This is an aggressive one year program intended to demonstrate approaches within Illinois institutions for preparing teachers and administrators to be the leaders and visionaries for the education of our future generations. Resource for Science Education Program - Education Group Students can see, manipulate, and analyze the same phenomenon scientists are investigating. Staff from NCSA and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and national partners are collaborating with teachers and students in kindergarten through college to adapt Web materials for the classroom. This Web-centered framework would enable broad audiences to access, apply and share knowledge, tools, and data required for integrated river management, wetland conservation, and land use. RiverWeb's overriding vision is to facilitate lifelong learning about the ways of the river and empower citizens to make informed choices about environmental issues of vital importance to their communities in the 21st century.
Members also learn about educational resources and organizations on the Web.
Through out the school year, we are visited by groups of K-12 students who want to tour the Web. The Expo is designed to aid communications between scientists, technologists, and varied audiences within the research and education communities and among funding agencies. For the first time in the history of this conference, the 242 technical papers were submitted via electronic media, many in html format. The 70 papers accepted for publication appeared on a CD-ROM, which was cut in time to be distributed at the December conference and replaced the massive paper publication that had been standard in previous years. We were also able to share our experience with organizers of other conferences.