Wednesday, July 8. 2009

Education Tidbits

It's not a new thing to teach teachers about using GPS and GIS in the classroom. And, that's going on at University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, under a National Science Foundation grant. The interesting tidbit? "The grant provided enough money for each teacher in the workshop to not only have a GPS to use but also an I-Phone, which is also used in the mapping process."

- WKBT TV

They are using GPS in UK education, too. Students at a Nottingham secondary school will use "advanced GPS technology" to map habitats for local plants and animals and ideally protect them from climate change. The Year 10 students will map heathland at Sherwood Pines Forest Park as part of a research project run by The University of Nottingham for the national Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) network. Just what is "advanced GPS technology?" How does it compare to just regular GPS technology?

- Science Centric

Ex-Kansas Geographer Duane Nellis takes over as president of the University of Idaho this fall. Before he starts the school paper interviewed a few folks about him and the challenges he faces. I know we've had good luck with geography faculty in high level university positions at Penn State (Rob Crane, Greg Knight, Rod Erickson from my day...).

- UI Argonaut

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