{"id":153,"date":"2019-06-27T16:19:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T16:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackbeardbiologic.com\/?page_id=153"},"modified":"2019-07-10T01:24:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T01:24:24","slug":"education-and-outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blackbeardbiologic.com\/?page_id=153","title":{"rendered":"Education and Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-625529 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-600128 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-832130\" style=\"height: 50px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-316786 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>From hour-long seminars on science communication to month-long intensive programs on underwater robotics, Blackbeard Biologic is equipped to develop and implement training programs across a wide variety of specialties and needs. We work with your institution or organization to build a program that&#8217;s right for you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-25093\" style=\"height: 50px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-608189 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h1 class=\"kc_title\">OpenCTD Building Workshops<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-767778 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-778241 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-343044 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Over the last several years, Blackbeard has supported Oceanography for Everyone by developing curricula centered around the OpenCTD platform to provide both a hands-on STEM experience for budding ocean scientists and formal training in the construction and operation of a critical tool of oceanography for both formal and informal researchers. OpenCTD workshops are 3-day training events where students build CTDs from scratch and learn how to deploy, recover, and analyze data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The OpenCTD Ground-truthing workshop to validate the syllabus and build guide was held at the Stellwagon Bank National Marine Sanctuary in May 2019, with support from NOAA and BOEM.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The OpenCTD is 100% open-source and all instructional materials, as well as source-code and supporting files are available online.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oceanographyforeveryone.com\/\"><strong>Read more about the OpenCTD and Oceanography for Everyone.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-698298 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-905215 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blackbeardbiologic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190502_135449-e1561914037986.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-66865 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-317436 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-444813\" style=\"height: 50px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-542364 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h1 class=\"kc_title\">OpenROV Workshops<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-426887 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-393252 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-201640 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blackbeardbiologic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20141027_121108074-e1561914135306.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-20625 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-225950 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>We have organized and deployed intensive, multi-day to multi-week underwater robotics courses where student learn to build, maintain, and operate small, observation-class ROVs at the high school and college level. Recent courses include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A month-long immersive ROV course in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea for advanced undergraduates from the University of Papua New Guinea.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>A 3-day program for high school students from the Gloucester High Robotics Club hosted by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.<\/li>\n<li>A week-long robotics course for high school student from Terrebone Parrish, Louisiana hosted by the Louisiana Universities&#8217; Marine Science Consortium.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>A multi-week educator&#8217;s training workshop in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands focused on training community leaders and high school students, hosted by the Northern Marianas Trade Institute.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-713578 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-920321 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-347554\" style=\"height: 50px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-327427 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h1 class=\"kc_title\">Classes, Seminars, and Public Talks<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-316783 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-12536 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-72025 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Blackbeard holds seminars, workshops, and classes online and around the world. We have taught the masters-level course Social Media for Environmental Communications through Duke University for the last 6 years. We can arrange underwater robot piloting experiences for explorers of any age. Other topics include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Underwater Robotics and Instrumentation<\/li>\n<li>Conservation Technology and the Maker Movement<\/li>\n<li>Deep-sea Ecology and Exploration\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Deep-sea Mining<\/li>\n<li>Science Communication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Blackbeard CEO Andrew Thaler is available to speak at conferences and events.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-435746 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-411596 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blackbeardbiologic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/10733981_10103517151512078_2118662027956985160_n.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-90951 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-119808 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-330095\" style=\"height: 50px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-877770 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>How can Blackbeard help you?<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-470796\" style=\"height: 50px; clear: both; width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-153","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackbeardbiologic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackbeardbiologic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackbeardbiologic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackbeardbiologic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackbeardbiologic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blackbeardbiologic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":684,"href":"https:\/\/blackbeardbiologic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153\/revisions\/684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackbeardbiologic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}