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These courses may be of interest to some of you.<br>
<br>
Paula<br>
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<td>[Cuttingedge] GSA short courses</td>
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<td>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:58:48 +0000</td>
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<td>Heather Macdonald <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rhmacd@wm.edu"><rhmacd@wm.edu></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cuttingedge@serc.carleton.edu">cuttingedge@serc.carleton.edu</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cuttingedge@serc.carleton.edu"><cuttingedge@serc.carleton.edu></a>, '<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:geodepts@serc.carleton.edu">geodepts@serc.carleton.edu</a>'
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:geodepts@serc.carleton.edu"><geodepts@serc.carleton.edu></a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:geo2yc@serc.carleton.edu">geo2yc@serc.carleton.edu</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:geo2yc@serc.carleton.edu"><geo2yc@serc.carleton.edu></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hello, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Here
is an announcement of several short courses that will be offered at GSA
this year. Looks like many great opportunities – and there are even
more courses listed on the GSA website. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Heather
Macdonald<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">+++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">The Geological Society of America (GSA) will
be offering these courses at its upcoming Annual Meeting (9-12 Oct in
Minneapolis, MN). For abstracts and the roster of other available
courses, please visit <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2011/courses.htm">
http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2011/courses.htm</a>. GSA’s <b>early
registration</b>
<b>deadline is Sept 6</b> so act fast! After this deadline all course
prices go up $30.<br>
<br>
If you are interested in one of these courses, sign up on-line at <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2011/reg.htm">
http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2011/reg.htm</a>. For those of you
who have already registered for the meeting, you may add one of these
courses by calling GSA’s Sales and Services Department at 303-357-1000.
If you are a GSA K–12 teacher member (dues are $30 each year), you do
not need to register for the meeting or pay the nonregistrant/short
course only fee of $40 to sign up for these courses.<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">507.
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Preparing for
the Tenure Process. </span>
</strong><br>
Fri., 7 Oct., 5 p.m.–8 p.m. <br>
$20; includes a light dinner. Limit: 35. CEU: 0.3. <br>
Cosponsors: <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">On
the Cutting Edge;</span></em>
<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GSA Geoscience
Education Division.</span></em>
<br>
Kristen St. John, James Madison Univ.; R. Mark Leckie, Univ. of
Massachusetts–Amherst.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">
<span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">516.
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Teaching about
Earth’s Climate History.
</span></strong><b><br>
</b>Sat., 8 Oct., 8 a.m.–5 p.m. <br>
$50; includes continental breakfast and lunch. Limit: 35. CEU: 0.9. <br>
Cosponsors: <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">National
Science Foundation; Wiley Blackwell Publishers; GSA Sedimentary Geology
Division; GSA Geoscience Education Division.</span></em><strong><span
style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
</span></strong><br>
Kristen St. John, James Madison Univ.; R. Mark Leckie, Univ. of
Massachusetts–Amherst; Kate Pound, St. Cloud State Univ.; Megan Jones,
North Hennepin Community College; Larry Krissek, Ohio State Univ.</span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">517.
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Using GIS and
Remote Sensing to Teach Geoscience in the 21st Century.</span></strong>
<br>
Sat., 8 Oct., 8 a.m.–5 p.m. <br>
$45; includes continental breakfast and lunch. Limit: 40. CEU: 0.9. <br>
Cosponsor: <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">On the
Cutting Edge.
</span></em><i><br>
</i>Barbara Tewksbury, Hamilton College; Brian Hynek, Univ. of Colorado.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">519A.
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Teaching
Students How to Learn.
</span></strong><br>
Sat, 8 Oct., 8 a.m.–noon. <br>
$35 for one course—or, get two-for-one!—<strong><span
style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">$35 for combined courses
(519C or 519D)</span></strong>; includes lunch. Limit: 40. CEU: 0.4.
<br>
Cosponsors: <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GSA
Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience
Teachers</span></em>.
<br>
Dexter Perkins, Univ. of North Dakota; Karl Wirth, Macalester College.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">519B.
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Teaching
Climate Science with Active Learning Strategies.
</span></strong><br>
Sat., 8 Oct., 8 a.m.–noon. <br>
$35 for one course—or, get two-for-one!—<strong><span
style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">$35 for combined courses
(519C or 519D)</span></strong>; includes lunch. Limit: 40. CEU: 0.4.
<br>
Cosponsors: <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GSA
Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience
Teachers</span></em>.
<br>
Karin Kirk, Science Education Resource Center; Susan Buhr, CIRES.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">519C.
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Retooling Your
Geosciences Class: Strategies to Assess Learning and Improve Student
Success.
</span></strong><br>
Sat., 8 Oct., 1–5 p.m. <br>
$35 for one course—or, get two-for-one!—<strong><span
style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">$35 for combined courses
(519A or 519B)</span></strong>; includes lunch. Limit: 40. CEU: 0.4.<br>
Cosponsors: <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GSA
Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience
Teachers</span></em>.
<br>
David McConnell, North Carolina State Univ.; David Steer, Univ. of
Akron.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">519D.
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Teaching with
Google Earth.
</span></strong><br>
Sat., 8 Oct., 1–5 p.m. <br>
$35 for one course—or, get two-for-one!—<strong><span
style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">$35 for combined courses
(519A or 519B)</span></strong>; includes lunch. Limit: 40. CEU: 0.4.
<br>
Cosponsors: <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">GSA
Geoscience Education Division; National Association of Geoscience
Teachers</span></em>.
<br>
Peter Selkin, Univ. of Washington–Tacoma; Declan De Paor, Old Dominion
Univ.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">524.
<strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Funding
Opportunities for Two-Year College Faculty: Possibilities, Challenges,
and Successes.
</span></strong><br>
Sat., 8 Oct., 1–5 p.m. <br>
$15; includes a light snack. Limit: 50. CEU: 0.4. <br>
Cosponsor: <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">National
Association of Geoscience Teachers.
</span></em><br>
Eric Baer, Highline Community College; Heather Macdonald, College of
William and Mary.</span><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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