Doering, A., Henrickson, J., Koseoglu, S., Lanegran, D. & Scharber, C. (2014). Technology Integration in K-12 Geography Education using TPACK as a Conceptual Model. Journal of Geography, 113(6), 223-237.
Post, C. W, & Smiley, S.L. (2014). Using Popular Music to Teach the Geography of the United States and Canada. Journal of Geography, 113 (6), 238-246.
NCGE Members can find instruction for accessing articles here.
The National Council for Geographic Education is now accepting nominations for the 2015 awards cycle. NCGE is dedicated to recognizing educators and advocates who have made outstanding contributions to geography education. Awards are given for teaching, research, and service. Please visit their website, www.ncge.org/awards, for awards-specific deadlines and qualifications. Please note: the timeline for awards is shorter than usual given the need to produce a special commemorative program for NCGE’s 100th anniversary. Please be mindful of the deadlines. All award recipients will be honored at a special award ceremony during the National Conference on Geography Education. The 100th anniversary conference will be held at the J.W. Marriott in Washington, DC, August 6-9, 2015.
Population Resource Bureau’s award-winning Digital Visualization highlights key global demographic trends. Explore current and projected population by region and country. And look at changes in total fertility, infant mortality, and life expectancy since 1970. A U.S. “What-If” scenario focuses on the effects of race and ethnicity on child poverty, child obesity, and college degrees.
2014 World Population Data Sheet. Explore detailed information in this year’s data sheet on 16 population, health, and environment indicators for more than 200 countries. We have several products that highlight the data and analysis, including adigital visualization, interactive map, data in DataFinder, and lesson plan for teachers.
PRB’s Women’s Edition Reporters Help Bring Criminals to Justice. News reporting in the past year by PRB’s Women’s Edition participants has been instrumental in exposing violence against women to authorities in Kenya and Pakistan and forging a path to justice for women who were raped.
Child Mortality Rates Decline Steadily Across Much of the World. Across the globe, many countries have made significant progress in reducing child mortality.
Countries Vary in Progress Toward Reducing Still-High Maternal Mortality. Globally, the maternal mortality ratio dropped from 380 deaths to 210 deaths per 100,000 live births between 1990 and 2013.
Age Structure Has Changed Differently Across Regions Between 1970 and 2014. Today, the share of global population under age 20 has dropped to about 35 percent, the population between ages 20 and 64 represent 58 percent, and ages 65 and older represent 7 percent.
Extreme Poverty Rate Falls in Many Countries. Globally, 1.2 billion people still live on less than $1.25 a day, and disproportionately large numbers of them live in southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
As Life Expectancy Rises in the United States, Gaps Between Whites and Blacks Are Decreasing The remaining gaps between whites and blacks are one factor contributing to lower life expectancy at birth in the United States compared with other developed countries.
PRB Recognizes International Day of the Girl. Explore PRB’s content on the progress made toward empowering girls and the challenges that still remain.
“A good visualization helps you see what the data are telling you. The best visualizations help you see things you never thought the data would tell you.” Ezra Klein, VOX Media
See his choice of 22 maps, graphs, and charts that may change the way you and your students think about the world.
Esri Chief Scientist Dr Dawn Wright, wrote about the spatial analysis that can be achieved and communicated through the use of Story Maps. Story maps have been useful for assessing student work, for teaching concepts, skills, and perspectives, and for students to use as presentation and communication tools, but Dr Wright reminds us that they can also be used to show quantitative analysis: http://blogs.esri.com/esri/esri-insider/2014/09/15/speaking-the-language-of-spatial-analysis-via-story-maps/
Examples highlighted include site suitability, soil moisture, forest restoration, flood risk, and more.
The online course “Geography Connects: Pre-1500” is being offered this fall beginning on October 20. Registration is now open but will close on October 3 for those taking the course for recertification points (no registration fee). For those taking the course for three academic credits through ODU, registrations will be accepted through October 20 (but ODU does charge tuition for the credit version of Geography Connects). If you teach or plan to teach the SOL-driven course World History and Geography: Pre-1500, you should sign up for this self-contained, interactive course. More information is available at http://geoconnectsto1500.pwnet.org/private/index.php. The instructor for the course is Dr. Don Zeigler, professor of geography at ODU, who may be reached at dzeigler@odu.edu if you have any questions.
NGS announces the following new free online teacher/educator professional development opportunities you might be interested in.
Please, share this information with other teachers in your school and beyond. All are free and open to all interested educators.
1. FLOW Education: Facilitating Learning through Outdoor Watershed Education
Watershed education is an excellent way to introduce students to rich, interdisciplinary studies of one of the most important resources located in students’ backyards—water! This course is designed for classroom teachers (grades 4-8) to learn about watersheds and outdoor education using the Chesapeake Bay watershed as an example. The course introduces engaging technologies for investigating watersheds and helps educators plan and effectively implement outdoor experiences. Go to NatGeoEd.org/online-courses for more information.
