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Past Workshops

Academic 2018-2019 Workshops

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Earth and Environmental Sciences: Supporting the Success of All Students

April 10-12, 2019
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Conveners: Rachel Beane (Bowdoin College), Diane Doser (University of Texas at El Paso), Stefany Sit (University of Illinois at Chicago), Joshua Villalobos (El Paso Community College), Gary Weissmann (University of New Mexico-Main Campus)

This workshop emphasizes understanding your current students and community, recognizing barriers to and opportunities for inclusion, developing strategies to support all students, helping them thrive in their education, and launching them onto the next phase of their life or career. The workshop offers best practices in attracting, engaging, and supporting students, and under-represented minorities (URMs) in particular, in diverse educational settings. Participants will assess where they and their programs are now, and plan actions to be implemented on immediate to longer-term timescales.

Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB

October 14–16, 2018
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Conveners: Dan Burleson, (University of Houston), Princess Imoukhuede, (Washington University in St. Louis), Lisa Kempler, (MathWorks), Cathy Manduca, (Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College), Dylan Mikesell, (Boise State University), Kelly Roos, (Bradley University)

At this workshop, educators from the sciences and allied fields will share their experiences teaching computation using MATLAB, with a primary focus on undergraduate courses in: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Geosciences. MATLAB can be applied to solving problems and developing systems involving mathematical computation, data analytics and statistics, signal and image processing, geographical mapping, and more in the scientific and engineering domains.

Academic 2017-18 Workshops

Workshops and More at AGU

Join in a variety of geoscience education sessions planned for the Fall 2017 AGU Meeting held in New Orleans, LA, from December 11-15, 2017.

Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB

October 15–17, 2017
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Conveners: Lisa Kempler (MathWorks), Cathy Manduca (SERC), Gregory Hancock (College of William and Mary), Princess Imoukhuede (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Michele McColgan (Siena College)

At this workshop, educators from the sciences and allied fields will share their experiences teaching computation using MATLAB, with a primary focus on undergraduate courses in: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Geosciences. MATLAB can be applied to solving problems and developing systems involving mathematical computation, data analytics and statistics, signal and image processing, geographical mapping, and more in the scientific and engineering domains.

Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career

July 22-26, 2018
Held at the University of Maryland, College Park, with an optional visit to the National Science Foundation on Friday, July 27.
Conveners: Tessa Hill, University of California - Davis; Sarah Penniston-Dorland, University of Maryland
Application Deadline: March, 2018

Join us for a multi-day workshop in a stimulating and resource-rich environment where you will participate in sessions on topics including effective teaching strategies, course design, establishing a research program in a new setting, working with research students, balancing professional and personal responsibilities, and time management.

2018 Earth Educators' Rendezvous

July 16-20, 2018
University of Kansas, Lawrence

Conference Chairs: Hannah Scherer (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), Caitlin Callahan (Grand Valley State University); Local Host: Jennifer Roberts (University of Kansas Main Campus)

Design your own professional development opportunity at the fourth annual Earth Educators' Rendezvous in Lawrence, KS. Events will include workshops, oral and poster sessions, plenary talks, and working groups. Capitalize on experience from your colleagues at a variety of workshops, present and discuss your own findings, and network with others engaged in improving undergraduate Earth education.

Academic 2016-17 Workshops

Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career

July 9-13, 2017
University of Maryland with an optional visit to the National Science Foundation on Friday, July 14.
Conveners: Tessa Hill, University of California - Davis; Sarah Penniston-Dorland, University of Maryland
Application Deadline: March 22, 2017

Workshop sessions on effective teaching strategies, course design, establishing a research program, working with research students, writing strong proposals, balancing professional and personal responsibilities, and task management.

Workshops and More at AGU

December 12 - 16, 2016
San Francisco, CA

Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB

October 23–25, 2016
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Conveners: Lisa Kempler (MathWorks), Cathy Manduca (SERC), Kristin Jenkins (BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium), Kelly Roos (Bradley University), Frederik J. Simons (Princeton University), Wendy Thomas (University of Washington)
Application Deadline - September 2, 2016

At this workshop, educators from the sciences and allied fields will share their experiences teaching computation using MATLAB, with a primary focus on undergraduate courses in: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Geosciences. MATLAB can be applied to solving problems and developing systems involving mathematical computation, data analytics and statistics, signal and image processing, geographical mapping, and more in the scientific and engineering domains.

Academic 2015-16 Workshops

Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career

July 24-29, 2016
University of Maryland with an optional visit to the National Science Foundation on Friday, July 29.
Conveners: Rachel Beane, Bowdoin College; Tessa Hill, University of California - Davis; Sarah Penniston-Dorland, University of Maryland
Application Deadline: March 16, 2016

Workshop sessions on effective teaching strategies, course design, establishing a research program, working with research students, writing strong proposals, balancing professional and personal responsibilities, and task management.

2016 Earth Educators' Rendezvous

July 18-22, 2016
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Conference Chairs: David McConnell (North Carolina State University), Karen Viskupic (Boise State University), Laurel Goodell (Princeton University)

Design your own professional development opportunity at the second annual Earth Educators' Rendezvous in Madison, WI. Events will include workshops, oral and poster sessions, plenary talks, and working groups. Capitalize on experience from your colleagues at a variety of workshops, present and discuss your own findings, and network with others engaged in improving undergraduate Earth education.

