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Education Activities

Web-based Community Model (ComMIT)

ComMIT training in the Seychelles

• ComMIT: Internet-Enabled Community Model website
• UNESCO Report, Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean Sea and Adjacent Regions, Second Session Cumana, Venezuela, 12–14 March 2007.
• Second Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbe Caribbean and an Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE EWS EWS-II), Cumana, Venezuela 12 – 14 March 2007 Cesar TOR, IOCARIBE of IOC (UNESCO), Technical Secretary (a. i.)
• ComMIT Training:
  
  • Nadi, Fiji: 30 Sep - 4 Oct 2019
  • Belize City, Belize: 29 Apr - 3 May 2019
  • Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 25 Feb - 1 Mar 2019
  • Citeko, Indonesia: 22-26 Nov 2018
  • Citeko, Indonesia: 13-17 Nov 2017
  • St George's, Grenada: 19-23 Jun 2017
  • Seattle, Washington: 7-10 Nov 2016
  • Mayaguez, Puerto Rico: 19-23 Sep 2016
  • Tecigulpa, Honduras: 27-31 July 2015
  • PRiMO meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii: 23-24 March 2015
  • NDPTC, Honolulu, Hawaii: 5-9 January 2015
  • Suva, Republic of Fiji: 9-13 June 2014
  • NRC, Rockville, Maryland: 14-17 January 2014
  • Rarotonga, Cook Islands: 5-9 August 2013
  • Nuku'alofa, Tonga: 22-26 April 2013
  • Portland, Oregon: 26-28 November 2012
  • Sydney, Australia: 6-10 February 2012
  • Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe: 24-28 October 2011
  • Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: 5-11 Mar 2011
  • Moputo, Mozambique: 14-18 Feb 2011
  • Moroni, Comoros: 6-10 December 2010
  • Citeko, Indonesia: 4-8 Oct 2010
  • Daejeon, Korea: 5-9 Oct 2009
  • Bangkok, Thailand: 9-13 March 2009
  • Valparaiso, Chile: 5-9 May 2008
  • Cadiz, Spain: 30 Mar - 4 Apr 2008
  • Victoria Mahe, Seychelles: 18-29 Jan 2008
  • Jakarta, Indonesia: 23 Aug - 2 Sep 2007
  • Bangkok, Thailand: 26 Jun - 7 Jul 2007
  • Melbourne, Australia: 8-20 Jan 2007

Training qualified Tsunami Public Education Instructors

• Washington State Train-the-Trainer Program

Teaching videos

• TsunamiTeacher USA - Tsunami Basics and Animation of a Tsunami generated by an Earthquake
• Tsunami Strike: Destruction from Ocean Today
• Tsunami Strike: Propagation from Ocean Today
• Tsunami Strike: Warning from Ocean Today
• Anatomy of a Tsunami - see how the tsunami of 2004 developed from Nova

Educational resources

• Tsunami Research Plan and Pilot Study Documents
• Community Tsunami Preparedness Plan Examples
• Tsunami Science Links
• International Tsunami Training Institute (ITTI) Archive (documents and presentations)
• US Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System (IOTWS) Archive (documents and presentations)
• Tsunami publications
• Animations! DART tsunami warning buoy in action and Tsunami propagation during actual tsunami events computed by the MOST model (YouTube)

First Tsunami Science and Preparedness Class