World Ocean Observatory Unveils Website Revamp for 20th Year
Through the second half of 2022 our web design team has been working on a fresh look for our?website. The updates highlight our program offerings and make them easier to access.?World Ocean Radio?and the?Curriculum Catalog have been reconfigured and categorized by theme.?The?home page?has received an upgrade?and all web content has been reorganized to fall into three categories: Education, Advocacy, and Resources. W2O's website and resources uniquely occupy a strategic niche as a major utility for ocean communication, advancing public awareness and political will, and providing comprehensive resources on ocean issues.
We encourage you to visit the site, share with a friend, or forward this newsletter to an educator who might be looking to enhance ocean resources for the classroom.?
WORLD OCEAN RADIO: NOW SEARCHABLE BY THEME
World Ocean Radio?has produced more than 660 episodes to date. For those looking for specific content, the search is now so much easier. All episodes are now categorized by theme, all available from the World Ocean Radio home screen. Themes include:?Arctic,?Energy,?Finance,?Pollution,?Science and Research,?Trade and Transportation, and so much more. All episodes in the vast catalog offer perspectives on global ocean issues, today’s challenges, marine science and policy, exemplary people, and actionable solutions. Our aim with these thematic groupings is to help listeners find topic-specific content with ease.
Subscribe, rate, and review World Ocean Radio wherever you listen to podcasts. Every star and kind word helps amplify World Ocean Radio.?Contact us if you know of a radio station that would benefit from interstitial environmental programming. Available for syndication for free by college and community radio stations worldwide
HIGHLIGHT: WORLD OCEAN CURRICULUM CATALOG
Educators are busy people with limited resources. With that in mind, the Ocean Curriculum Catalog is now searchable by theme, organized by topic to include?biodiversity,?coral reefs,?marine species,?freshwater, and more.?Coming in 2023: the curricular resources will soon be searchable by grades K-12, making it even easier for teachers to find appropriate third-party ocean resources and lesson plans for their students.
The Curriculum Catalog is a continuous work in progress, and we endeavor to add new content as we find it. Do you know of ocean-related educational content that should be included? Are you an educator who has some go-to links? Please?contact us. W2O is eager to build a comprehensive and fulsome catalog of ocean resources for the classroom.?
SPOTLIGHT:?VISUALIZATION THEATER
Modern data visualizations on the world ocean, waterways, water supplies, climate, and weather provide a fun and engaging alternative to the more traditional graphing of information used in the past. The?Visualization Theater offers links to innovative and fascinating ways to look at, actively engage in, and interpret data and ocean events. Visualizations have the potential to transform the ways we engage with and learn about scientific data related to the world ocean.
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We owe a special debt of gratitude to John Smith of Whitelancer Web Development for his time, talent and dedication to the overhaul of worldoceanobservatory.org. He has been a tireless advocate and supporter of W2O for many years, and worked closely with our team for the last few months to incorporate our vision and ideas into deliverable features.
WORLD OCEAN EXPLORER
In 2022, with the support of?Schmidt Ocean Institute, we focused resources and energies to enhance the World Ocean Explorer user experience. Explorer's first exhibit,?DEEP SEA, saw some updates late in the year: an updated welcome screen with a new user-interface menu; two new videos for users; and a preview of THE HUB: the central, organizing space and portal to all other aspects of WOE (coming in February.)
We invite you to?take a brief tour?of THE HUB, which will serve as the entrance to the aquarium, and will have its own displays to introduce visitors to the full catalog of exhibits and resources contained within. Our ambition with World Ocean Explorer is to make ocean information accessible through inclusive interaction as wide, deep, and dynamic as the ocean itself.
W2O?CELEBRATING 20 YEARS IN 2023
The W2O is celebrating its 20th year of ocean advocacy through responsible science, education, and innovative communication. We have hit our stride, and remain dedicated to continuing to engage globally through syndicated?radio,?podcast,?aggregated video,?online forum for ocean solutions,?curriculum development,?publications, and social media.
?With?the recognition and growth of the virtual aquarium, we begin our next decade of transformative, trans-generational contributions to public awareness and understanding of the world ocean. Join us!
As participating?Citizens of the Ocean, we are grateful for your interest and support. Help us spread the word:?share?or?post?this newsletter?where you think it will resonate and connect with others who share our concern. Not a subscriber??Become one. Let's work together to sustain our oceanic future.
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