Program IntroductionProgram Introduction

Welcome - why does this exist?

Dynamic dating & pacing classes

Financial aid & costs s Communication

Why does this exist?Why does this exist?

Arizona Geographic Alliance (http://alliance.la.asu.edu/azga/) members requested a program where student work was focused on improving their geography teaching

ABOR grant provided funding for initial course development

Innovative thinkers in Colleges of Education Support of geographers at ASU, UofA and

NAU

Dynamic Dating vs. SemestersDynamic Dating vs. Semesters

ASUs world is semester-based (registration, financial aid, everything)

Semesters don’t work for teachers … so we have quarters attached to semesters

Quarters are for your workloadQuarters are for your workload

Fall

Fall

Summer&Fall

Fall

Spring

Spring

PacingPacing

Can be much slower. Graduate College keeps you a graduate student with just 1 class a semester [but this pace may not make you eligible for financial aid]

How fast is limited only by COE 501 only in the Fall and SED 593 only in the Spring

Financial Aid & CostsFinancial Aid & Costs Financial aid

questions ONLY through official FA offices… (ASU Downtown & Polytechnic easiest to reach)

Cost Frustrations - in stateCost Frustrations - in state 7+ free reason to ‘bundle’ classes We keep book costs down AMAP

Cost frustrations - out of stateCost frustrations - out of state

1.5 in state tuition, but no bundling We realize not competitive, AT ALL

CommunicationCommunication Face-to-face is always best. Will meet in

person for coffee, for you to look at alliance maps & discuss, when students request gatherings (e.g. before 674 starts, before break for summer)

Discussion boards requested by you E-mail Set up time to phone you Other ideas? Please let us know!

Our websiteOur website

http://www.asu.edu/courses/gcu600/ Password protected -- all the same

login: gcu600 pw: gaia

Limit of

2 GB

Look at a directory, everything is transparent

Can also help you find papers Can also help you find papers & store them& store them

In the end … this must beIn the end … this must be

Where every hour you spend is worth your time

Where every assignment can be adapted to meet your educational setting

Where we lay out resources for you to use Where, at the end, you are producing new

ways to thinking about geographic education through your capstone class & through your various in-class project

Where you grow professionally

Suggested by faculty, students, other institutions

Resource to “surf” for GCU 671 thinking about projects