GEOBYTES Oregon Geographic Alliance

March 2012, Vol. 14, No. 2

“The facts ma’am, just the facts” Dragnet

In this newsletter:

Oregon Students on Journal Cover New Spanish Student Atlas of Oregon now online OGA Summer Institute Opportunity Professional Development Opportunities New Resources Important 2012 Conferences

The Geography TeacherFeaturesOregonStudents

.MarikaConrad’sstudentsfromHopkinsElementarySchool,SherwoodareonthecoverofthelatestissueofThe Geography Teacher.ThestudentswereconductingfieldworkinPortlandandtheirstorywasfeaturedinthelastissueofGEOBYTES.

El Atlas de Oregon para EstudiantesLaunched!TheSpanishStudentAtlasofOregon(El Atlas de Oregon para Estudiantes)madeitsdebutatthe2012BilingualTeachersEventatWesternOregonUniversity(WOU).BilingualTeachersfromWoodburnandSalem‐KeizerSchooldistrictsattendedaswellaspreserviceteacherswhoarepartofWOU’s,Bilingual/ESOLprogram.TCs,ChelseaFullerandTonyRamos,introducedtheatlasandsharedsupportingmodellessonswiththegroup.Theatlaswaswellreceivedbyaveryenthusiasticaudienceandeachattendeewenthomewithacopyoftheatlas.

  El Atlas de Oregon para Estudiantes isnowon‐lineat: http://studentatlasoforegon.pdx.edu/spanish/Supportinglessonplansshouldbeon‐linesoon.MultilingualGlossaryofKeyAtlasTermsCreatedOGAhasnowcreatedaglossaryofkeyatlasgeographytermsinKorean,Chinese,Russian,Vietnamese,Spanish,German,Tagalog,Japanese,French,andArabic.TheglossarywillsoonbeavailableontheOGAwebsitetohelpteachersusetheatlaswithstudentsforwhomtheirfirstlanguageisneitherEnglishnorSpanish.

ExamplefortheEnglishword‘Climate’clima(Spanish),Klima(German),khíhậu(Vietnamese),климат(Russian),气候(Chinese),Climat(French),気候(Japanese),기후(Korean),Klima(Tagalog),and)المناخArabic(

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OtherProfessionalDevelopmentOpportunitiesGlobalExplorationforEducatorsOrganization(GEEO)GEEOisanon‐profitorganizationthatrunssummerprofessionaldevelopmenttravelprogramsdesignedforteachers.Itisoffering16differenttravelprogramsforthesummerof2012:India/Nepal,Vietnam,Thailand/Laos/Cambodia,China,Russia/Mongolia/China,Egypt,Turkey8day,Turkey15day,SouthAfrica/Mozambique/Zimbabwe/Botswana,Morocco,Argentina/Uruguay/Brazil,Peru,Ecuador,TheGalapagosIslandsandCostaRica.Spaceislimited!Educatorshavetheoptiontoearngraduateschoolcredit(3creditsthroughIndianaUniversity)andprofessionaldevelopmentcreditwhileseeingtheworld.Thetripsare8to24daysinlengtheducatorsarealsopermittedtobringalonganon‐educatorguest.Detailedinformationabouteachtrip,includingitineraries,costs,traveldates,andmorecanbefoundatwww.geeo.org.GEEOcanbereached7daysaweek,tollfreeat1‐877‐600‐0105between9AM‐9PMEST

AmazonRainforestWorkshop&MachuPicchuExtensionK‐12teachersandenvironmentaleducatorscanwinoneofthree$1000scholarshipstotravelwithscientiststooneofthemostdiverseenvironmentsintheworld.JoingroupleaderDonnaKrabill,NorfolkBotanicalGardenandscientistsDr.SteveMadigosky,WidenerUniversityandRandyMorgan,Entomologist,CincinnatiZooonarainforestdiscoveryJune29‐July8,2012.Experiencea1/4‐mileRainforestCanopyWalkway,YaguaCulture&Crafts,VillageServiceProject,ReNuPeruEthnobotanicalGarden,Birdwatching,NightHikes,andMonkeyIslandConservationProject.OpenregistrationthroughMay.Landcostis$1850,plusair.MachuPicchuExtensionisoptional.AcademicCreditisavailable.Landcostis$850forscholarshipwinners.SubmitsimplescholarshipapplicationbyMarch8.Forprogramandscholarshipinformation,visithttp://www.travel2learn.com/amazon.htm(case sensitive).  ContactDr.FrancesGatz,1‐800‐669‐6806orfrances@ee‐link.net2012ChoicesLeadershipInstituteThe2012ChoicesLeadershipInstitute,July9‐13,2012atBrownUniversityprovidesteacherswithanopportunitytoexaminetheconceptofhumanrightsandthechallengesofenforcinghumanrightsataninternationallevel.UsingtheChoicescurriculumunit,Competing Visions of Human Rights: Challenges for U.S. Policy,participantswilllearnfromleadingscholarsinthefieldsofinternationallawandforeignpolicy,exploreeffectiveinstructionalstrategiesforengagingstudentsinthetopic,andsharebestpracticeswithotherdedicatedandinnovativeteachers.Timeisalsoallocatedtodiscussandplannewwaystoconducteducationaloutreach,whichisarequirementoftheLeadershipInstitute.ThereisnochargefortheLeadershipInstitute.Meals,housing,readingmaterialsandacertificateofcompletionareprovided.Participantspaytheirownroundtriptravel.ApplicationsareduebyFriday,March16,2012.Moreinformationandanapplicationcanbefoundathttp://www.choices.edu/pd/institutes_seminars.php.

