Meeting focus:
DLESE now has a limited collection, a search engine, community discussion groups, and resource cataloging capability. The library is ready to use. This year's annual meeting, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, will focus on

a) the use of DLESE by educators
b) collaborations between educators, developers and collections creators

Who should attend:
We hope for strong participation from teachers, curriculum developers, materials developers, content/data providers, service providers, and library creators. This meeting will provide a unique opportunity for these stakeholders to collaborate and participate in DLESE's continuing development.

Recommended in-service credit for educators:
1.5 credits total for attending the regular workshop events from June 30 to July 2 (25.0 contact hours) 2.0 credits total for attending the skills sessions and the regular workshop events from June 29 to July 2 (31.5 contact hours).

Goals for participants and for DLESE:
As an attendee, you will be asked to suggest or choose a disciplinary strand as the focus for your participation in the meeting. The first goal of the meeting is for groups representing each strand to explore issues regarding the use of DLESE collections and services by producing a preliminary version of a lesson, curriculum, or educational unit by the end of the meeting.

A second goal is to initiate partnerships to develop tools, services, and collections to support the use of DLESE in specific disciplines. These activities will result in usable DLESE resources and provide valuable feedback to DLESE developers.

Ongoing interaction among the disciplinary groups following the meeting will be supported by communication tools and web services available through DLESE to foster continuing collaboration and resource development. Opportunities will also be provided for specialists in collections, technology, and materials development to discuss challenges unique to their interests.

Optional skills workshop:
A skills workshop will be offered prior to the meeting on Saturday, June 29. These sessions will be focused activities designed to teach specific skills related to curriculum and materials development. The topics of the skills workshop will depend on your requests and our resources. The sessions could address technical as well as pedagogical skills.

Contacts:
Chair: Bill Prothero
Program sub-Committee Chair: Tamara Ledley