RINET Annual Meeting:
A Collaborative Endeavor

On Tuesday October 13, 2009, 66 participants joined us at URI Graduate School of Oceanography’s Coastal Institute Building on the Narragansett Bay Campus for RINET's Annual Meeting – A Collaborative Endeavor.  We enjoyed inspiring and informative presentations on the power of collaboration and marine resources that support science teaching and learning. We had lunch with Deborah Gist, Rhode Island’s Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, and toured the Ocean Science and Exploration Center and the new Pell Marine Science Library, and explored The Endeavor, URI’s 185-foot Research Vessel.

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Presentations (click main links to see video of presentation)

The Virtual Network: Benefits of sharing and extending resources; Presenter  - Mark Lamson, Westerly

BTOP and OSCAR: Collaborating to solve RI’s “Grand Challenges”; Presenter – George Loftus, OSHEAN

TELEPRESENCE: Connecting Students With Scientists Around the World; Presenters  -  Robert O’Brien Don Holder and Ed Hill, Smithfield

Inner Space Center; Presenter – Dr. Dwight Coleman, Director of the Inner Space Center, URI

OMP Educational Initiatives; Presenter – Sara Hickox, Director of the Office of Marine Programs (OMP), URI

Marine Resources and Narragansett Bay Classroom; Presenter – Maryann Scholl, Mgr. Distance Learning, OMP

COSEE; Presenter – Gail Scowcroft, National Network Director, COSEE Central Coordinating Office

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RINET is grateful to the presenters for sharing their time, enthusiasm and knowledge and to our 66 participants who made time in their busy lives to spend the day with us.  Thank you!