Preparing for an Academic Career

July 18-20, 2016
Earth Educators' Rendezvous, Madison, WI
Conveners: Ankur Desai, University of Wisconsin Madison; Lisa Gilbert, Williams College; Lynsey LeMay, Thomas Nelson Community College; Erika Marin-Spiotta, University of Wisconsin-Madison; David Reed, University of Wisconsin-Madison

This workshop is designed specifically for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and others who are interested in pursuing academic careers in the geosciences. Workshop leaders will provide guidance and information that will help participants to be stronger candidates for academic positions and to succeed in academic jobs. Session topics focus on becoming both a successful teacher and researcher.

Teaching Geoscience with MatLab

October 18-20, 2015
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Conveners: Lisa Kempler (MathWorks), Cailin Huyck Orr (SERC), Cathy Manduca (SERC)

Application Deadline - August 28, 2015

This workshop is designed to explore how teaching with MATLAB can enhance the student learning environment in undergraduate Earth Science and related courses. MATLAB can be applied to solving problems and developing systems involving mathematical computation, data analytics and statistics, signal and image processing, geographical mapping, and more in the scientific and engineering domains.

(Re)Designing your Earth-related Course for Improved Student Learning

Friday, October 23, 2015
University of Washington-Tacoma
Part of the NAGT Traveling Workshops Program

Our understanding of how people learn and what classroom practices best support that learning has grown and solidified over the past few decades. We now have the opportunity to make changes in our own classrooms that can result in improved student learning. In this workshop, you will both learn about and be engaged in those best practices as you design (or redesign) your own course. We seek regional participants from all types of institutions of higher education in a variety of scientific disciplines that address learning about Earth, including the geological, atmospheric, and ocean sciences, environmental science, physics, biology, and chemistry.

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Academic 2014-15 Workshops

Face-to-Face Workshops

Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
May 31-June 3, 2015
Location: University of Wisconsin - Madison
Conveners: Barb Tewksbury (Hamilton College), Ankur Desai (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Matt Kirby (California State University - Fullerton), and Cailin Huyck Orr (SERC-Carleton College)
Application Deadline: March 2, 2015

Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
July 26-30, 2015 (optional trip to NSF on Friday, July 31)
Location: College of William and Mary
Conveners: Rachel Beane (Bowdoin College) and Tessa Hill (University of California - Davis)
Application Deadline: March 18, 2015

Teaching Undergraduate Atmospheric Science in the 21st Century

This workshop was cancelled.

Virtual Workshops and Series

Making Good Courses Great with Educational Technology
January 12-16, 2015
Convener: Jonathan Tomkin (University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign)
Application Deadline: November 17, 2014

Student Learning About Critical Earth Issues Through the Use of Large Online Digital Data Sets
Date: Six, 2-hour virtual sessions - May (6, 13, 20, 27) and June (17, 24) 2015
Convener: Michael Wysession (Washington University, St. Louis)
Registration Deadline: March 1, 2015

Partnership or Professional Society Events

Geological Society of America - NAGT 4-Pack

517A. Teaching Geoscience in Society: Building Relevance and Interest in the Geosciences by Adding InTeGrate Resources to Your Class
When: Sat., 18 Oct., 8 a.m.–noon
Instructors: Anne Egger (Central Washington University) and David McConnell (North Carolina State University)

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What can we do to reframe the geosciences in ways that engage students in our classes? How do we prepare these students for a future where they will confront climate change, water availability issues, resource depletion, and other grand challenges that will require a robust understanding of the intersection between the geosciences and society? One key strategy is to incorporate these issues into geoscience teaching at all levels and for all students. InTeGrate has developed a set of community-built modules that directly address Earth-related grand challenges. These modular units can be adopted wholesale or in parts, and each feature resources to develop students' abilities to address interdisciplinary problems, improve geoscientific thinking skills, make use of authentic geoscience data, and incorporate systems thinking. These materials have been developed and tested by faculty at a variety of types of institutions and come with built in assessments and resources for both instructors and students. Topics range from environmental justice and freshwater resources to climate change, mineral resources, sustainable land use, and natural hazards. In this workshop, we will explore the InTeGrate materials, discuss the underlying design rubric, and work with participants to adapt the materials to their institutional and geographic setting.

517B. Improving Spatial Thinking in the Geological Sciences
When: Sat., 18 Oct., 8 a.m.–noon
Instructors: Basil Tikoff (University of Wisconsin – Madison) and Tim Shipley (Temple University)

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This course is designed to help educators improve students' spatial reasoning. The material is a based on a decade-long collaboration between cognitive scientists, geoscience educators, and geoscience researchers through SILC (Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center). The workshop consists of mostly hands-on activities with some introductory lectures. Lectures will focus on known difficulties in student learning of spatial skills, laboratory studies designed to evaluate and improve spatial skills, and a cognitive framework for addressing spatial cognition. Hands-on sessions will highlight effective interventions that can be used in a geoscience classroom, including artificial intelligence–based approaches to sketching.

