Invitation to Population Connection Facilitator Institute in New England
Dear Dr. Jobin, I am pleased to announce that Population Connection will be sponsoring a facilitator-training institute at the Wylie Inn and Conference Center at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts on July 28-29, 2012. As Coordinator for the NH Geographic Alliance, I thought you may be interested in applying and letting colleagues know about this event. This will be an excellent opportunity for math educators from around New England to become acquainted with innovative, ...
Read MoreWorkshop on Turkish History & Culture
Local teachers are invited to attend a workshop on Turkish history & culture and could go on a tour of the country in July. The workshop, sponsored by the World Affairs Council of NH at Southern NH University in Manchester is free for teachers of grades 6-12. Three NH teachers who have attended the workshop will be chosen for the tour. Attendants are also eligible for professional development credit. To register call 314-7970 or go to www.wacnh.org Popularity: unranked [?]Share/Save
Read More2012 Call for Award Nominations
The National Council for Geographic Education is dedicated to recognizing educators and advocates who have made outstanding contributions to geography education. Awards are given for teaching, research, and service. Award nomination materials can now be submitted to awards@ncge.org. The Central Office will forward all materials to the appropriate committees for evaluation. Winners are announced in early summer and recipients are recognized at a special ceremony during NCGE’s annual...
Read MoreNCGE Distinguished Teaching Award
Hello fellow geographers, If you know of anyone who you think should be nominated for this award, please let me know, and as a member of NCGE I can nominate them. This is a great honor, and it would be great to have someone from New Hampshire represente K-12 Distinguished Teaching Award The K-12 Distinguished Teaching Award is designed to recognize and support excellence in geography teaching among elementary, middle, and high school teachers. NCGE proudly honors teachers who have displayed...
Read MoreWeb Based GIS Study
Jung Eun (Jessie) Hong is working on doctoral dissertation research at the University of Colorado, Boulder focusing on training middle school social studies teachers in how to create and customize web-based maps. A total of 30 teachers in Colorado participated in the designing and developing process of the study. Thanks to their support, she has been able to finish developing web-based GIS training tutorials to help teachers develop curricula with web-based maps: GIS for Social Studies...
Read MoreJapan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
The Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for ESD, sponsored by Fulbright Japan, will provide up to 24 U.S. K-12 teachers and administrators with the opportunity to travel to a conference in San Francisco and to Japan to learn about ESD efforts and strengthen ESD curricula in both countries. The program is fully-funded with the exception of some meals. ESD is “a vision of education that seeks to balance human and economic well-being with cultural traditions and respect for the earth’s natural...
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“The programs offered by the New Hampshire Geographic Alliance are possible due to the support of the National Geographic Education Foundation and Keene State College.”
