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About this website:

Whether you are at the workshop in person or exploring a workshop on your own, this website will be your introduction to virtual contexts and place-based instruction in the geosciences. We'll explore geoscience-related topics through scientifically-based online modeling, and will guide you through a hands-on experience with 360 tours and cameras. You will learn to capture 360 images, and how to locate existing ones on the internet. You will design place-based instructional scenarios that tie together 360 images and geoscience topics using your own images, as well as those available in Google Street View and other sites, to connect to your local setting and/or other locations that may be of interest to your students.

As an example application, we will explore watersheds using online WikiWatershed Apps “Runoff Simulator” and “Model My Watershed”, which allow users to adjust parameters and consider effects of different ground cover scenarios on their watershed. You will recognize that these ground cover scenarios reflect various social and cultural considerations (e.g., such as the priority placed on maintaining parklands and sustainable development) that are inherent in decision making.

So jump right in! Where will you take your students today?