At its December 13, 2014 meeting, The VGA Steering Committee approved support for the following programs:
Using ArcGIS Online to Explore and Analyze Our World. Directed by Georgeanne Hribar. Program will be offered in February for Rockingham County Schools an at the Virginia Beach Higher Education Center for Hampton, Isle of Wight, Norfolk and Virginia Beach public schools.
Geographic Genealogy Studies for Use with Students. One-day workshop offered in the Spring by Judith Painter and Martha Smith at Andrew Lewis Middle School, Salem. Partnering with Ancestry.com and Journey Through Hallowed Ground. (Could be replicated at other schools).
iSTEM Teacher Institute, TBD. In partnership with the Battelle Memorial Institute, LEARN NC (UNC_CH), University of Virginia Scholars’ Lab, Charlottesville City Schools, Albemarle County Public Schools, Madison County Public Schools, Orange County Public Schools, and Greene County Public Schools.
The Revolution in Virginia: 2015 Geography and History of Colonial Virginia, a four-day institute at Stratford Hall. Designed to meet new standards in United States 1, United States 2, and Virginia Studies.
Among other items approved were funds to support revisions (updates) to Geography Connects, an online interactive course for secondary history and geography teachers offered by Don Zeigler, Old Dominion University.
Also coming in 2015 will be pdf sets of world regional maps available on the VGA website. Each set will include both color and black and white shaded relief versions, with and without labels.
