal Education
July 26 – 31, 2003
Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD
Maryland Science Center - Baltimore, MD
National Air & Space Museum - Washington, DC
Workshop Description
This phase III workshop emphasized looking at informal education venues and discussions on how to make them more accessible to individuals with special needs. Outcomes included the development of the Exceptional Needs Working Group (ENWG) composed of educators and product developers interested in producing better NASA education materials for use in ALL learning environments, including special needs settings. This working group collaborates via listserv to share ideas, thoughts and announcements among the group.
Workshop Agenda
 
Saturday, July 26
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Drop-in registration @ the Holiday Inn Greenbelt, Coakley or Williams Room
Sunday, July 27
3:00PM
Bus leaves Holiday Inn Greenbelt for Baltimore, MD (Inner Harbor)
4:00PM - 6:45PM
Free time: Inner Harbor Baltimore, MD
7:00PM - 7:30PM
Reception (hors d’oeuvres & cash bar)
7:30PM - 7:45PM
Introduction to workshop: Dr. Cassandra Runyon (Southeast Regional Clearinghouse Broker/Facilitator Director) & Ms. Kathryn Guimond (Southeast Regional Clearinghouse Broker/Facilitator Program Manager)
Welcome to Maryland Science Center: Mr. Jim O’Leary (Senior Director IMAX & Planetarium)
8:00PM - 8:30PM
Planetarium Show: “Hubble Heritage: Poetic Pictures”
8:30PM - 10:00PM
Dinner & Desserts will be served. At this time, Spacelink & the Hubble National Visitor Center will be open until 10 PM so that you may explore the exhibit on your own.
Monday, July 28
7:00AM and 7:30AM
Bus departures from Holiday Inn
8:00AM - 9:00AM
Wokshop Welcome: Dr. Philip Sakimoto (Program Planning Specialist, Education and Outreach Program, Office of Space Science); Dr. Bob Gabrys (Education Officer GSFC)
Overview of Workshop: Dr. Cassandra Runyon (SERCH Director) & Ms. Kathryn Guimond (SERCH Program Manager)
9:00AM - 9:45AM
Guest Speaker: Mr. Michael Hartman, GSFC People with Disabilities Program Manager
9:45AM - 10:00AM
Break
10:00AM - 12:00PM
Tour of Goddard Space Flight Center
12:00PM - 12:45PM
Lunch
12:45PM - 1:45PM
Teachers’ Perspective: “In the Classroom with Students with Special Needs”
Ms. Dorian Wood-Janney (Science Teacher, MD), Ms. Gail Henrich (Coordinator, Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind & Multi-disabled), & Ms. Carol Olney (Special Education Teacher, Whitesides Elementary, SC)
1:45PM - 3:45PM
Sun-Earth Connection (SEC): “From the Sun to the Earth”
Mr. Troy Cline (SEC Education Forum Educational Technology Coordinator) & Ms. Ruth Paglierani (SEC Education Forum Coordinator of Public Programs)
3:45PM - 4:00PM
Break
4:00PM - 5:00PM
SEC: Product Discussion
5:00PM and 5:30PM
Bus departures from GSFC
6:00PM and 8:00PM
(SNRG FOCUS MEETING @ Holiday Inn Greenbelt – SNRG members required to attend)
Tuesday, July 29
7:00AM and 7:30AM
Bus departures from Holiday Inn
8:00AM - 8:45AM
Mr. Greg Jenkins
8:45AM - 9:00AM
Guest Speaker: Dr. Adena Williams Loston, Associate Administrator for Education, NASA Headquarters
9:00AM - 10:30AM
Solar System Exploration (SSE): “7 Years, 17 Countries, One Planet The Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn”, Ms. Alice Wessen (Cassini Education Outreach Lead) & Ms. Shannon McConnel (Cassini Education Outreach Coordinator)
10:30AM - 10:45AM
Break
10:45AM - 11:45AM
SSE: Product Discussion