517C. Student Learning Outcomes and Program Assessment
When: Sat., 18 Oct., 1–5 p.m.
Instructors: David Mogk (Montana State University) and Mary Savina (Carleton College)

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This course is intended for department heads/chairs and faculty interested in curriculum development at the department level. This interactive workshop will use the "matrix method of curriculum design" to help you define student learning outcomes related to mastery of geologic concepts and content, technical skills used in the geosciences, geoscience "habits of mind," higher-order thinking skills, and other professional skills (e.g., communication, quantitative, interpersonal, information). This approach can be used as a guide for faculty to define course goals and specific student learning outcomes in individual courses. In aggregate, this method can be used to map student learning outcomes for entire degree programs to identify areas of strength in departments or to conduct a gap analysis in course offerings. The results can then be used to assess degree programs with respect to the current state of knowledge and conduct of modern geoscience, expectations for students entering the workforce, and alignment of degree programs with departmental or institutional role and scope statements. This workshop will help you explore the student learning outcomes that are most important to your degree program(s) as they apply to your students, institutional type, geographic setting, breadth of disciplines covered in your department, departmental resources, and faculty.

517D. Extreme Makeover Geosciences Style—Infusing Existing Curricula with the Spirit of the New Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS): Integrating Content, Scientific and Design Practices, and Cross-Cutting Themes
When: Sat., 18 Oct., 1–5 p.m.
Instructors: Aida Awad (Maine East High School), Susan Buhr (University of Colorado), and Sara Harris (University of British Columbia)

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What happens when you give your existing curricula an extreme makeover? During this half-day workshop, we'll work together to infuse existing curricula with the spirit of the Next Generation Science Standards: integrating content, scientific and design practices, and cross-cutting themes. Increase your impact by including more systems thinking, modeling, designing solutions to global challenges, and quantitative thinking in your instruction. The approach we will take is relevant to instruction from pre-college through undergraduate levels and teacher professional development. The workshop will include an introduction to the Next Generation Science Standards, an opportunity to experience teaching material examples before and after, and working in small groups to makeover one of your own lessons or units.

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting

Getting the Most Out of Your Introductory Courses
When: Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 1-5 PM
Workshop Leader: Anne Egger (Central Washington University)

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Introductory courses in the geosciences (geology, oceanography, atmospheric science, Earth system science) play a pivotal role in undergraduate education. They serve as recruiting grounds for majors and future professionals, provide critical experiences in geoscience for pre-service teachers, and may be the only course in geoscience that future policy makers, business people, professionals, and citizens ever take. In addition, they often provide teaching experiences for graduate and undergraduate teaching and learning assistants. We need to make the most of these courses, but how? This workshop builds on a virtual workshop of the same name offered in March, 2014, and will facilitate discussion, exchange of information, and sharing of resources to get the most out of your introductory courses. Participants will perform a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis of their course(s) and select an objective to work towards. They will explore and contribute resources to a growing website. Faculty, instructors, adjunct faculty, lab coordinators, department chairs, and teams of faculty from all institution types are encouraged to apply.

Ticketed event: $25 per ticket

Sponsored by NAGT and AGU Education and Outreach

Broadening Access to the Earth and Environmental Sciences
When: Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 1-5 PM
Workshop Leaders: Dallas Rhodes (Humboldt State University), Gary Weissmann (University of New Mexico), and Diane Doser (University of Texas - El Paso)

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Geoscience has the lowest ethnic diversity in its graduating student population of any STEM discipline. This workshop will discuss three strategies departments and programs are using to recruit and retain a more diverse student population: 1) providing courses that are rich in societal context; 2) developing an inclusive culture within the department; and 3) more fully incorporating opportunities to learn about and prepare for professional careers in the geosciences. In addition to supporting participation of underrepresented minorities in the geosciences these strategies are foundational to improved learning and career preparation for all geoscience students.

Admission for this event costs $25 per ticket.

This workshop is sponsored by the InTeGrate STEP Center for the Geosciences, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers Professional Development Program, the SAGE 2YC project, and the AGU Education and Outreach Program.

Ongoing Projects

Classroom Observation Project

Cutting Edge is sponsoring a research project to observe geoscience teaching in classrooms across the US. This project makes use of the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP). You can find out more information on the website about observing a class or volunteering to have your class observed.

Past Building Strong Geoscience Departments Workshops

Academic 2013-14 Jump Down To: Virtual Workshops | Partnership Workshop

Face-to-Face Workshops

Innovative Approaches to Teaching Sedimentary Geology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology

June 16-20, 2014 - University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
Conveners: Heather Macdonald, Tom Hickson, Bob Gastaldo, Karen Gran, and Kevin Theissen
Application deadline: February 17, 2014

Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
June 22-26, 2014 with an optional trip to NSF on June 27, 2014 - University of Maryland, College Park
Conveners: Rachel Beane, Tessa Hill, and Richard Yuretich
Application deadline: March 1, 2014

Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences (a workshop for graduate students, post-docs, and others)
June 30-July 3, 2014, University of Pittsburgh
Conveners: Barbara Tewksbury and Rachel O'Brien
Application deadline: March 3, 2014