2. Water: The Essential Resource
Online Course Starts October 15, 2014 (8 weeks)
Water is an essential theme through social studies, science, and geography courses. Whether you are introducing the natural or the human systems to your students, water will need to be part of the story. Water resources (and the life they support) influence human settlement, industry and population growth. Water resources are the source of economic and political discussions around the world. Your students will be the next generation of decision makers, determining whether water is diverted from its natural course, reserved for one use or another, and how it is preserved for human and environmental needs. Go to NatGeoEd.org/online-courses for more information.
3. Webinar on Using FieldScope for Citizen Science
September 24th from 7-8 pm
Want to know more about FieldScope? Have you forgotten how to use data? Do you know what a “starter map” is? If you have these questions (and more!), then this webinar is for you. You will learn more about the different features of FieldScope and how to maximize its use for your students or volunteers. For more information, visit the Events section at chesapeake.fieldscope.org.
4. Mid-Atlantic Sustainable Schools FieldScope Project—You Can Add Your Green School Project
This interactive map highlights sustainable school ground and environmental literacy practices in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. It provides an opportunity to share efforts, find resources, and examine the extent and impact of sustainable schools on environmental health and literacy. All schools in Washington, D.C., MD, VA, WV, PA, NY and DE promoting sustainable practices are encouraged to add and regularly update their school information. Visit http://sustainableschools.fieldscope.org/ to learn more.
HistoryConnects is an outreach education initiative by the Virginia Historical Society utilizing cutting-edge technology, including interactive videoconferencing to reach learners of all ages across Virginia and around the globe! The VHS is proud to be among the nation’s leaders in providing interactive distance learning content. VHS programs reinforce both national and state standards of learning, while offering interactive, informative, and engaging explorations of history for all ages.
Do I need special equipment?
HistoryConnects programs take advantage of the high-speed Internet already installed in schools, and do not require any special equipment. The minimum requirements to connect include an Internet connection, a computer, a camera, and a microphone. VHS will make use of the equipment that your school already has, from videoconferencing to smartphones or tablets.
What will this cost?
Individual HistoryConnects programs are $100 per program. VS offers programs to Virginia schools at a reduced rate, and also offer packages and bundles to help reduce the cost.
For More Information:
See website at: http://vahistorical.org/collections-and-resources/educator-resources/distance-learning-technology/historyconnects or email Evan Liddiard at eliddiard@vahistorical.org.
The 2014-15 HistoryConnects catalog can be viewed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0RvlTpqYb7rTWo3MGNsbXhUR2M/edit?usp=sharing
Our weekly scheduled “Bell-Ringers” will once again resume next week, and will now be offered to non-members. “Bell-Ringers” are daily questions for your Advanced Placement Human Geography classes delivered to your inbox! You don’t need to sign up to receive the “Bell-Ringers” if you have previously signed up within the last year. To receive this benefit, click “Sign Up Here!” below. You will be directed to the NCGE online store; click on “APHG Bell-Ringers” in the Featured Products section. You will be directed to the log-in page, and once you are logged in, you will proceed to the “check-out” to complete your registration.
Start the school year with these new webinars from the National Council for the Social Studies:
Sparking Curiosity – Geography, the C3 Framework and the Inquiry Arc
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT
Join a panel of classroom and content experts as they share how to spark your students’ curiosity about the world through geographic reasoning.
The NCSS’s C3 Framework is structured around an Inquiry Arc that places student questions and questioning at the center of the learning process. The National Geography Standards similarly place inquiry at the center of geographic learning. During this webinar, learn how to help students apply geography’s unique spatial and environmental perspectives to critical social studies content by exploring links between Dimension 2 of the Inquiry Arc and the National Geography Standards.
Presented in cooperation with National Council for Geographic Education.
More information and registration
Get Digital with Discovery Education and NCSS
Tuesdays, September 16, 23 & 30 at 8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT.
Are you looking for more digital sources for your Social Studies class? If so, this 3-part webinar series is for you!
Join us in exploring the use of digital sources in the classroom by discussing:
More information and registration
Mapping the Nation: Making Global Classroom Connections
Tuesday, September 18, 2014 8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT
Mapping the Nation is a new classroom resource that presents economic, demographic, and education data at both the state and county levels to show international connections for every county in the U.S. – from jobs tied to global trade and immigrants with rich linguistic resources, to the billions of dollars contributed to our economy by international students studying here.
With almost one million data points, as well as over 50 info graphics, MappingtheNation.net, is a robust research tool with many potential uses for grades 4-12. This webinar will help you utilize this new interactive resource and share tools you can use in the your state, building, district, and classroom.