11:45AM - 12:30PM
Lunch
12:30PM - 2:00PM
Astronomical Search for Origins and Planetary Systems (ASO): "Bringing Origins Science to the Classroom with Light & Color", Dr. Denise Smith (Origins Education Forum Lead) & Ms. Linda Knisely (Hubble Space Telescope Formal Education Teacher Intern)
2:00PM - 3:00PM
ASO: Product Discussion
3:00PM - 3:15PM
Break
3:15PM - 3:30PM
Guest Speaker: Dr. J. David Bohlin, Deputy Associate Administrator for Science, OSS, NASA Headquarters
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Structure and Evolution of the Universe (SEU): “What is your Cosmic Connection to the Elements?”, Dr. James Lochner (Education Lead for the Lab for High Energy Astrophysics), Ms. Amanda Cook (Education Summer Intern), & Ms. Sara Mitchell (Junior Programer)
5:00PM and 5:30PM
Bus departures from GSFC
7:00PM
Optional: Evening with Mike Kersjes, Author “A Smile as Big as the Moon”
Wednesday, July 30 7:00AM and 7:30AM
Bus departures from Holiday Inn
8:00AM
Coffee Service
8:00AM - 9:00AM
Continuation from Tuesday > Structure and Evolution of the Universe (SEU): “What is your Cosmic Connection to the Elements?”
9:00AM - 10:30AM
Round Robin Session – 10 minute presentation followed by 10 minute visit
Group I > 3-D Models of Geologic Features: Ms. Stephanie Stockman (GSFC) & Mr. Frank Niepold (GSFC)
Group 2 > NASA Center for Distance Learning Programs for K-Adult: Dr. Randall Caton (NASA Langley Research Center and Christopher Newport University)
Group 3 > Student Observation Network: Mr. Troy Cline (SECEF)
Group 4 > Using Asteroid Scale Models in Space Science Education for Blind and Visually Impaired Students: Dr. Bernhard Beck-Winchatz (DePaul University)
10:30AM and 11:30AM
Bus departures from GSFC
11:45AM
Pick-up Box Lunch (@ Holiday Inn)
12:00PM
Leave hotel for National Air and Space Museum (NASM), Introductory remarks by Doug Baldwin
1:00PM
Arrive at NASM - General Tour and Orientation
1:30PM
Discovery Stations (“disabilities on”)
3:00PM
Free Time to explore NASM
4:00PM
Discussion
5:00PM
Planetarium Show: “Infinity Express and Stars Tonight” (Steve Williams)
6:00PM
Visit the Voyage Solar System Model on the Mall
7:00PM
Leave NASM – Post visit and discussion (Doug Baldwin)
Thursday, July 31 9:00AM - 12:00PM
AM: Wrap-up @ the Holiday Inn Greenbelt

Workshop Attendees
   
Keith Watt
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
k.watt@asu.edu
Nora A.T. Normandy
NASA HQ, Office of Public Affairs
Washington, District of Columbia
Nora.Normandy@nasa.gov
Gregory Paul Jenkins
University of California, Irvine
Madison, Alabama
greg.jenkins@msfc.nasa.gov
Rick Olney
Hunley Park Elementary/SNRG
Charleston, South Carolina
kn13wn@excite.com
Susan Sakimoto
UMBC
Greenbelt, Maryland
sakimoto@core2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Jobi Cook
Imagination Station Science Museum
Wilson, North Carolina
jbcook@imaginescience.org
Frank Niepold
Johns Hopkins University
Greenbelt, Maryland
fniepold@olg.com
Anthony Docal
MARSSB
Atlanta, Georgia
tony.docal@ceismc.gatech.edu
Denise Smith
Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, Maryland
dsmith@stsci.edu
Shari Fleischman
SNRG
Pasadena, California
TheAccessibleOutdoors@yahoo.com
Linda S. Knisely
STScI
Baltimore, Maryland
lknisely@stsci.edu
Gail Sevcik Henrich
Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-Disa
Chesapeake, Virginia
gailbraille@cox.net
Sara Mitchell
NASA/GSFC
Berwyn Heights, Maryland
