# Presentation: 376155

## IOC Capacity Building: TsunamiTeacher 

**Laura Kong, Director, ITIC**
*ICG/IOTWS-III, August 2006*
*Bali, Indonesia*

##  TsunamiTeacher

*** ******New, existing materials***
*** ******Reliable, verified***
*** ******Training modules***
**WHY:  Enable stakeholders to:**
*** ******Share existing body of ***
***  ******research / good practice ***
*** ******Adapt materials locally***
*** ******Build awareness***
*** ******Develop local responses ***
***   ******for saving lives, ***
***   ******mitigating impacts  ***

** ****TsunamiTeacher**

##  TsunamiTeacher

*** ******Different audiences use different materials***
*** ******Training modules must be locally relevant***
*** ******None of the modules use all the resources, ***
***   ******but different modules can utilize same materials***
*** ******Specialists review and validate content***
*** ******Editors continually ***
***  ******update, add content***

** ****TsunamiTeacher**

##  TsunamiTeacher

**TARGET STAKEHOLDERS:**
***     ******Media, Education Systems         ***
***     ******Public (govt) / Private Sector***
**CONTENT:**
*** ******School curricula***
***  ******Teacher guides, Classroom support materials***
*** ******Science, History, Events***
*** ******Disaster reduction / Risk management***
*** ******Legislative Frameworks***
*** ******Warning Systems***
***  ******Existing, developing new systems***
*** ******Mitigation:  Preparedness, Alerting, Hazard Risk,   ***
***  ******Environmental/engineering, businesses, outreach***

** ****TsunamiTeacher**

##  TsunamiTeacher

**   ****(Public/Private - *****NMHS, NDMO, UN, NGO, etc)***
**WHEN:**
***Aug 2006:******  3 modules***
***IOTWS-III:  Pre-Live***
***1 / participant pls ***
***End of 2006:***
***Dynamic***
***Content-based***
***Web-customizeable***
***Translations:***
***    ******Indonesia, Bangladesh, French, Pakistan, Spanish,          ***
***    ******Thai, Turkish***

** ****TsunamiTeacher**

## Thank You

**For more information, contact:**
**ITIC, Dr. Laura Kong:   **_l.kong@unesco.org_
**          ****Brian Yanagi:  brian.yanagi@noaa.gov**
**Tsunami Unit, Paris, Dr. Ulrich Wolf:  **_u.wolf@unesco.org_
**TsunamiTeacher:   tsunamiteacher@unesco.org**

## Available Info Services

*** ***_***Heads-up***_*** SMS Alerts****** (PTWC) - RANET***
***  ******But, Official messages through GTS***
*** ******Real-time Sea Level -****** GTS data feed***
***  ******Time Series Decode/Manipulation***
***    ******TideTool (v3.31) (PTWC) (auto display)***
***    ******ODINAFRICA Sea Level Monitor (web)***
*** ******Real-time EQ display****** (USGS data feed) ***
***   ******NEIC broadcast, GIS capable***
***Contact:  ITIC, l.kong@unesco.org***

**Available Info Services**

## ITIC Information Services

*** ******ITIC Tsunami Bulletin Board***
***  ******Events, models, PTWC/JMA msgs ***
***  ******Immediate (scientists, professionals) ***
*** ******Compilation:  ******26 Dec 2004****** ***
***	******Post-Tsunami Survey Data***
***	******Electronic - CD (EERI)***
***	******Hard copy (EERI - UNESCO co-publ)***
*** ******Tsunami Data Repository****** / Archive ***
***   ******(web, user-friendly) - prototype now***

**ITIC Information Services**

## Other Information Services

*** ******TsunamiTeacher***
***	******July - Pre-live (no docs), ICG/IOTWS-III***
***	******August - web, DVD***
*** ******Tsunami Glossary***
*** ******Tsunami flyer/poster ***
*** ******Tsunami, Great Waves, 2006 (electronic)***
*** ******Customizeable formats***
*** ******Educational Curriculum (ADRC)***
***	******Thailand Grades 4-6***

**Other Information Services**