NewGeographyResources

CheckoutthisrichgeographyresourceeditedbyNealLinebackandMandyGritzner,GeographyintheNews.TheFacebookandTwitterpagesaregettinglotsof"likes,"particularlyfromAPGeographyteachersandstudentsandtherearedailyrenewalsat:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Geography‐in‐the‐News/257741344265259

AccordingtoLineback,theyareusinga"hook"called"Didjuno?"(Didyouknow?)tocallreaders'attentiontogeographicanalysisofbreakingnewsstoriesandinterestingevents.Theybelievethatthistechniquecanhelpreadersplacetheseeventsinlargergeographicframeworks.TheyaretryingtopostanewDidjuno?everydayorso,eachwithaninnovativemaporgraphictohelpteachersandstudentsanalyzetheeventfromageographicperspective.EarthHourEarthHourstartedin2007inSydney,Australianwhen2.2millionindividualsandmorethan2000turnedtheirlightsoffforonehourtotakeastandagainstclimatechange.Ayearlater,morethan50millionpeopleacross35countries/territoriesparticipatedandgloballandmarkssuchasSydneyHarborBridge,CNTowernToronto,theGoldenGateinSanFranciscoandRome’sColiseum,allstoodindarkness.Ifyouareinterestedinparticipatinginthisyear’sEarthHouronSaturday,March31stat20>30,findoutmoreatwww.earhhour.orgSevenBillionDayAftergrowingveryslowlyformostofhumanhistory,thenumberofpeopleonEarthhasmorethandoubledinthelast50years,andonOctober31,2011reachedthelandmarknumberof7billion.TheUNpopulationCalculatorhasbeensetuptoidentifyhoweachindividualfitsintothehistoryifhumanlifeonEarth.Gotowww.bbc.co.uk/news/world‐15391515,fillinyourdateofbirthandfindoutwhereyoufitin!Athoughprovokingactivityforyourstudents.

ImportantConferencesin20122012OGAAnnualConferenceInsteadofaspringconference,OGAwillholditannualconferenceonSaturday,October20thatWesternOregonUniversity(WOU),Monmouth.Theconferencewhosethemeis,“GeographicLiteracyforthe21stCentury”,willincludeafocusonthenewSpanishStudentAtlaswithworkshopsandlessonstosupportbothEnglishandSpanishversions.ThekeynotespeakerwillbeDr.MariaDantas‐Whitney,AssociateProfessorandCoordinatoroftheBilingual‐ESOLProgramatWOU.AnotherstrandwillbeafocusontheMiddleEastwithparticipationfromtheMiddleEastStudiesCenteratPSUandpresentationsTCswhoattendedthe2012TurkeyInstitute.LiteracyandClimateChange,technologyintegration,curriculumforaddressingthenewsocialsciencecontentstandardsandmanyothersessionswillbeoffered.SavethedateandlookforfurtherupdatesfromOGA.2012NationalConferenceonGeographicEducationThisconference,withthetheme,”DeepintheHeartofGeography”,willbeheldOctober5‐7,inSanMarcos,Texas.NationalCouncilforGeographicEducation’sannualgatheringofgeographyeducatorswillfeatureinformativesessions,workshops,andfieldtrips;exhibitorsshowcasinginnovativeresources;andtheopportunitytonetwork

withotherdedicatededucators.PresentationproposalswillbeaccepteduntilApril15.Sessionformatsincludepapersessions,workshops,postersessions,andresearchroundtablesdiscussions.Inorderforsessionstobeaccepted,presentersmustberegisteredfrotheconference.Visittheconferencepageatwww.ncge.orgforthelatestnewsandannouncements.OGATravelGrantsareavailableforTCswhopresentattheconference.

2012NationalCouncilforSocialStudiesAnnualConferenceMakeplansnowtoattendthe92ndNCSSAnnualConference,November16‐18inSeattle,WA.Theconferencethemeis,‘OpeningWindowstotheWorld’andwillattractattendeesfrombothsidesoftheUS/Canadianborder.WithitsspectacularsettingonPugetSound,vibranthistoricallegacy,ever‐changingculturaldiversityandhightechaura,Seattleopenswindowstoamyriadofworlds.Considersubmittingaproposalfortheconference.Informationonhowtosubmitaproposalcanbefoundat:http://2012.ncss.org/openconf.phpTosubmitaproposal,goto:http://www.socialstudies.org/conference/proposalsThedeadlineisMonday,February20.TCswhoaresuccessfulinsubmittingaproposalmayalsoapplyforanOGATravelGrant.