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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