Undergraduate Research in Earth Science Classes: Engaging Students in the First Two Years
August 10-13, 2014 - Montana State University
Conveners: David Mogk, Michael Wysession, Allison Beauregard, Kathy Surpless, and Linda Reinen
Application deadline: March 1, 2014

Virtual Workshops and Series

Designing and Using Videos in Undergraduate Geoscience Education
Virtual workshop: Spring 2014 (Fridays 12-2 pm EST) Feb. 7 | March 7 |April 4 | May 2
Conveners: Katryn Wiese and David McConnell
Application deadline: January 17, 2014

Getting the Most Out of Your Introductory Geoscience Courses
Virtual Workshop: March 10-12 and 17-18, 2014
Conveners: Anne Egger, Cathy Manduca, and others
Application deadline: January 17, 2014

Teaching at Scale: Effective Strategies for Higher Order Learning in Large, Very-large, and Massive Courses
This workshop has been cancelled.

Partnership or Professional Society Workshops

Teaching GeoEthics Across the Geoscience Curriculum
June 10-13, 2014 - Chico Hot Springs/Montana State University
Conveners: David Mogk, Sue Kieffer, John Geissman, Daniel Vallero, Shaun Taylor, and Michael Reidy
Application deadline: extended to March 1, 2014

GSA 2013 Geoscience Education Workshop 4-pack
Saturday, October 26, 2013 - held at the GSA Annual Meeting
Building off the 4 successful workshops offered at the 2011 and 2012 GSA meetings, this 2013 series will offer another set of four popular and relevant topics in undergraduate teaching: geoscientific thinking, climate, sustainability and energy. Each ½-day session will provide concrete examples and strategies you can bring to your classroom.
Registration Deadline: October 25, 2013

Bringing Active Learning into Your Classroom
December 10, 2013, 1:00-5:00 PM - In conjunction with the American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA
Leaders: Anne Gold and Sara Harris
An important strategy for improving student engagement and understanding of complex, controversial or misunderstood topics is to use active learning methods. This half-day workshop will provide opportunities to learn specific techniques for using active learning and immersing students in their learning. Participants will have hands-on time using various tactics and will emerge with a set of resources that they can apply to their own classrooms.

Traveling Workshops

Traveling Workshop Programs bring national leaders in geoscience education to your campus or regional event.
Application deadlines: November 15, 2013 and January 15, 2014. Late applications will be accepted for as long as funding is available.

InTeGrate and NAGT are joining forces to enhance the Traveling Workshop program. As part of this process, we invite you to recommend new workshop leaders. We are looking for those who stand out as strong leaders who can help departments and programs learn from experiences across the country, apply them to their own context, and craft a plan for moving forward.

• Building Stronger Geoscience Courses workshops support individual participants in building their skill in designing and teaching geoscience courses.
• Building Stronger Geoscience Departments workshops allow the members of a geoscience department to meet together, learn from the experiences of other campuses, and address challenges facing the department as a whole.

Ongoing Projects

Classroom Observation Project
Cutting Edge is sponsoring a research project to observe geoscience teaching in classrooms across the US. This project makes use of the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP). You can find out more information on the website about observing a class or volunteering to have your class observed.

Academic 2012-13 Jump to: Virtual Workshops

Face-to-Face Workshops

• Teaching Hydrogeology, Soils, and Low-T Geochemistry in the 21st Century
  June 5-9, 2013, with optional field trip on June 5 - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  Conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, Gary Weissmann, Devin Castendyk, Steven Driese, Jennifer Roberts, and Gary Smith
  Application Deadline: February 15, 2013
• Teaching Oceanography
  June 18-20, 2013, with optional field trips on June 17 and 21 - City College of San Francisco, Chinatown/North Beach Campus
  Conveners: Katryn Wiese, Petra Dekens, Jan Hodder, Dave Mogk, Kristen St. John, and Al Trujillo
  Application deadline: March 1, 2013
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  July 7-10, 2013 - University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
  Conveners: Heather Macdonald, David Budd, and Rachel O'Brien
  Application deadline: March 8, 2013
• Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
  July 28-August 1, 2013, with an optional visit to NSF August 2 - American Geophysical Union, Washington DC
  Conveners: Rachel Beane, Michael Wysession, and Richard Yuretich
  Application deadline: March 8, 2013

Virtual Workshops and Series

• Measuring Student Success: Virtual Journal Club on Assessment Methods
  Virtual sessions in February, March, April, and May 2013
  Conveners: Ellen Iverson, Joshua Caulkins, Bruce Herbert, Karen Viskupic
  Application Deadline: January 7, 2013
• Pursuing an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  Virtual sessions February to May, 2013
  Conveners: Heather Macdonald and Elizabeth Ritchie
  Application deadline: 1 week prior to each
• Strategies for Effective Undergraduate Geoscience Teaching
  Virtual sessions in January, February, March, and April, 2013
  Conveners: Heather Macdonald, David McConnell, and Barbara Tewksbury
  Application deadline: 1 week prior to each
• Geophotography
  Virtual Sessions Mid February through Mid-March, 2013
  Conveners: David Mogk, Jerry Magloughlin, Ellen Bishop, Steve Weaver, Marli Miller
  Application deadline: February 1, 2013
• Interpreting and Teaching with Tomograms April-May, 2013 (4 2-hour sessions on Wednesdays in April [3,10,17,24], 2 in May [22,29]) Convener: Michael Wysession Application deadline: March 15, 2013
  

Ongoing Projects

• Classroom Observation Project
  Cutting Edge is sponsoring a research project to observe geoscience teaching in classrooms across the US. This project makes use of the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP). You can find out more information on the website about observing a class or volunteering to have your class observed.

