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SUMMARY:Beyond “Place Matters”: Making Spatial Analysis Accessible with Dashboard-Driven Geography
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nWhile educators widely agree that “place matters\,” integrating spatial thinking into social science\, public health\, and policy classrooms often stalls due to the technical barriers and learning curves of full-scale GIS software. This webinar explores how dashboard-driven geography (utilizing tools like Tableau) can lower these hurdles without sacrificing analytical depth or conceptual rigor. Join us to learn how gateway tools help students move beyond static mapping\, quickly explore spatial patterns\, and build essential visual literacy – fostering geographic intuition and data-driven decision-making across disciplines. \nAudience Focus\nHigh School\, APHG\, Higher Education \nAbout the Presenters\nStephen Borders is a Professor of Public Health at Coastal Carolina University. His work focuses on using GIS and data visualization to tackle real-world issues related to public health\, food insecurity\, and healthcare access. He partners with nonprofit organizations\, food banks\, and healthcare systems to turn complex data into actionable insights. Stephen is passionate about applied learning and community-engaged research that creates meaningful\, measurable impact. \nWebinar Access\n#open access | Join Webinar Here \nNot yet a member?  More info and Join today!
URL:https://ncge.org/event/beyond-place-matters-making-spatial-analysis-accessible-with-dashboard-driven-geography/
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SUMMARY:The Sound of Place: Teaching Geography with Sound Maps
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nWhat can listening reveal about a place that a map or photograph might miss? In this interactive webinar\, Mark Sciuchetti connects his research on sound\, place\, and identity with practical classroom sound mapping. Participants will analyze a short soundscape\, distinguish observation from interpretation\, and explore how location\, time\, and context shape what we hear. Mark will model a lesson in which students document sounds\, map observations\, and support geographic claims with evidence. Designed for middle and high school geography\, AP Human Geography\, and local history classrooms\, the session includes paper-based and digital options\, accessible participation strategies\, and a simple assessment. Teachers will leave with a sound-mapping lesson framework and an observation sheet they can adapt to their own communities. No GIS experience is required. \nAudience Focus\nAll Grade Levels \nMeet the Presenter\n\n\nMark J. Sciuchetti Jr.\, PhD\, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management and Marketing at Jacksonville State University and a Courtesy Professor in the College of Music at Florida State University. His interdisciplinary work connects geography\, music\, history\, and place. His doctoral research examined Hudson River soundscapes and how sound shapes place and identity\, and he contributed to the Moravian Soundscapes digital project. He is the author of Teaching with Sound Maps: An Interdisciplinary Model for Geography and Local History Classrooms in The Geography Teacher.\n\n\nAccess the Webinar\n#member only access | Join Webinar Here \nNot yet a member?  More info and Join today!
URL:https://ncge.org/event/the-sound-of-place-teaching-geography-with-sound-maps/
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SUMMARY:Teach Geography
DESCRIPTION:Summary\nJoin us for a discussion about teaching Geography at the elementary\, middle and high school levels. Whether this is World Cultures\, World Regional\, or takes another thematic approach let’s talk about what works and what challenges we are facing. Bring your favorite lessons to share and bring your questions! \nAudience Focus\nElementary\, Middle School\, High School \nAbout the Presenters\nSeth Dixon is chair of the Political Science department at Rhode Island College and manages the website Geography Education. He is a former Chief Reader for AP Human Geography and Alliance Coordinator for the Rhode Island Geography Education Alliance. \nJulie Wakefield is a 25 year veteran of teaching high school. In her semi-retired life\, she is the Professional Development Coordinator for NCGE and adjunct instructor at the University of Nevada-Reno \nKen LeSage is 30+ veteran of teaching Geography. Ken uses his extensive global travels and his Professional Learning Communities to keep his content up to date and his teaching style accessible and relevant. \nShanna Davis has taught middle school for 20 years in Eugene\, Oregon. She is a former National Geographic Educator Certification presenter and serves on the Center for Geography Education in Oregon Steering Committee. \nWebinar Access\n#open access | Join Webinar Here \nNot yet a member?  More info and Join today!
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SUMMARY:Teaching Population and Consumption in Geography
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nHow we approach population geography is deeply grounded in economic theories. From Malthus to critical approaches to population geography to cornucopia theories\, how people are viewed is through different viewpoints of their value. These ideas have fully permeated the public consciousness in how people are\, or not\, valued. This presentation approaches two lessons for use in introductory geography classes. The first looks at the relationship between population and consumption across the world. This lesson allows our students to discover how much messier that relationship actually plays out in the world than what “common sense” tells us. The second lesson that will be introduced is one that uses Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to teach students how the different ways we approach population geography have continued to be debated for two centuries – reinforcing that a Malthusian approach to people has always been contested\, and always had significant real-world consequences. \nAudience Focus\nAll grade levels \nMeet the Presenter\nKris Bezdecny is associate professor and chair of the Department of Geography\, Geology\, and Environment and California State University\, Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Science & Policy from the University of South Florida. Her teaching focuses on urban geography\, political geography\, and social and environmental justice. Her classes emphasize project-based and inquiry-based learning practices\, combined with the use of alternative grading practices. She spent 2 years working for the campus Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning\, where she supported faculty across the entire campus in their teaching practices. Her research includes urban theming and urban globalization by exploring the private government Walt Disney World used to have in central Florida; uneven geographical development\, with a focus on exploring how different sociopolitical practices impose on our day-to-day spaces; the geography of the COVID-19 pandemic; and critiques of Malthusianism in population geography\, particularly in how it has infused daily sociopolitical thought – and the consequences of the narratives this creates. \nAccess the Webinar\n#member only access | Join Webinar Here \nNot yet a member?  More info and Join today!
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