| ‚TRIANET‘ - GIS and Electronic Communication
Networks as Instruments for Environmental Education Island of Naxos (Kyklades), Greece May 23rd to 30th, 1999 This International Course is part of a COMENIUS-Program of the European Union. |
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| GENERAL INFORMATION | |
Conference Office |
Naxos Academy GR-84302, Chalki Tel: ++30-285-32870 (to use from May 22 - May 31) |
Correspondence before |
Proterra Project Cooperation, Germany c/o Klaus Windolph and Martina Rüthnick Lindenweg 6, D-30989 GEHRDEN Fax: ++49-5108-927251 or: Alfred Toepfer Academy for Nature Conservation,
Germany Fax: ++49-5199-98946 |
Official language |
The official language of the course is English. |
Weather and clothing |
The weather on the Island of Naxos is usually warm and sunny, with some differences between costal and montaneous parts. Mean air temperature in May is 20° Centigrade, as well as temperature of the Mediterranean Sea. For outdoor activities and the field training please provide for mountain boots and suitable clothing. In May the nights may be cold and sometimes there blows a cold wind at the day. So you need also a warm pullover and/or jacket. |
Travel |
Participants have to take care on their own for travel between home and Naxos Island. You find more details about travelling in the covering letter. |
Accomodation |
Hotel Adriani Adriani Kritikou Chora Naxos, 10 minutes from the habour Tel. ++30-285-23079 / ++30-285-24528 If you inform the hotel or the organisation-team about the time of your arrival, the hotel-bus will take you from the habour/airport to the hotel. |
PROGRAM
| 18:00 | Welcome and Get Together Detailed Presentation of the Course Program |
| 21:00 | Visit of a Greek Taverna in Naxos Chora |
| 10:00 | Transfer to the Naxos Academy, Chalki |
| 10:30 | ‚Who is Who?‘ The Partners of ‚TRIANET‘, the Naxos Academy, the Proterra Project Cooperation, the Ecological Center of Naxos (K.O.E.N.) and the Participants of the Course Opening of the Information Market |
| 13:30 | Lunch and Coffee |
| 15:30 | Introduction to the Island of Naxos: Bus Excursion to Outstanding Ecological Sites of the Island |
| 20:00 | Evening Meal in a Mountain Village |
| 9:30 | Transfer to the Naxos Academy, Chalki |
| 10:00 | Introduction to the EU-Project 'GIS and
Electronic Communication Networks as Instruments for Environmental Education (TRIANET)' The Learnfield 'Nature-Culture-Society', The Concept of 'Nature-Culture-Society' in the Interactive Network Module TRIANET |
| 13:00 | Lunch and Coffee |
| 15:00 | Ecological Exercise I: How to Collect Environmental Data: Field Methods in the Mountain Region of 'Tragea' near Monitsia (Rahi), Ecosystem analysis: Relief, Geology, Soil, Vegetation, Climate |
| 19:00 | Transfer to Naxos Chora |
| 9:30 | Transfer to the IEK, Filoti / Naxos Academy, Chalki |
| 10:00 | Computer Exercise I: Introduction: What‘s GIS? Components and Functions of a Geographic Information System Practical Exercise: Getting Started for Computer Beginners, Basic Information about the Internet, The Interactive Network Module TRIANET |
| 13:00 | Lunch and Coffee |
| 15:00 | Ecological Exercise II: Mountaneous Ecosystems and Problems of Soil Erosion and Overgrazing, Measures for the Conservation of Soil, Water and Vegetation in the Valley of 'Pera Chorio' near Aperathou (Apiranthos) |
| 19:00 | Transfer to Naxos Chora |
| 9:30 | Transfer to the the IEK, Filoti / Naxos Academy, Chalki |
| 10:00 - 13:00 | Computer Exercise II: Introduction: Remote Sensing and Digital Terrain Models Practical Exercise: Applications in the Interactive Network Module TRIANET Review of the First Days of the Course |
For Free Disposal
| 9:30 | Transfer to the IEK, Filoti / Naxos Academy, Chalki |
| 10:00 | Computer Exercise III: Further Knowledge about GIS and WWW Applications |
| 13:00 | Lunch and Coffee |
| 15:00 | Final discussion: The Interactive Network Module TRIANET for Environmental Education, Prospects for an European Network of Schools |
| 19:00 | Transfer to Naxos Chora |
| 10:00 | Ecological Exercise III: Ecosystems, Damages and Possibilities of Landuse Planning at the South West Coast of Naxos |
| 14:00 | Lunch and Coffee |
| 16:00 | Ecological Exercise III: Pattern of Agricultural Land Survey in the Coastal Plain of 'Plaka', Complex of Dune and Lagoon Ecosystems at the South West Coast near Alyko |
| 20:00 | Visit of a Greek Taverna in Mikri Vigla |
Sunday, May 30th, 1999
Day of Departure
© 1999 TRIANET, Program of the European
Union Socrates-Comenius
Last update on 09.07.1999 by Markus
Zapke-Gründemann