Sandwatch Workshop, Georgetown, Guyana Oct 17th-19th, 2016
Georgetown, Guyana Oct 17-19th, 2016
For three days, October 17th-19th, The Sandwatch Foundation with the generous support of the Guyana Ministry of Education and UNESCO where pleased to hold a training workshop for more than 30 primary and high school teachers from around the country in the capital, Georgetown.
Over the course of the three days Sandwatch personnel Paul Diamond & David Gray from Canada and Andy Paul and his colleagues Gourie Ali and Megell Mohammed from Trinidad gave an intensive introduction to Sandwatch goals and methodology to the educators including a field trip to a nearby beach at the mouth of the Demerara River and a demonstration of a very inexpensive but extremely useful digital microscope.
Designer and developer of the Sandwatch Online Database, Dr. David Gray also provided extensive training on how to utilize the program including how to register users, how to input data, how to upload photos, sketches and other information.
Science Curriculum expert, Ms Petal Jetoo and her staff at the National Centre of Education Resource Development for Guyana did an exemplary job in organizing the seminars and in planning follow up activities and events including perhaps tying Sandwatch into other environmental and science based projects. Even the occasional power cut did not curtail training as you can see teachers working by cell phone light in a couple of photos below.
Home pages for each of schools have been established on our website under Guyana and we look forward to seeing what each school can accomplish using the new tools and skills they have been given. In addition there are two short videos filmed during the workshop viewable at the bottom of this page.
As an exciting bonus, the Sandwatch team was flow to the interior of Guyana to visit the world famous Kaieteur Water Falls and were even lucky enough to spot one of the rarest amphibians in the world, the Golden Frog which lives only within the leaves of the Giant Tank Bromeliads native to rim of the Kaieteur escarpment. Amazing photos of this expedition can be found HERE.
For three days, October 17th-19th, The Sandwatch Foundation with the generous support of the Guyana Ministry of Education and UNESCO where pleased to hold a training workshop for more than 30 primary and high school teachers from around the country in the capital, Georgetown.
Over the course of the three days Sandwatch personnel Paul Diamond & David Gray from Canada and Andy Paul and his colleagues Gourie Ali and Megell Mohammed from Trinidad gave an intensive introduction to Sandwatch goals and methodology to the educators including a field trip to a nearby beach at the mouth of the Demerara River and a demonstration of a very inexpensive but extremely useful digital microscope.
Designer and developer of the Sandwatch Online Database, Dr. David Gray also provided extensive training on how to utilize the program including how to register users, how to input data, how to upload photos, sketches and other information.
Science Curriculum expert, Ms Petal Jetoo and her staff at the National Centre of Education Resource Development for Guyana did an exemplary job in organizing the seminars and in planning follow up activities and events including perhaps tying Sandwatch into other environmental and science based projects. Even the occasional power cut did not curtail training as you can see teachers working by cell phone light in a couple of photos below.
Home pages for each of schools have been established on our website under Guyana and we look forward to seeing what each school can accomplish using the new tools and skills they have been given. In addition there are two short videos filmed during the workshop viewable at the bottom of this page.
As an exciting bonus, the Sandwatch team was flow to the interior of Guyana to visit the world famous Kaieteur Water Falls and were even lucky enough to spot one of the rarest amphibians in the world, the Golden Frog which lives only within the leaves of the Giant Tank Bromeliads native to rim of the Kaieteur escarpment. Amazing photos of this expedition can be found HERE.
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