This week the Rutgers component of COSEE NOW was pleased to have two of our colleagues from COSEE CA visit to discuss a NOAA funded project to create an ocean science curriculum for grades 3-5. It is especially exciting because the product will be carefully sequenced to the ocean literacy principles and will be commercially […]
Author Archive | Janice McDonnell
Jacks of All Trades
Today I was reviewing the big flip chart paper notes from our recent COSEE NOW Storytelling workshop. It seems like a good idea at the time, to use these giant pieces of paper to record the great ideas that are generated in brainstorming sessions. As I spread the paper out like a giant map over […]
What is Your Story? Storytelling in the OOS Community
Things are moving along for COSEE NOW. We had a very successful workshop at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore MD where we discussed storytelling as a communication tool. Andy Goodman, who is a communication consultant who works with a variety of non profits through the U.S., gave a compelling hands-on program about storytelling best […]
COSEE NOW asks the question: If we build it… will you come?
The COSEE NOW team has done a lot of leg work to help us plan the development of this site, and answer the question… If we build a collaborative website where scientists and educators can exchange information, collaborate and share education/outreach techniques about OOS… will they come? Will they use it? All in all, our […]
HELLO! Welcome to COSEE NOW
Welcome! We’re working on development of a community website for the ocean sciences and we’d like you to be involved. We’ll be posting documents and updates on this site over the next several months and welcome your comments and participation in shaping design of the site. The concept is to build a rich resource of […]
When to start a blog? NOW
You expect a scientist to blog? You expect people to be interested? OK, I’m paraphrasing, but our proposal reviews suggest that at least some people are skeptical of our idea to use ‘new media’ components in this center. Well, how do we answer those questions? I guess the best place to start is by creating […]