Academic 2011-12 Jump to: Virtual Workshops, Ongoing Projects

Face-to-Face Workshops

• Preparing for the Tenure Process
  GSA Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
  Fri., 7 Oct., 5 p.m.-8 p.m.
  Conveners: Kristen St. John and Mark Leckie
• Teaching about Time
  February 26-28, 2012 - Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  Conveners: Erica Crespi, Cathy Manduca, Carol Ormand, and Steve Semken
  Application deadline: January 11, 2012
• Teaching Environmental Geology
  June 3-7, 2012 - Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
  Conveners: David Mogk, Katryn Wiese, and Devin Castendyk
  Application deadline: March 1, 2012
• Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
  June 10-14, 2012, with optional visit to NSF on June 15 - College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  Conveners: Rachel Beane, Heather Macdonald, Richelle Allen-King, and Richard Yuretich
  Application deadline: March 1, 2012
• Teaching Climate Change: Insight from Large Lakes
  June 19-20, 2012 - University of Minnesota Duluth
  Conveners: Steve Colman, Karin Kirk, Rolfe Mandel, Alison Smith, Ester Sztein, Katryn Wiese, and Greg Wiles
  Application deadline: Extended to May 1, 2012
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  June 27-30, 2012 - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  Conveners: Heather Macdonald and David McConnell
  Application deadline: March 8, 2012
• Teaching Structural Geology, Geophysics, and Tectonics in the 21st Century
  July 15-19, 2012 - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with optional field trip on July 15.
  Conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, Gregory Baker, Bill Dunne, Kip Hodges, Paul Karabinos, and Michael Wysession

Virtual Workshops and Series

• Pursuing an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  Monthly events January - May 2012
  Convener: Rachel Beane and Michael Williams
• Virtual Course Design - Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry
  Option of virtual kickoff on Thursday, March 29 or face-to-face kickoff at SEGSA (Saturday, March 31)
  Three additional virtual sessions April 12, May 3, and October 25. Virtual sessions will be held from 3-6 PM Eastern Time.
  Convener: Barbara Tewksbury with guest sessions by Rachel Beane, David McConnell, Dave Mogk, and others
  Application deadline: March 1, 2012
• Problem Solving and Problem-based Learning Journal Club
  January-May, 2012, series of five 1-hour virtual sessions meeting once a month
  Conveners: Ellen Iverson, Cinzia Cervato, Craig Ogilvie, and Marcy Osgood
  Application deadline: November 30, 2011
• Spatial Thinking Journal Club
  January-May, 2012, series of five 1-hour virtual sessions meeting once a month
  Conveners: Mary Hegarty, Carol Ormand, Eric Riggs, and Tim Shipley
  Application deadline: November 21, 2011
• Geologic Hazards Webinars
  Individual events: November 18, 2011; January 13, 2012; February 10, 2012; March 16, 2012
  Conveners: Katryn Wiese, David Mogk, and John McDaris
  Application deadline: Monday prior to each event

Ongoing Projects

• Classroom Observation Project
  Cutting Edge is sponsoring a research project to observe geoscience teaching in classrooms across the US. This project makes use of the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP). You can find out more information on the website about observing a class or volunteering to have your class observed.

Academic 2010-11 Jump to: Workshops and Series

Virtual Events

• Energy and Climate Webinars and Book Club
  Conveners: Katryn Wiese and Karin Kirk
  Monthly online seminars and book discussions. Held the second Friday of each month from November 12 through May 13 from 12 to 1 CST. Webinars limited to the first 20 applicants for each event. Book Club discussions limited to the first 10 applicants for each event.
  Registration deadline: 1 week prior to the event. Join us for any or all.
• Pursuing an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  A Series of Virtual Events for Graduate Students and Post-docs
  Conveners: Rachel Beane and Heather Macdonald
  January – July 2011
  Join one or more monthly events.

