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Held semi-regularly. You need to register so that I can mail you the relevant phone numbers and join.me links just prior to the tutorial.  Archived here and on YouTube if you can't attend live.
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=Done ones=
 
=Done ones=
  
*'''''First NITARP Tutorial: WISE and the WISE Archive''''': [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPKUcyFWOY4 Part 1: WISE overview] - what is the mission, the big picture (20 min); [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rTTyc-RXKc Part 2: the WISE archive] - how to access the archive (20 min); [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbAJc8tS2RE Part 3: questions] - questions from those online and on the phone (8 min)
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'''Now moved off to [http://nitarp.ipac.caltech.edu/resource/8 new website here].'''
  
*'''''Second NITARP Tutorial: ds9''''': [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8QBwrKbEtc Part 1: ds9 overview] - what is ds9, etc (10.5 min); [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1zic8msSM0 Part 2: the first half of the ds9 demo] - getting it started, basics of usage (19 min); [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVwW-8h2drw Part 3: the second half of the ds9 demo] - more advanced tips and tricks (25 min)
 
  
 
=Planned ones with dates=
 
=Planned ones with dates=
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(consensus seemed to be you preferred asynchronous ones, so ones where you can attend are now few and far between.)
  
  
 
=Hoped-for ones=
 
=Hoped-for ones=
(in no particular order)
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(in no particular order, in various stages of planning)
  
*Spitzer, the SHA, the enhanced products  
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*Spitzer, the SHA, the enhanced products - Luisa(*)
*Planck, and its archive  
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*Planck, and its archive -  Peregrine?
*NASA Exoplanet Archive (and by extension, Kepler and CoRoT)
 
*2mass?
 
 
*WISE asteroids and comets.  
 
*WISE asteroids and comets.  
*APT, from 'what is photometry' through latest bells and whistles. may be 2-parter.
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*finding data at other wavelengths - Skyview from goddard. finderchart. 2mass. other archives?
*finding data at other wavelengths - Skyview from goddard. finderchart. other archives?
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*Spatial resolution??
*Spatial resolution.
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*LCOGT http://lcogt.net/ -- JD Armstrong
*LCOGT -- JD
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*Guidance on getting research into the classroom?? Guidance on curriculum development??
*Guidance on getting research into the classroom??  
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*Excel?? many tutorials already online at YouTube - get a NITARP alum teacher to do one on "things you should know about Excel but were afraid to ask?"
*Edubites overview??  
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*HOU http://www.handsonuniverse.org/ and http://astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes/outreach/activities/Explorations/ http://www.globalsystemsscience.org/software/download  - Alan Gould, Carl Penneypacker?? - particularly interested in HOU legacy of extensively tested labs; newer opportunities such as IASC and Skynet are also represented in the list here, but separately from HOU.
*Excel?? many tutorials already online at YouTube
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*SED tool - Sally Seebode
*Skynet - Vivian??
 
*HOU - Alan Gould??
 
*Sally Seebode's SED tool - Sally
 
*Chandra ds9 labs - Kathy Lestition et al.
 
*SDSS labs
 
 
*how to come up with project ideas
 
*how to come up with project ideas
*Micro Observatory - Susan et al.
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*Micro Observatory http://mo-www.harvard.edu/MicroObservatory/ - Susan Sunbury et al.(*)
*ISAC
 
 
*MAST?
 
*MAST?
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*NRAO teacher opportunities - Sue Ann Heatherly
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*WWT http://www.worldwidetelescope.org - Pat Udomprasaert??
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*NOAO RBSE lessons http://www.noao.edu/education/arbse/arpd
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*Zooniverse projects and lesson plans
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*ds9 - Robert Marshall: "..creating ds9 regions files: everything from looking at example code, then creating text from an excel file, to adding carriage returns so regions files can then be read in properly using ds9."
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* Astropix, FITS liberator - robert
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*color selection to find objects you care about - luisa
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*NGSS
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*(ideas for) ways to get your NITARP experience back into your classroom - this would have to be live, a panel discussion or other sort of roundtable.
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*(ideas for) ways to manage your finances when in NITARP or self-funding to AAS - not sure how best to handle this one.

Latest revision as of 23:59, 16 January 2015

Held semi-regularly. You need to register so that I can mail you the relevant phone numbers and join.me links just prior to the tutorial. Archived here and on YouTube if you can't attend live.


Done ones

Now moved off to new website here.


Planned ones with dates

(consensus seemed to be you preferred asynchronous ones, so ones where you can attend are now few and far between.)


Hoped-for ones

(in no particular order, in various stages of planning)

  • Spitzer, the SHA, the enhanced products - Luisa(*)
  • Planck, and its archive - Peregrine?
  • WISE asteroids and comets.
  • finding data at other wavelengths - Skyview from goddard. finderchart. 2mass. other archives?
  • Spatial resolution??
  • LCOGT http://lcogt.net/ -- JD Armstrong
  • Guidance on getting research into the classroom?? Guidance on curriculum development??
  • Excel?? many tutorials already online at YouTube - get a NITARP alum teacher to do one on "things you should know about Excel but were afraid to ask?"
  • HOU http://www.handsonuniverse.org/ and http://astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes/outreach/activities/Explorations/ http://www.globalsystemsscience.org/software/download - Alan Gould, Carl Penneypacker?? - particularly interested in HOU legacy of extensively tested labs; newer opportunities such as IASC and Skynet are also represented in the list here, but separately from HOU.
  • SED tool - Sally Seebode
  • how to come up with project ideas
  • Micro Observatory http://mo-www.harvard.edu/MicroObservatory/ - Susan Sunbury et al.(*)
  • MAST?
  • NRAO teacher opportunities - Sue Ann Heatherly
  • WWT http://www.worldwidetelescope.org - Pat Udomprasaert??
  • NOAO RBSE lessons http://www.noao.edu/education/arbse/arpd
  • Zooniverse projects and lesson plans
  • ds9 - Robert Marshall: "..creating ds9 regions files: everything from looking at example code, then creating text from an excel file, to adding carriage returns so regions files can then be read in properly using ds9."
  • Astropix, FITS liberator - robert
  • color selection to find objects you care about - luisa
  • NGSS
  • (ideas for) ways to get your NITARP experience back into your classroom - this would have to be live, a panel discussion or other sort of roundtable.
  • (ideas for) ways to manage your finances when in NITARP or self-funding to AAS - not sure how best to handle this one.