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By: Jesus Hernandez Valencia
Today I participated in a Ship-to-Shore interaction with Swazi and Emily. On this particular Ship-to-Shore, we were on a call with students from Fuji. When planning to go into the interaction, I had a state of excitement but at the same time a panic of being in the center of a camera ,and talking to several kids all at once. To be honest I have never been someone who goes up to the front of a room and speaks but today I somehow decided that I would and that I would be excited for it. When arriving at the control room and seeing all the fancy camera screens and everything ready to go live I had a second of realization that I am about to go live to several students who are fascinated by what we do and how we do it. When I went to sit down, I was shown the computer that has access to multiple videos and photos to be able to not only talk about but show what E/V Nautilus has to offer. When we first went live, we originally had technical issues which made us have to improvise. Instead of Emily taking the lead , Swazi and I had to get out of our comfort zone and not only talk to but inspire the class we spoke to and give them the opportunity to see into the world of mapping. Throughout the experience several of the kids asked amazing questions, some that I knew and others that I had to truly think about in order to give a good and detailed response. The main role that I had during my first Ship-to-Shore was that of the video and photo finder. With this task, I had to go into the Nautilus database and retrieve desired video clips and photos that allow us to better show and inform the student of what we are doing during the expedition.
From Left to Right: Jesus Hernandez Valencia, Emily Jones, and Swazi Gurnell
