Kelli Wakefield, Mesa Community College part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Essays
How do you utilize technological tools (Google Earth, topical databases, blogging, etc.) in your online courses? Since I teach a lab online, I use Google Earth for many of the lab assignments. I specifically chose ...

Tamara Misner, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Essays
How do you utilize technological tools (Google Earth, topical databases, blogging, etc.) in your online courses? I actively incorporate technology in my teaching. I regularly utilize digital media (i.e. satellite ...

Katherine Ocker Stone, Walters State Community College part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Essays
From your experience, what practices make for excellent online Earth Science learning? The best practice I have utilized is when the students become even more curious and search for further information than the ...

Al Trujillo, Palomar College part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Essays
From your experience, what practices make for excellent online Earth Science learning? Education studies show that one of the key practices that makes for excellent online learning is to build a sense of ...

Aida Farough, Kansas State University part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Essays
From your experience, what practices make for excellent online Earth Science learning? I use many hands on activities that students submit along side the chapter assignments. In introductory classes I focus alot ...

Michael Hernandez, Weber State University part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Essays
From your experience, what practices make for excellent online Earth Science learning? I focus on two areas to assist student learning. First, I bring in current geologic events making the news during the semester ...

Denise Bristol, Hillsborough Community College part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Essays
From your experience, what practices make for excellent online Earth Science learning? I have found that using a combination of short introductory video clips to demonstrate the concepts in combination with ...

Déjà Vu All Over Again part of Earth and Mind:Posts
The arguments that Galileo used to defend his model of celestial mechanics are every bit as applicable today in the cultural wars about matters of Science and faith. Read what Galileo has to say.

Geoscience Departments at Risk part of Earth and Mind:Posts
Strategies for making your department an invaluable asset to your institution

In which I experience the power of the right question part of Earth and Mind:Posts
The author reflects on why a particular question about the Earth lured her into a deep dive into local geology, and concludes that questions about non-expected phenomena are particularly potent.