* NetAdventure Overview *

Carolyn Staudt

Ms. Staudt is a curriculum designer for technology- and Internet-based projects, including Models and Data, Mobile Inquiry Computing, SLiC, VHS, GLOBE, KGS (Kids As Global Scientists), and NetAdventure at the Concord Consortium. Carolyn is especially intrigued with allowing students to collect real-time data with portable sensors and probes attached to handheld computers and microcomputer-based lab (MBL) systems. She has designed professional development that includes implementation of technology into the classroom curriculum, teacher and student utilization of existing software, design of tailored activities, and manipulation of software up to, and including, scripting. She has 20 years experience teaching science and math, including physics, chemistry, geoscience and space science. She holds a Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction in science from Kent State University. She was a Christa McAuliffe Fellow in 1990 and the Fairlawn, Ohio, Citizen of the Year in 1991.

| phone: 978-371-3483 | carolyn@kidsolve.com |

Robert Tinker

Robert Tinker, President, Concord Consortium, holds a Ph.D. in experimental low-temperature physics from MIT. Internationally recognized as a pioneer in constructivist uses of educational technology, he developed the MBL and Network Science concepts and has directed numerous educational research projects. Bob has extensive teaching experience at several colleges, on TV, and in many professional development contexts. e-mail: bob@concord.org

| phone: 978-371-3476 | bob@concord.org |

Perry Samson

Associate Chair, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences at the University of Michigan, and recipient of an Arthur Thurnau Professorship for "excellence in undergraduate education," Dr. Samson has focused his educational research on the development and testing of Internet-based education systems. Part of that effort has lead Dr. Samson to create Living Text, LLC, in 1998 as a vehicle to bridge tested curriculum and educational software from a research base to an operational base. This enterprise created the Blue Skies: College Edition CD-ROM in 1999 for Brooks/Cole Publishing as a supplement to Meteorology Today and Essentials of Meteorology. He is currently developing the Earth Systems Today CD-ROM for Brooks/Cole Publishing in support of several geology, environmental and earth science titles.
| samson@livingtext.com |


Corolyn Staudt Bob Tinker Perry Samson	Contributors
Carolyn Staudt Ms. Staudt is a curriculum designer for technology- and Internet-based projects, including Models and Data, Mobile Inquiry Computing, SLiC, VHS, GLOBE, KGS (Kids As Global Scientists), and NetAdventure at the Concord Consortium. Carolyn is especially intrigued with allowing students to collect real-time data with portable sensors and probes attached to handheld computers and microcomputer-based lab (MBL) systems. She has designed professional development that includes implementation of technology into the classroom curriculum, teacher and student utilization of existing software, design of tailored activities, and manipulation of software up to, and including, scripting. She has 20 years experience teaching science and math, including physics, chemistry, geoscience and space science. She holds a Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction in science from Kent State University. She was a Christa McAuliffe Fellow in 1990 and the Fairlawn, Ohio, Citizen of the Year in 1991. \| phone: 978-371-3483 \| carolyn@kidsolve.com \|
Robert Tinker Robert Tinker, President, Concord Consortium, holds a Ph.D. in experimental low-temperature physics from MIT. Internationally recognized as a pioneer in constructivist uses of educational technology, he developed the MBL and Network Science concepts and has directed numerous educational research projects. Bob has extensive teaching experience at several colleges, on TV, and in many professional development contexts. e-mail: bob@concord.org \| phone: 978-371-3476 \| bob@concord.org \|
Perry Samson Associate Chair, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences at the University of Michigan, and recipient of an Arthur Thurnau Professorship for "excellence in undergraduate education," Dr. Samson has focused his educational research on the development and testing of Internet-based education systems. Part of that effort has lead Dr. Samson to create Living Text, LLC, in 1998 as a vehicle to bridge tested curriculum and educational software from a research base to an operational base. This enterprise created the Blue Skies: College Edition CD-ROM in 1999 for Brooks/Cole Publishing as a supplement to Meteorology Today and Essentials of Meteorology. He is currently developing the Earth Systems Today CD-ROM for Brooks/Cole Publishing in support of several geology, environmental and earth science titles. \| samson@livingtext.com \|
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Contributors

Carolyn Staudt

Robert Tinker

Perry Samson