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Resource List (constantly being updated, last update May 5, 2008)

Resource Guide (PDF Document, pages in document do not appear in alphabetical order due to format used for printing, updated May 22, 2008)

Aloha Colleague,

As a key source of recreation, food, and cultural sustenance, the ocean plays a vitally important role in our island community. The ocean environment is also central to many science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education initiatives in Hawai'i. Many valuable marine-related STEM education projects and programs have flourished throughout our islands, often in a loosely coordinated manner. To ensure the greatest possible success for these activities and to minimize duplication of efforts, we must create new avenues for collaboration among key stakeholders, including scientists, educators, and government agencies.

It is with great pleasure that we invite your organization to participate in a alliance aimed at establishing a framework for collaboration in ocean science education in Hawai'i, the newly formed Ocean Literacy Alliance-Hawai'i (OLA-HI), Sponsors include the federal Interagency Working Group for Ocean Education (IWG-OE), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Education, and numerous partners from the University of Hawai'i.

We recently held a workshop, where we reviewed ongoing efforts, strengthened existing collaborations, and developed strategies to build new partnerships.

RESOURCES DEVELOPED DURING THE WORKSHOP

To view video presentations from this workshop, please see the following web site http://cmore.ancl.hawaii.edu/events/ola2007/

A list of participating organizations was prepared, a pdf of this list can be found below. Please send any corrections or additions to Tara Hicks Johnson.

OLA - HI Contact list (PDF will open in a new browser page)

We are in the process of setting up a YAHOO groups for OLA - HI, if you were at the meeting you will be invited to join. If you were not at the meeting, please email Tara Hicks Johnson and she will email you an invitation to join the group.

2007 OLA Committee

Erin Baumgartner
Curriculum Research & Development Group

Barbara Bruno
Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research & Education

Kristine Davidson
Hawai'i Coral Reef Initiative

Tara Hicks-Johnson
School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology

Malia Rivera
Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology

OLA Hawaii is supported by the federal Interagency Working Group for Ocean Education (IWG-OE), part of the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (JSOST). Direct funding is provided by The National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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Hawaii support is through

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