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GPS and GIS have arrived at Illinois
schools!
Its time to prepare your students for the future!
It is just a matter of time before these technology tools are
commonplace with students across the state.
We are a group of Illinois educators, teaching other educators and
students how to use these cutting edge tools. Visit our web site (www.gis2gps.com).
We have developed a total program to address different approaches to
these tools.
GPS - Global Positioning Systems - provides
students with a powerful technology tool for exploring everything
from the world to their backyard. By collecting GPS data, students
will be able to learn to investigate the world around them.
GIS - Geographical Information Systems -
engages students in active hands-on learning, fosters critical
thinking, involves students in investigations of relevant
real-issues, employs problem based learning, advance technology
literacy, and goals of the educational community.
Three different classes have been prepared and are being offered on your site. They are:
GPS2GIS Adventure - This course will provide 3rd –
12th grade educators with information about GIS
and GPS technologies, why these are important in education,
and ways of implementing these technologies into the school
curriculum.
Have GPS Will Travel - Experience the ultimate GPS hands-on
workshop for educators. This class is a hands-on introductory level
class to GPS units. This class is an introductory level class for
all 3rd - 12th grade educators who wish to
learn what GPS is and how to use it as a tool with their students in
the classroom.
Fundamentals of GIS – this class is a full circle approach to
GIS and is designed for all 3rd – 12th grade
educators. It is particularly for those who wish to learn how to use
GIS and its related resources with their students in the classroom.
Contact us and set a date for your 2008 Experience. Classes
are also taught on site across Illinois and Wisconsin. We offer
CPDU’s or college graduate workshop credit for each of our classes.
More
information about these classes and technologies can be found at our
site:
http://www.gis2gps.com – Once there, click on “Classes”.
At the bottom of each class we have a flyer that tells you more
about each class. We would also be happy to send out this
information. Just drop us a request.
team@gis2gps.com
I am very happy to announce the upcoming summer institutes on the
> history and geography of Minnesota's Iron Range. This is a
> collaborative effort between the Minnesota Humanities Center and the
> Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education. Please consider promoting
> this opportunity among your teacher network. The Institute will be a
> great week of geography and history. Several geographers will give
> presentations and two MAGE Master Teachers will demonstrate curriculum
> materials and assist participants in the development of their new
> course materials. The Iron Range and Duluth are not only interesting
> they are beautiful this time of year. Because of a generous grant
> from the National Endowment for the Humanities teachers from around
> the country will be able to attend at no cost. It will geography teachers a wonderful opportunity to learn from colleagues working in very different settings.
Details below and on the Minnesota Humanities Center web site. www.minnesotahumanities.org
Dave Lanegran
coordinator Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education
>
>
> BUILDING AMERICA: MINNESOTA'S IRON RANGE, U.S. INDUSTRIALIZATION, AND
> THE CREATION OF A WORLD POWER /A LANDMARKS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
> WORKSHOP/
>
> *Sunday-Friday
> June 22-27, 2008 OR July 27-Aug. 1, 2008
>
>
> The geography of Minnesota's Iron Range, its contributions, and its
> people is rarely, if ever, told. It is absent from general treatments
> of American history, absent from examinations of industrial America,
> and absent from studies of the U.S. military build-ups in the first
> and second world wars; the Iron Range appears as only a footnote in
> historical treatments of the American steel industry.
>
>
>
> The history of the people who came to work these mines is the history
> of America; it is the story of immigrants, of conflict and
> assimilation, of people creating lives for themselves, their families,
> and for others.
Offered twice in Summer 2008 by the Minnesota Humanities Center with
> support from the Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education , this week-long workshop will focus on the history
> and activities that took place on the Vermilion and the Mesabi Iron
> Ranges. Participants will be provided with resources and new content
> knowledge for introducing the history and geography of Minnesota's
> Iron Range region, its contributions, and its people into their
> current American history and geography curriculum.
> CONTACT
> *Rebecca Eilers
> *Minnesota Humanities Center*
> 651-772-4257
> Toll free 866-268-7293, ext. 257
> rebecca@minnesotahumanities.org
> <mailto:rebecca@minnesotahumanities.org>
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