saram@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Patricia Ann Moore
South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind
Roebuck, South Carolina
moorepa3@charter.net
Amanda Cook
USRA/NASA Code 660
Glenn Dale, Maryland
lashes33@hotmail.com
Barbara Anne Barnhardt
South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind
Spartanburg, South Carolina
bbarnhardt@SCSDB.k12.SC.US
Carole Lynn Rest
Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, Maryland
crest@stsci.edu
Flavio Javier Mendez
Maryland Science Center
Baltimore, Maryland
mendez@mdsci.org
David W. Hurd
Edinboro University of Pennsylania
Edinboro, Pennsylvania
dhurd@edinboro.edu
Nancy Hendrix
Jessieville Middle School
Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
bobandnancy@cox-internet.com
Randall Caton
NASA Center for Distance Learning
Hampton, Virginia
Jamie Ragan
Wilson County Soil and Water/Cooperative Extension
Wilson, North Carolina
jamie-williams@nc.nacdnet.org
James Lochner
Lab for High Energy Astrophysics
Greenbelt, Maryland
lochner@lheapop.gsfc.nasa.gov
Nancy Wootten
NASA Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum
Water Valley High School
Water Valley, Mississippi
Ruth Paglierani
SECEF
Berkeley, California
ruthp@ssl.berkeley.edu
Don Pierce
Jessieville Middle School
Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
bobandnancy@cox-internet.com
Stephanie Stockman
SSAI
Greenbelt, Maryland
stockman@core2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mandy Merritt
College of Charleston
North Charleston, South Carolina
agsimpso@edisto.cofc.edu
Becky E. Nelson
LPI
League City, Texas
bnelson@lpi.usra.edu
Troy D Cline
NASA Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum
Washington, DC
cline@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov
John Matelock
Edinboro University of Penna.
Edinboro, Pennsylvania
matelock@edinboro.edu
Lauren Mayumi Brodsky
Brown University
Kensington, California
Lauren_Brodsky@Brown.edu
Mary C. Shoemaker
PA Space Grant Consortium
University Park, Pennsylvania
mcs163@psu.edu
Linda F. C. Dukes
Tri-Cities High School
College Park, Georgia
ldukes7364@aol.com
Douglas Baldwin
Smithsonian Air and Space
Riva, Maryland
baldwind@nasm.si.edu
Marvin C. Clemmons Sr.
Norfolk State University
Norfolk, Virginia
mcc@nsu.edu
Mike Kersjes
University of California, Irvine
Madison, Alabama
spaceisspecial@aol.com
Terry John Teays
Teays Consulting, Inc.
Lanham, Maryland
terry.teays@comcast.net
Marisa Harper
Code NT
Port Republic, Maryland
harper@chesapeake.net
Jane Madden
Francis Marion University
Florence, South Carolina
hmadden@fmarion.edu
Bernhard Beck-Winchatz
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois
bbeckwin@depaul.edu
Michael Madden
Francis Marion University
Florence, South Carolina
mmadden@fmarion.edu
Cliff Cockerham
Metro Nashville Public Schools
Nashville, Tennessee
cc149@cornell.edu
Carol A Olney
Whitesides Elementary
Charleston, South Carolina
rickandcarolo@sc.rr.com
Amy R. Smith
Oxford School District
Oxford, Mississippi
amysmith281@hotmail.com
Shannon McConnell
JPL
Pasadena, California
shannon.mcconnell@jpl.nasa.gov
Dorian Wood Janney
Forest Oak Middle School / SNRG
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Dorian_Janney@fc.mcps.k12.md.us
Alice Wessen
JPL
Pasadena, California
alice.wessen@jpl.nasa.gov
  Philip Sakimoto
NASA Headquarters
Washington, District of Columbia
philip.j.sakimoto@nasa.gov
         
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