Workshops and Series

• Teaching About Earth's Climate Using Data and Models A Virtual Workshop Follow-On Workshop
  October 21-22 and 25-27, 2010
  Conveners: Cindy Shellito and Cathy Manduca
• Teaching About Complex Systems Using the STELLA Modeling Software A Face-to-Face Follow-On Workshop co-sponsored by AGU
  Conveners: David Bice and Kirsten Menking
  December 12, 2010, City College of San Francisco Ocean Campus, In conjunction with the AGU Annual Meeting
  San Francisco, CA
  Registration deadline: November 15, 2010
• Temporal Learning Journal Club A Series of Virtual Meetings
  Conveners: Cathy Manduca and David Mogk
  Participants will be reading a series of articles and discussing them across five 1-hour virtual sessions between January 1 and May 31, 2011
  Registration deadline: December 6, 2010
• Visualizing Seismic Waves for Teaching and Research A Hybrid Face-to-Face/Virtual Workshop
  Conveners: Michael Wysession and David Mogk
  Virtual sessions will be held Wednesdays at noon Central Time Zone, February 2, 9, 16, 23, March 30 and April 6.
  Workshop outcomes will be presented at the 2011 AGU Fall Meeting, December 12-16, 2011.
  Registration deadline: January 15, 2011
• Designing GIS and Remote Sensing Courses, Modules, and Activities for Teaching Geoscience Students A Hybrid Face-to-Face/Virtual Workshop
  Conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, David McConnell, and Brian Hynek
  Workshop begins with a hybrid online/face-to-face workshop on March 19, 2011 at NEGSA and continues with three online sessions in April, May, and September.
  Workshop culminates in a one-day face-to-face workshop at the GSA national meeting in Minneapolis on Saturday, October 8, 2011.
  Application deadline (extended): February 1, 2011
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences A Face-to-Face Workshop
  Conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, Katryn Wiese, Robyn Wright Dunbar, and Edwin Harvey
  June 6-9, 2011
  University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
  Application deadline: March 11, 2011
• Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career A Face-to-Face Workshop
  Conveners: Heather Macdonald, Michael Wysession, Edwin Harvey, and Richard Yuretich
  June 12-16 with optional visit to the National Science Foundation on June 17
  College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  Application deadline: March 4, 2011
• Teaching Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry in the 21st Century A Face-to-Face Workshop
  Conveners: David Mogk, Rachel Beane, Donna Whitney, Kirsten Nicolaysen, Wendy Panero, William Peck
  August 7-10, 2011 with optional field trip
  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  Application deadline: January 15, 2011

Academic 2009-10 Workshops Jump to: Virtual Workshops, Partnership Workshops

• Developing Student Understanding of Complex Systems in the Geosciences Carleton College, Northfield, MN
  April 18-20, 2010
  Conveners: Cathy Manduca, Dave Mogk, Jim Slotta, David Bice, Eric Pyle
  Application deadline: February 1, 2010
• Workshop for Early Career Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career College of William and Mary
  June 6-11, 2010
  Conveners: Heather Macdonald and Richelle Allen-King
  Application deadline: March 3, 2010
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences Stanford University
  July 29-August 1, 2010
  Conveners: Heather Macdonald and Robyn Wright Dunbar
  Application deadline: March 10, 2010
• Using GIS and Remote Sensing to Teach Geoscience in the 21st Century Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
  August 8-11, 2010 (Optional day, GIS in the Field, August 12, 2010)
  Conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, Mohamed Abdelsalam, Brian Hynek, Mark Manone, David Mogk
  Application deadline: March 20, 2010
• Teaching Geoscience in the Field in the 21st Century Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
  August 13-16, 2010 (Optional day, GIS in the Field August 12; Optional Regional Field Trip: August 17-19, 2010)
  Conveners: David Mogk, Steve Whitmeyer, Sarah Kruse, Bob Bauer
  Application deadline: March 20, 2010

Virtual Workshops

• Teaching Geoscience with Service Learning
  First session: February 3-5, 2010
  Second session: February 8-9, 2010
  Convenvers: Dave Mogk, Ed Laine, Suzanne O'Connell, and Cathy Manduca
  Application deadline: December 20, 2009
• Understanding the Deep Earth
  First session: February 17-19, 2010
  Second session: February 24-26, 2010
  Conveners: Dave Mogk, Cathy Manduca, and Mike Williams
  Application deadline: December 20, 2009
• Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences
  First Session: May 26-27, 2010
  Second Session: June 3-4, 2010
  Conveners: Barb Tewksbury, Charlotte Mehrtens
  Application deadline: April 1, 2010
• Teaching Geoscience Online
  First session: June 23-25, 2010
  Second session: June 28-29, 2010
  Conveners: Karin Kirk, Bill Hirt, and Cathy Manduca
  Application deadline: May 7, 2010.

