Integrating Technology into the Meteorology Classroom: A Summary of the 1993 Northeast Regional Unidata Workshop

Abstract

This article summarizes the first Northeast Regional Unidata Users' Workshop, held 17-19 August 1993 at the State University of New York College at Brockport. The goal of the workshop was to provide a forum where users could exchange ideas and update their understanding of Unidata systems and potential applications to scientific instruction and research. Several presentations documented the successful integration of interactive computer technology into classroom and laboratory environments. Laboratory sessions stressed applications of the latest versions of the Unidata MclDAS, GEMPAK, and WXP analysis and display packages. The positive response of participants indicates that a regional workshop is a useful complement to national Unidata users' meetings.

Unidata: A Virtual Community Sharing Resources via Technological Infrastructure

“…Because education and research are of equal priority in Unidata, committee appointments include representation for research-and nonresearch-oriented colleges and universities. Indeed, Unidata mailing lists, committee meetings, and workshops have been used to discuss such topics as course outlines for mesoscale meteorology, hardware for projecting displays in a classroom, lab exercises for survey courses, and how best to give students hands-on computer experience with real weather data (see, e.g., Byrd et al 1994).…”

Serving Science and Society: Lessons from Large-Scale Atmospheric Science Programs

“…Therefore, the Unidata User's Committee and the Unidata Policy Committee directed the Unidata Program Center to set up a regional workshop. The workshop has already been reported (Byrd et al 1994), and thedetails will not be presented here. Unidata will welcome ideas for other focused workshops and will be willing to assist with regional workshops in other parts of the country to bring software and staff to the community.…”