Google Earth, Maps, and Tours Workshop (See below for the Geo-Inquiries Workshop which is different)
Tuesday, June 12 - Thursday, June 14, 2018
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge
Eligibility: Any K-12 teacher who wants to learn how to create maps for classroom use with Google tools is welcome to apply. Time will be allotted to work on standards-based maps for your individual classroom.
The Google Earth, Maps, and Tours workshop will engage teachers with powerful tools that help bring social studies alive to students. Within the next school year, all participants’ students will be using Google as a storytelling device that incorporates geographic themes, reading with primary and secondary sources, and external stimuli; e.g. pictures, charts, and videos. When students move to upper grades, they will have had several opportunities for extended reading in the social studies that increased their geographic literacy and awareness .
Teachers who complete the workshop will receive a $300 stipend and a Certificate of Completion from the Tennessee Geographic Alliance.
Click HERE to download a flyer with more information.
Click HERE to download the form to submit your $25 refundable deposit.
Geo-Inquiries Teacher Workshop
Tuesday, June 5 - Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Jefferson Middle School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Eligibility: Middle School Science teachers (grades 6-8) in teams of at least two teachers from the same school (not necessarily the same grade level).
The workshop will instruct teachers how to use National Geographic’s Geo-Inquiry Process. Just like National Geographic Explorers, students can make a difference in their world and should analyze issues from multiple perspectives. Our goal is to arm students with the attitudes, knowledge, skills, and the process to engage the world using authentic problem based learning.
Geo-Inquiry is a process designed to guide educators and students through the phases of asking and answering geographic questions in order to make a difference in the world. The Geo-Inquiry Process consists of five phases (Ask, Collect, Visualize, Create, and Act). All of which are guided and grounded in geographic concepts, including how to think and see like a geographer exploring the world. This explorer’s mindset is reflected in the National Geographic Learning Framework and the Society's more than a century's old dedication to helping people understand the world and how it works in order to make it a better place.
Grade specific breakouts sessions are incorporated to provide time to target academic standards as a professional learning community.
Teachers who complete the workshop will receive a $200 stipend and a Certificates of Completion from the Tennessee Geographic Alliance.
Much more information about the workshop and the geo-inquiry process can be found at the workshop website:
https://sites.google.com/view/geo-inquiry/home
Click HERE to download a flyer and application.
Tuesday, June 12 - Thursday, June 14, 2018
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge
Eligibility: Any K-12 teacher who wants to learn how to create maps for classroom use with Google tools is welcome to apply. Time will be allotted to work on standards-based maps for your individual classroom.
The Google Earth, Maps, and Tours workshop will engage teachers with powerful tools that help bring social studies alive to students. Within the next school year, all participants’ students will be using Google as a storytelling device that incorporates geographic themes, reading with primary and secondary sources, and external stimuli; e.g. pictures, charts, and videos. When students move to upper grades, they will have had several opportunities for extended reading in the social studies that increased their geographic literacy and awareness .
Teachers who complete the workshop will receive a $300 stipend and a Certificate of Completion from the Tennessee Geographic Alliance.
Click HERE to download a flyer with more information.
Click HERE to download the form to submit your $25 refundable deposit.
Geo-Inquiries Teacher Workshop
Tuesday, June 5 - Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Jefferson Middle School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Eligibility: Middle School Science teachers (grades 6-8) in teams of at least two teachers from the same school (not necessarily the same grade level).
The workshop will instruct teachers how to use National Geographic’s Geo-Inquiry Process. Just like National Geographic Explorers, students can make a difference in their world and should analyze issues from multiple perspectives. Our goal is to arm students with the attitudes, knowledge, skills, and the process to engage the world using authentic problem based learning.
Geo-Inquiry is a process designed to guide educators and students through the phases of asking and answering geographic questions in order to make a difference in the world. The Geo-Inquiry Process consists of five phases (Ask, Collect, Visualize, Create, and Act). All of which are guided and grounded in geographic concepts, including how to think and see like a geographer exploring the world. This explorer’s mindset is reflected in the National Geographic Learning Framework and the Society's more than a century's old dedication to helping people understand the world and how it works in order to make it a better place.
Grade specific breakouts sessions are incorporated to provide time to target academic standards as a professional learning community.
Teachers who complete the workshop will receive a $200 stipend and a Certificates of Completion from the Tennessee Geographic Alliance.
Much more information about the workshop and the geo-inquiry process can be found at the workshop website:
https://sites.google.com/view/geo-inquiry/home
Click HERE to download a flyer and application.