Request for GLOBE Teacher Guide Refresh Virtual Panel/Workshop

该合同将用于对GLOBE项目数据收集协议、仪器规范和相关教师指南进行审查，该指南最近一次重写是在2003年。这项工作建立在2011年1月10日至11日召开的一个小组会议的基础上，该小组报告说，GLOBE协议的科学内容总体上仍然相当相关，但需要进行小的更新（而不是彻底修改）。为了更好地确定需要解决的具体问题，正在对教师指南进行逐个调查地区的审查。五个小组讨论教师指南中与大气、水文学、土壤、土地覆盖和地球作为一个系统/物候学相关的主要部分，通过网络会议工具进行虚拟会议。这些小组由对这些协议的工作和实现具有相当专业知识和洞察力的规程和程序专家组成。每个小组正在审查该专题领域内的科学方案的状况，并确定需要更新或长期加强的方案；对提出的修改进行优先排序；评估在线协议的适用性，而不是实践培训，以及对更多定制培训要求的需求。针对这些主题的小组报告将于2012年7月6日发布。修订后的GLOBE教师指南将补充和更好地整合修订后的GLOBE网站和数据库，并为新的移动技术和2013年GLOBE管理合同的续签做好准备。

This award is being used to conduct a review of the GLOBE program data collection protocols, instrumentation specifications, and associated Teachers Guide, which was last re-written in 2003. This effort builds on a panel convened in January 10-11, 2011, which reported that the science content of the GLOBE protocols is overall still quite relevant, but in need of minor updating (as opposed to a complete overhaul). The Teachers Guide is being reviewed on an investigation area by investigation area basis, in order to better identify specific areas that need addressing. Five sub-groups addressing major sections of the Teachers Guide related to Atmosphere,Hydrology, Soil, Land Cover, and, Earth as a System/Phenology are meeting meeting virtually through web conferencing tools. These sub-groups consiste of discipline and program experts with considerable expertise and insight into the working and implementation of these protocols. Each sub-group is reviewing the state of the science protocols within that topic area and identifying those that need updating or long-term augmentation; prioritizing the proposed modifications; and assessing the suitability of protocols for on-line as opposed to hands-on training, as well as the need for more customized training requirements. A panel report addressing these topics will be issued by July 6, 2012. A revised GLOBE Teachers Guide will complement and better integrate with the revised GLOBE web site and database as well as prepare the program for new mobile technologies and the 2013 renewal of the GLOBE management contract.