Conference 2002

Looking Forward

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FRIDAY APRIL 26   FIELDWORK SESSIONS

 

Please note that these sessions depend upon minimum numbers and the availability of staff. Check the insert or the website for more details.

 

 

2. Issues in Catchment Management on the Pimpama River.

 

Full day fieldtrip 10 am - 2-pm approx. by bus with the Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre staff. Teachers will be involved in activities like water quality testing, riparian assessment, Acid soil testing, water bug identification etc all of which will require different amounts of time and clothing (getting feet wet and muddy). Be at the Centre at 843 Pimpama – Jacobs Well Road at 9.30am. BYO Lunch and drinks.
Field work starts at 9.30 and people should wear old clothes and bring lunch.

 

 

Saturday April 27

 

Registration 8.15 – 9.00am
Foyer Hawken Engineering Building, University of Queensland

KEYNOTE SESSION             9.00 – 10.30AM Hawken Engineering Bldg Room N201

Official Conference Opening followed by keynote addresses by

Tim Quinn Deputy Mayor, Brisbane City Council Looking forward – Town Planning

Geoff McDonald, Professor, University  of Queensland The Emerging Regional Focus for Natural resources Management in Australia
 
 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Morning tea and Displays 10.30 – 11.00am

 

Session 1         Small group sessions                       11.00 – 12.00

SESSION NUMBER

TOPIC

PRESENTER

 

SESSION DESCRIPTION

1B

 

ROOM

To be adised expoected to be Training room Hawken Building

Crime Analysis using GIS

Susan Kempson and Laraine Bowles

The ESRI education team

See how GIS was applied in the television show ‘The District’

1C

 

Room

N301C

Introducing GIS into the classroom – a practical perspective

Terry Prowd

Director of Cottrell, Cameron and Steen Surveys

Terry has worked with Centenary High in bringing GIS into schools

1D

 

Room

C202

Feeding the World’s People

Kathleen Richards

Education Officer, Global Learning Centre

World hunger – myths and realities – and the move to sustainable agriculture

1E

 

Room

C201

Development of a Geography course of study for Years 9 and 10

Sue Parkinson & Judy Smeed

Geography educators at the cutting edge.

 

Turn the elaborations into a work program.

1G

 

Room

N301

SEQ 2021 Opportunities to investigate regional planning

Robert Bischof

Spatial Information Coordinator

SEQ 2021

Planning information at your fingertips through GIS and an interactive web site.

( Repeated as 2B )

 

 

Session 2         Small group sessions                       12.00 – 1.00

Session Number

TOPIC

PRESENTER

SESSION DESCRIPTION

2B

 

 

Room

N301

SEQ 2021 Opportunities to investigate regional planning

Robert Bischof

Spatial Information Coordinator

SEQ 2021

Planning information at your fingertips through GIS and an interactive web site.

( Repeated as 1G )

2E

 

 

Room

N301C

Using the Internet as a Data Source for your GIS

Terry Prowd

Director of Cottrell, Cameron and Steen Surveys

This is the session if you are having trouble finding data for your GIS.

( Repeated as 3 E )

2G

 

Room To be advised

Expected to be Training Room

Hawken Bldg

GPS workshop

Susan Kempson and Laraine Bowles

The ESRI education team

Use GPS to make a map. That’s looking forward.

2H

 

 

Room

C202

People, Development and Social Environments

Kathleen Richards

Education Officer, Global Learning Centre

Case studies and tools including a video and a WEBQUEST to assist in the development area

 

 

Lunch and Displays                1.00pm- 2.00
Session 3         Small group sessions                                   2.00 – 3.00pm

Session Number

TOPIC

PRESENTER

SESSION DESCRIPTION

3B

 

 

 

Room

C202

Exploring SOSE resources and teaching materials

Kathleen Richards

Education Officer, Global Learning Centre

Resources available from the Global Learning Centre which are accessible to teachers across Queensland.

3D

 

Room

N301

GIS in the classroom – a skills development course

Susan Kempson and Laraine Bowles

The ESRI education team

A step by step skill development course using an interactive CD-Rom

3E

 

 

Room

N301C

Using the Internet as a Data Source for your GIS

Terry Prowd

Director of Cottrell, Cameron and Steen Surveys

This is the session if you are having trouble finding data for your GIS.

( Repeated as 2E )

KEYNOTE SESSION 3.15-4.30pm Hawken Engineering Bldg Room N201

SAVING THE BILBY with Frank Manthey, park ranger, Charleville
 

 

 

 

 

Wine and Cheese                   4.30 – 5.30

 

Foyer Hawken Engineering Building

 

 

 

 

 

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