Partnership Workshops - Associated with other meetings or organizations

• Student Motivation and the Affective Domain part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
  September 19, 2009
  Leader: Kaatje Kraft
• Preparing for Tenure: A Workshop for Tenure-Track Faculty part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA
  December 13, 2009 - 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
  Leaders: Kristen St.John and Mark Leckie
• Teaching Geodesy in the 21st Century part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  UNAVCO Science Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, Millenium Hotel
  March 8, 2010
  Leaders: Susan Eriksson and Shimon Wdowinski
• Pursuing an Academic Career part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  In association with the GSA Northeastern/Southeastern Section Meeting, Baltimore, MD
  March 13, 2010
  Leaders: Rachel Beane and Jon Lewis
• Geology and Human Health part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  In association with the North Central and South Central sectional GSA, Branson, MO
  April 11, 2010 8:00 -12:00
  Leader: Syed Hasan
• From Passive to Active: Classroom Makeovers that Improve Teaching and Learning part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  In association with the GSA North Central and South Central Section Meeting, Branson, MO
  April 11, 2010
  Leader: David Steer
• Teaching Geochemistry
  In association with the Goldschmidt 2010 Conference, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
  June 11-12, 2010
  Convener: David Mogk
• Teaching Climate Change from the Geologic Record
  In association with the AMQUA Biennial Meeting
  University of Wyoming - Laramie
  August 10-11, 2010 (with optional field trip on August 12)
  Conveners: Cathy Whitlock, Karin Kirk,Alison Smith, Greg Wiles, Rolfe Mandel and Cathy Manduca
• Teaching About Energy in Geoscience Courses: Current Research and Pedagogy, a follow-up to the May 2009 workshop
  October, 2010, in conjunction with the GSA National Meeting in Denver, CO.
  Conveners: Jimm Myers, Fred Loxsom, Devin Castendyk and Karin Kirk
• A City State-of-Mind: Creating Effective Assignments for Urban Students part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  This workshop has been cancelled.

Academic 2008-09

• Making the Case for Tenure: A Workshop for Early Career Faculty
  Conveners: Kristen St. John, Mark Leckie, Heather Macdonald
  Saturday, October 4, 2008, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, in conjunction with the Geological Society of America in Houston, TX.
• The Hurricane - Climate Change Connection: Bringing Cutting Edge Research into the Classroom
  Conveners: Cathy Manduca, Ned Gardiner, Jenni Evans, Karin Kirk
  Electronic workshop, October 20-24, 2008
  
• The Role of Metacognition in Teaching Geoscience
  Conveners: Cathy Manduca, Jenefer Husman, Kaatje Kraft, David Mogk, Karl Wirth
  November 19-21, 2008, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
  Application deadline: October 10, 2008
• Teaching Introductory Geoscience in the 21st Century
  Conveners: Anne Egger and Cathy Manduca
  Sunday December 14, 2008, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm in association with the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
• Strategic Persuasion: A seminar in effective negotiations, problem solving, and conflict resolution
  Conveners: Barbara Butterfield and Jane Tucker
  Sunday December 14, 2008, in association with the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
• Pursuing an Academic Career, part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  Conveners: Rachel Beane and Britt Argow
  Saturday, March 21, 2009; 10:00 - 4:00 in association with the Northeastern Section meeting of GSA.
  Application deadline: March 14, 2009
• Teaching About Energy in Geoscience Courses: Current Research and Pedagogy
  Conveners: Cathy Manduca, Jimm Myers, Fred Loxsom, and Karin Kirk
  May 17-19, 2009, University of Wyoming
  Application Deadline: March 9, 2009
• Teaching Paleontology in the 21st Century
  Conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, Warren Allmon, Rowan Lockwood, Bruce McFadden, and Margaret Yacobucci
  July 30 - August 3, 2009, Cornell University and the Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY
  Application Deadline: February 6, 2009
• Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
  Conveners: Heather Macdonald and Richelle Allen-King
  June 14-18, 2009, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  With optional trip to NSF on June 19
  Application deadline: March 11, 2009
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  Conveners: Heather Macdonald and Robyn Wright Dunbar
  July 16-19, 2009, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Las Vegas, NV
  Application deadline: March 18, 2009
• Changing Student Motivations and Attitudes in the Geosciences, part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  Convener: Kaatje Kraft
  Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
  Application/registration deadline extended to August 28, 2009

Academic 2007-08

• Teaching with New Geoscience Tools: Visualizations, Models, and Online Data
  co-conveners: Cathryn Manduca, Susan Buhr, Mark Leckie, Stephanie Stockman and Steve Reynolds
  February 10-12, 2008, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Urban Students, Urban Issues: Opportunities and Challenges for Teaching Geoscience Courses
  co-conveners: Barbara Tewksbury and Wayne Powell
  March 8-10, 2008, Brooklyn College of CUNY and American Museum of Natural History
  Application deadline: January 25, 2008
• New Worlds for Geoscience Teaching: Using Online Games and Environments
  convener: Cathy Manduca and Sean Fox
  Electronic workshop during the week of April 21, 2008
  Application deadline: February 29, 2008
• Teaching Climate Change with Ice Core Data (workshop in association with annual meeting of AMQUA)
  co-conveners: Cathryn Manduca and Cathy Whitlock
  June 2-3, 2008, with optional field trip June 4, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  Application deadline: April 1, 2008.
• Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
  co-conveners: Heather Macdonald, Richelle Allen-King, and Richard Yuretich
  June 15-19, 2008, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  Application deadline: March 14, 2008
• Teaching Introductory Geoscience Courses in the 21st Century
  co-conveners: Cathryn Manduca, Barbara Tewksbury, Heather Macdonald, and Anne Egger
  July 14-17, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
  Application deadline April 1, 2008.
• Teaching Geomorphology in the 21st Century
  co-conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, Ellen Wohl, Laura Moore, David Montgomery, and Paul Bierman
  July 28 - August 1, 2008, Colorado State University
  Application deadline: January 31, 2008
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  co-conveners: Heather Macdonald and Robyn Wright Dunbar
  July 31-August 3, 2008, University of Oklahoma
  Application deadline: March 14, 2008

