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CAEE Happenings September 19, 2013

Date/Time: Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Summit: 9:30-4:00 (full & half day attendance options)

Networking Happy Hour: 4:30-6:00pm

Location: Delta Performing Arts & Education Center

822 Grand Avenue, Delta, CO 81416

Cost: Rates vary (lunch & networking event included)- see website for more details.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED- click here.

(We appreciate if you can register by Friday, September 20 for logistical purposes, however, you can register until the day of the event or on site.)

Join CAEE for this inaugural event to learn, share and network about the various practices, programming, resources and potential collaborations in the Western Slope area. The summit will include updates on state and national environmental education initiatives, roundtable discussions, networking lunch, and afternoon educational sessions. Stay on for a networking happy hour after the summit.

Afternoon Educational Sessions include:

Forging Non-formal Partnerships with Schools

Sarah Johnson,Education and Outreach Coordinator, Roaring Fork Conservancy

Cat Herding Survival Tips: Graceful Group Management on the Trail and in the Classroom

Leigh Gillette, Education Coordinator, Southwest Region, Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Tools for Program Evaluation-Using Evaluation to Tell your Organization’s Story

Sonja Macys, Executive Director, Yampatika

Differentiated Learning Strategies: How Project Learning Tree (PLT) Meets Needs of Different Learners

Shawna Crocker, Project Learning Tree Coordinator, Colorado State Forest Service: Project Learning Tree (PLT)

Join Geographer and Educator Dr Joseph Kerski as we explore why and how to teach Environmental Education with today’s web mapping technologies! These technologies, such as ArcGIS Online (www.arcgis.com/home) allow your students to:

• collect data in citizen science mode via probes, smartphones, and GPS receivers in the field,
• allow you and your students to map and analyze the patterns from your field-collected data,
• and analyze land use change, coastal erosion, and other environmental issues from local community greenways to world ecoregions, and everything in between.

The skills gained from these map-driven investigations include critical thinking, working with real data, inquiry, and career and technology education, and are aligned with environmental education content standards.