GCOOS Board of Directors GCOOS Board of Directors MeetingMeeting February 25-26, 2008 February 25-26, 2008

Report of the Education and Report of the Education and Outreach Outreach CouncilCouncil

EOC Chairman – CAPT Joe Swaykos USN EOC Chairman – CAPT Joe Swaykos USN (Ret)(Ret)

GCOOS EOC GCOOS EOC

• Bays and Bayous SymposiumBays and Bayous Symposium• Linking IOOS to disaster mitigationLinking IOOS to disaster mitigation

• MTS articles – C. SimonielloMTS articles – C. Simoniello• Southwind Sailing article – C. Southwind Sailing article – C. SimonielloSimoniello• FL COOS Consortium speakerFL COOS Consortium speaker• GOMA Liaison activitiesGOMA Liaison activities• NFRA Ed and Outreach working groupNFRA Ed and Outreach working group• National E&O Liaison – US IOOS National E&O Liaison – US IOOS

GCOOS EOC GCOOS EOC

• GCOOS Educators WorkshopsGCOOS Educators Workshops• GPS FocusGPS Focus• 60 registered teachers60 registered teachers• Harte Research Institute Corpus ChristiHarte Research Institute Corpus Christi

• 23-24 April 200923-24 April 2009

• Dauphin Island Sea Lab ALDauphin Island Sea Lab AL• April 30 – 1 May 2009April 30 – 1 May 2009

• GCOOS PortalGCOOS Portal• Course module Course module • Resources provided by ESSEAResources provided by ESSEA• Linked with CELC kiosk developmentLinked with CELC kiosk development

GCOOS Board of Directors GCOOS Board of Directors MeetingMeeting February 25-26 2009 February 25-26 2009

Report of the Education and Report of the Education and Outreach Outreach CouncilCouncil

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