Academic 2006-07

• Motivations and Attitudes: The Role of the Affective Domain in Geoscience Learning
  February 11-13, 2007, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
• Teaching about the Early Earth: Evolution of Tectonics, Life, and the Early Atmosphere
  April 12-14, 2007, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
• Early Career Faculty Workshop: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
  June 13-17, 2007, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
• Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences
  virtual workshop: July 30 - August 3, 2007 on line
  face-to-face workshop: July 8-12, 2007, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  co-conveners: Heather Macdonald and Robyn Wright Dunbar
  August 2-5, 2007, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
• Teaching Geophysics in the 21st Century
  co-conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, Larry Braile, Vincent Cronin, John Geissman, Sarah Kruse, and Michael Wysession
  August 12-15, 2007, with optional field trip August 16, University of Michigan's Camp Davis, Jackson WY

Academic 2005-06

• Teaching Sedimentary Geology in the 21st Century
  July 14-19. 2006, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
• Discoveries from Mars: Using a Planetary Perspective to Enhance Undergraduate Geoscience Courses
  April 27-29, 2006, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  July 27-30, 2006, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
• Early Career Faculty Workshop: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
  June 7-12, 2006, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
• Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences
  co-conveners: Barbara Tewksbury (Hamilton College), and William Hirt (College of the Siskiyous)
  virtual workshop: July 31-August 4, 2006 on line
  face-to-face workshop: May 31-June 4, 2006, College of the Siskiyous, Weed, CA
• Teaching Public Policy in the Earth Sciences
  April 20-23, 2006, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC
  
  

  Related Activities:

• It's About Time: Teaching the Temporal Aspects of Geoscience
  an Illustrated Community Discussion at a special poster session, Salt Lake City GSA meeting
• Teaching Climate Change: Lessons from the Past
  August 14-15, in conjunction with the 2006 AMQUA meeting
  Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Academic 2004-05

• Understanding What Our Geoscience Students Are Learning: Observing and Assessing
  May 12-14, 2005, Carleton College, Northfield, MN.
• Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences
  Virtual Workshop: May 23 - June 23, 2005, online.
  Face-to-face Workshop: June 1-5, 2005, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.
• Early Career Faculty Workshop: Teaching, Research and Managing Your Career
  June 8-13, 2005, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
• Teaching About the Ocean System Using New Research Techniques: Data, Models and Visualization
  July 6-9, 2005, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
• Teaching Hydrogeology in the 21st Century
  July 23-28, 2005, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  July 21-24, 2005, Penn State University, State College, PA.

Related Activities

• Teaching with Visualizations
  Technical session and one-day workshop at Fall AGU meeting 2004
• Using Field Observations and Field Experiences to Teach Geosciences: An Illustrated Community Discussion
  Special poster session at Denver GSA meeting 2004 (more info)
• Rates, Fluxes and Cycling in the Earth System: What Do We Know, What Are We Thinking
  Technical session at Fall AGU meeting 2004
• Teaching Structural Geology in the 21st Century
  Topical session at Denver GSA meeting 2004 (more info)
• Teaching Geology and Human Health: Expanding the Curriculum
  Topical session at Denver GSA meeting 2004 (more info)
• Teaching Geochemistry in the 21st Century
  Pre-conference workshop at 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference

Academic 2003-04

• Teaching Geoscience with Visualizations: Using Images, Animations and Models Effectively
  February 26-28, 2004, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
• Geology and Human Health
  May 12-15, 2004, Chico Hot Springs, Pray, MT
• Early Career Faculty Workshop: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
  June 12-17, 2004, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
• Teaching Structural Geology in the 21st Century
  June 26-July 2, 2004, Smith College, Northampton MA
• Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences
  July 21-25, 2004, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  July 29-Aug 1, 2004, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
  
  Related Activities
• Using Field Observations and Field Experiences to Teach Geoscience: An Illustrated Community Discussion
  November, 2004, Denver GSA Meeting
• Using Data to Teach Earth Processes: An Illustrated Community Discussion
  November 2, 2003, Seattle GSA Meeting
• Teaching Petrology in the 21st Century
  December 2003, San Francisco AGU Meeting

Academic 2002-03

• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences: A Workshop for Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows
  August 14-17 2003, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
• Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences
  July 27-31 2003, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
• Teaching Petrology in the 21st Century
  July 9-15, 2003, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
• Early Career Faculty - Teaching, Research and Managing Your Career
  June 5-10 2003, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
• Developing the Earth Science Teacher Workforce
  May 16 - 17, 2003, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC
• Teaching Biocomplexity in the Geosciences
  April 3-5 2003, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
• Design Principles for Creating Effective Web-based Learning Resources in the Geosciences
  February 9 - 11, 2003, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Academic 2001-02

• Using Global Data Sets in Teaching Earth Processes
  December 5, 2002, American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences
  July 28 - August 1, 2002, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY.
• Teaching Quantitative Skills in a Geoscience Context
  July 24 - 27, 2002, Carleton College, Northfield, MN.
• Early Career Faculty--Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
  June 1 - 5, 2002, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.