Academic Appointed to Alabama Geographic Info Council and other Education GIS News
[Alabama]Gov. Robert Bentley has appointed Terry Winemiller, an associate professor of anthropology and geography at Auburn University at Montgomery, to the Alabama Geographic Information Advisory Committee. Winemiller is the only higher education representative on the board.
Google will host two Google Geo Teachers Institutes in Europe this summer: one in Dublin, Ireland, and another in London, England. The two-day events will be taking place in June at Google offices.
Here's a free to read and use (via CC-BY-SA) World Regional Geography e-textbook: World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization by Royal Berglee. Extra materials (quizzes, PowerPoints, etc.) have a fee.
- Flatworld Knowledge via World History Teachers Blog
