From mogk at montana.edu  Tue Jun  1 15:39:21 2004
From: mogk at montana.edu (David Mogk)
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 16:39:21 -0600
Subject: [Biowksp] GSA Theme Session Invitation--Using Field Observations
	and Field Experiences to Teach Geoscience
Message-ID: <40BD0599.5010805@montana.edu>

 Greetings Colleagues -

We would like to draw your attention to a special opportunity at the 
2004 GSA Annual Meeting in Denver.  The NAGT On the Cutting Edge project 
will be hosting an illustrated community discussion on Using Field 
Observations and Field Experiences to Teach Geoscience (Theme Session 
#124).  The one-abstract rule has been waived for this poster session to 
allow the maximum number of participants and we have room for a large 
number of posters.  

What we imagine is a broad conversation across the geosciences among 
faculty and researchers about both traditional and emerging roles of 
field experiences in teaching geosciences. Because of the importance of 
field experiences to geoscience education, this session calls for 
discipline-wide reflection on the role of field experiences in the 
geoscience curriculum and in the preparation of future geoscientists.  
We invite contributions from throughout the geoscience community (e.g. 
academic faculty, employers, agencies) to provide examples of current 
practices, training of future geoscientists, emerging opportunities and 
future needs related to teaching geoscience in a field setting.

The contributions to this session will be preserved in an on-line 
searchable collection designed to foster continued sharing and 
interaction. To optimize the impacts of the session and the resulting 
collection, we ask that each contributor

1. Submit an abstract through the normal GSA process that introduces or
summarizes the example you wish to present (Deadline July 13) 
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004AM/index.epl

2. Complete the submission form which includes uploading a pdf file of your
poster (Deadline Oct 31) 
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/field_experiences/submit.html

You can find more information about the session, full instructions, the 
submission form and examples of contributions at 
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/field_experiences/index.html
We hope you will join us for this unique opportunity.  Please don't 
hesitate to contact us with questions (try any of the conveners because 
we are in and out of the office for the summer). More information about 
the On the Cutting Edge Program, funded by a grant from the NSF Division 
of Undergraduate Education, is at the following website: 
 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops

Sincerely,
Dave Mogk mogk at montana.edu
Cathy Manduca cmanduca at carleton.edu
Barb Tewksbury btewksbu at hamilton.edu
Heather Macdonald rhmacd at wm.edu