Geography Game to play with your students! Use Google Street View and make a guess to play. Where might you find a dry dusty coastal area where you look out to sea facing east? Where might you find thatched roof cottages, cars driving on the left and a coastline? Critical thinking skills will help you win.  http://geoguessr.com/

 More fun - create your own GeoGuessr Game here http://geosettr.com/ by setting the street view scenes you want your players to guess. Create your own challenges with time settings, and share with friends. See who comes out on top!

Historic "Pulse Flow" Brings Water to Parched Colorado River Delta

Thanks to a landmark agreement between the United States and Mexico, the parched Colorado River Delta will get a rejuvenating shot of water this spring for one of the first times in five decades, just in time for World Water Day on March 22.

 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140322-colorado-river-delta-pulse-flow-morelos-dam-minute-319-water/

Dr. Violeta Garcia answers your questions about STEM during #COedchat, a monthly Colorado Education Twitter chat

Want to learn more about #STEM? 
Send your ?'s to @codepted @colegacy1 experts at monthly #COedchat on April 28 @4 pm http://bit.ly/1fgI4td  http://www.cde.state.co.us/communications/coloradoeducationtwitterchat

USGS Webinar: Using The National Map Services to Enable your Web and Mobile Mapping Efforts

Presentation Date and Time: April 30, 2014 at 9:00 AM (MST)

Are you a developer, firm, or organization using mobile or web applications to enable your users? The USGS has publicly available geospatial services and data to help you!  The USGS' National Geospatial Technical Operations Center will be hosting this 30 minute webinar.  For more information on the webinar and instructions for access, visit http://ngtoc.usgs.gov/webinars.html .

Workshop in Teaching Geography

Summer Session: June 16 - June 20, 2014
University of Montana
GPHY 497, three credits

This course is designed for pre-service and in-service teachers and others interested in teaching geography and will provide different resources for use in the classroom and will involve active, engaged-learning methods. Learn methodologies and techniques in teaching geography, develop approaches to address the National Geography Standards, gain experience with geography education materials for middle and high school levels and be introduced to geospatial technologies (Google Earth, GPS, GIS) for classroom application. Course counts towards 45 OPI renewal credits. To register, go to www.cyberbear.umt.edu. Use CRN 51048. For more information , please contact Dr. Christiane von Reichert at chris.vonReichert@mso.umt.edu, Dr. Sarah Halvorson at sarah.halvorson@mso.umt.edu, or Kayde Kaiser at kayde.kaiser@umconnect.umt.edu

Opportunity For College Students

Full details on the www.river-management.org website.

The River Management Society (RMS) is proud to be partnering with a cohort of five universities and colleges to offer the River Studies and Leadership Certificate program, awarded upon completion of river-focused coursework and a river-related professional project by RMS.

NCGE Awards & Proposal Deadline Tomorrow!

NCGE Awards & Proposal Deadline Thursday April 10, 2014.

You only have one more day to submit an abstract for the 2014 National Conference on Geography Education. No abstracts will be considered after Thursday.

Also, do not miss an opportunity to highlight the good work of your colleagues or yourself. The 2014 Award nomination deadline for the following awards is ends tomorrow as well.

• Distinguished Teaching Award K-12
• Distinguished Teaching Award Higher Education
• Geographic Excellence in Media (GEM) Award
• Herff Jones Nystrom Lesson Plan Award
• Natoli Dissertation Award
• Outstanding Support for Geography Education
• Women in Geographic Education Scholarship

Learn more about the 2014 Conference

Learn more about the NCGE Awards 

Submit a 2014 Abstract

New from National Geographic: The Geo-Educator Community

A Community for Educators Committed to Teaching About Our World

With the rapid pace of change in the 21st century, it is more important than ever that young people understand the world around them.

However, the focus of current education reform is elsewhere—leaving educators who are committed to teaching young people about their interconnected world out in the cold. National Geographic wants to change all that and is launching the Geo-Education Initiative to improve education about our world. The first step in this initiative is building a Geo-Educator Community for educators who are committed to teaching their students about the world. http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/geo-educator-community/?ar_a=

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Geo-Education: Vital for 21st Century Business

National Geographic makes a good case not only for geography’s inclusion in education, but ecology, social studies, and CTE. 
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/geo-education-vital-21st-century-business/?ar_a=1

NCGE is On The Move!

New Location - Same Great Benefits to COGA Members

The National Council for Geographic Education is moving from the National Geographic Headquarters building to a new location... just a few blocks away. But don't fret! COGA members still can take advantage of all the benefits that come with our NCGE partnership, including discounts, free subscriptions to NCGE publications, professional development opportunities - including full access to NCGE's live Webinar series & much more! For more information on what benefits your COGA membership brings, visit www.ncge.org/alliance

CSFS offers 12th Fire Ecology Institute For Educators

For 12 years, educators have been studying hot topics and burning issues, gaining knowledge and activities to spark student interest and motivation in natural resources.

Read their amazing reflections and lesson plans at www.coloradoplt.org, then sign up to experience this yourself!   We’ll visit fire and flood sites (Buffalo Creek, Hayman, Waldo Canyon, Springer and Black Forest fires) and learn from fire fighters, foresters, dendrochronologists, ecologists, hydrologists, emergency personnel, fire educators and others whose lives are impacted by fire’s many impacts. 

http://csfs.colostate.edu/pages/fire-ecology.html

Colorado Superintendent Shares Lessons on Crisis Management

D11 Superintendent Nicholas Gledich shares Lessons Learned
With his webpage on "Guiding Principles", Mr. Gledich shares valuable guidelines formed during years of classroom teaching and solidfied during his experiences during the Waldo Canyon fire.  Examples of these guidelines in action are posted online by Mr. Gledich so we all can see the results of people who "create awesome".   Read more about Superintendent Gledich and the events that shaped his Guiding Principles in this article by Evie Blad of "Education Week".

Colorado Department of Education Content Areas

The CDE has created a series of pages that serve as a hub of content to help support the academic achievement of students throughout the state.  These pages provide information about state standards, professional development, curriculum information and instructional resources.  These pages are highly reccommended to help improve curriculum in a number of areas, including Science, Social Studies, and STEM.  Click here to visit the CDE Content Areas Main Page.

AP Human Geography Resource Collection from National Geographic

National Geographic Education has created a portal on the NatGeoEd.org website for AP Human Geography teachers to visit for teaching and learning resources, including classroom activities, videos, maps, background reading material, and more. The new portal organizes content from National Geographic Education by each of the major topics taught in the AP Human Geography course. The collection will grow over time as new content aligning to the course topics is published online.  Click here to access this great resource!