1. DAWG Strategy and Goals
DAWG will address how DLESE can:
Facilitate discovery across distributed data archives
Provide tools to help instructors and learners parse, process, and visualize datasets
Facilitate the integration of seemingly disparate datasets
Facilitate the development and dissemination of educational content that utilizes datasets and datastreams
DAWG meetings … to review and update the goals that will be integrated into the activities of the DLESE Data Services*
*Goal 5 is from the DLESE Data Services proposal

2. From Earlier Workshops/Meetings
Find good materials that incorporated datasets
Prioritize needs by:
data collections
disciplines
concepts
Events
Special library section for data related objects
Many, many other laudable (practical?) goals

3. Practical Goals and a Plan
Mechanisms for:
accomplishing listed goals
addressing listed needs
Who should do what, when?
DLESE Program Center
DLESE Data Services
educational materials developers
data providers
middleware, analysis & display tool builders
end users (faculty and students)
funding agencies