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June 15, 2005 (Presentation)
Rhoades, E., T. Irani, M. Tignor, S. Wilson, L. Hightower, E. Fitz, G. Giacomelli, C. Kubota, M.McMahon, and A. Laing. 2005. Evaluating an Interactive Instructional Resource Approach to Greenhouse Education. The North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA). 51st Annual Conference "Experiential and Student-Centered Learning" June 15-17. Wooster, OH.

May 1, 2005
Over 50 digital videos on greenhouse topics with associated transcripts are now searchable and available for download at the Greenhouse Education Materials Repository. The videos are also available via streaming server on this website.

April 15, 2005
Over 250 images are now searchable and available for download at the Greenhouse Education Materials Repository.

March 31, 2005
Visual VETH (Ventilation-Evaporation-Temperature-Humidity) Software Package added for distribution by Dr.'s Makio Hayashi, Yuuki Fukuda, Chieri Kubota, and Shingo Yokoi.

March 30, 2005
Poster summarizing project progress presented at USDA CSREES/SERD Project Director's Conference in New Orleans, LA.

February 18, 2005
Digital Psychrometric Chart added to DSPACE Greenhouse Education Materials Repository by Dr. Wei Fang.

February, 2005 (Announcement)
Greenhouse video documentation of Kraft Gardens (Fort Pierce, FL) complete.

October, 2004 (Announcement)
Greenhouse video documentation of Possum Run Greenhouses (Bellvile, OH) complete.

July 17-20, 2004 (Presentation)
Tignor, M, G. Giacomelli, T. Irani, C. Kubota, M. McMahon, S. Wilson, and D. Heleba. 2004. Multimedia instrument for greenhouse education: establishing potential clientele. American Society for Horticultural Science Annual Meeting (Austin, TX) July 17-20. HortScience 39(4): 809-810.

June 20-23, 2004 (Presentation)
Tignor, M., S. Wilson, T. Irani, G. Giacomelli, C. Kubota, and M. McMahon. 2004. Multimedia instrument for greenhouse education: Designing for user needs and higher-order thinking. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture 50th Annual Conference (Gainesville, FL) June 20-23. Abstract Book: 38.

May, 2004 (Announcement)
Greenhouse video documentation of Eurofresh Farms, Inc. (Wicox, AZ) complete.

May 25, 2004 (Announcement)
Survey of all instructors teaching courses related to greenhouse science (Land Grant Institutions) was completed. Survey was designed to allow us to tailor project to end-user needs. For summary of survey findings see June and July 2004 presentations.

February, 2004 (Announcement)
Greenhouse video documentation of Crossroad Farm (Post Mills, VT) and Claussen's Greenhouse (Colchester, VT) complete.

Novermber 7 - 11, 2003 (Paper)
Fitz-Rodríguez, Giacomelli, Kubota, Pagliarulo present paper entitled Asynchronous Education in Controlled Environment Agriculture at E-Learn 2003, A World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education. November 7-11, Phoenix, Arizona.

October 9 - 10, 2003 (Meeting)
Group met in Tucson, AZ for first official planning meeting for the project. Group toured Eurofresh Farms, Inc. greenhouse tomato production facility in Wilcox Arizona.

August 1, 2003 (Announcement)
Group Notified that USDA/HEC Grant was funded.

late January , 2003 (Proposal submission)
USDA HEC grant submitted.

Fall, 2002 (Meeting)
Tignor, Wilson, and Kubota meet at the Indian River Research and Education Center in Fort Pierce Florida. Giacommeli and McMahon phone in from Tucson, AZ and Columbus, OH respectively. Initial plan made for approach to develop worldwide greenhouse education resource. It was decided by the group that we would write a USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant Propsal.



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