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Hilary Haugen, 5/17/95 5:59 PM, EI Committee 5/12 minutes and 5/26 agenda 1

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Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 17:59:17 -0800
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From: hhaugen@ucsd.edu (Hilary Haugen)
Subject: EI Committee 5/12 minutes and 5/26 agenda

Just a brief review of last Fri. meeting and an Agenda for Fri 5/26. See you there !!!

-Hilary

Present:
Dr. Ride
Dr. Souveney
Paul Bixler
Paige Elliot
Hilary Haugen
Ron Reese
Jeff Simons
Nathan Tobias
Jacob Yates

WWW page.
We discussed having thumnail image/icons so schools aren't waiting for images. Think smaller band width. There was also discussion about changing the background.

Paul Bixler.
Paul Bixler discussed the curriculum aspect, esp. regarding the water module. He is looking at glaciers and ice bergs. Where they are. How they differ from lat. How fast they melt...
There is a conf. at JPL 5/19 - 5/21.
Paul discussed how the curriculum is aimed at preparing the students for launch. There are three modules: the Intro module, the Mission Ops, and the Water Module. The teachers are teamed up with expert scientists. All curr. is student-centered.

Questions arose about the software needed, the SMOC design, testing the set-up (esp. students over the summer), and the school-to-career aspect of the project.

Software
Discussion about implementing tracking sw on the web. Mention of displaying the earth, linking real-time weather and orbital tracking, and zooming in on images are def. requirements. To examine Noah software. Students at SMOC will have detailed job descriptions and duties (ex. on student in charge of weather, another in charge of imagges). 

DEMO:
Went to the comp. lab. Paige demonstrated the www pages. Also looked at water module.

Next Meeting: Fri May 26, 3:00 at TEP
    Update on curriculum conf.
    Review Kathy Rackley's visit
    Netscape info.

In A Month: Fri June 9, 3:00 at CRB 313
     JSC displays

ACTION ITEMS: Try out some opening pages on the web. Schools 1/20 spped of ether. CalSpace, KidSat, EarthRise homepages.

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