Joint 52nd Northeastern Annual Section / 51st North-Central Annual Section Meeting - 2017

Session No. 16
Sunday, 19 March 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Frick, Conference Level (Omni William Penn Hotel)

T14. There’s an App for That: Using Technology Developments, Innovations, Resources, and Applications to Enhance Undergraduate Geoscience Education

National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Education; GSA Geophysics Division

 

C. Renee Sparks, Joseph F. Reese and Steven Lindberg, Advocates
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Start Time
1:30 PM
ENGAGING STUDENTS ON THE ELECTRONIC PLATFORM
SPARKS, C. Renee, Geology, Geography, and Environmental Studies, Calvin College, 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546, crs38@calvin.edu, crs38@calvin.edu
1:50 PM
TEACHING PYTHON SCRIPTING THROUGH ARCGIS
MARTIN, Joe, Geology, Oberlin College, Geology Department, Rm. 416, 52 W. Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074 and SCHMIDT, Amanda H., Geology, Oberlin College, Geology Department, Rm. 403, 52 W. Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074, jmartin@oberlin.edu, jmartin@oberlin.edu
2:10 PM
USING A REMOTELY-ACCESSED SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (SEM) TO EVALUATE SANDS IN A 2-YEAR COLLEGE EARTH SCIENCE EARTH SCIENCE CLASS
BECK, Mary A., Science, Valencia College, 1800 S. Kirkman Rd, Mail-code 4-3, Orlando, FL 32811, RYAN, Jeffrey, School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave., Tampa, FL 33620, VIDITO, Chris, Florida Center for Analytical Electron Microscopy/Dept. Earth and Environment, Florida International University, University Park 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, MACDONALD Jr, James H., Florida Gulf Coast University, Dept. of Marine and Ecological Science, Fort Myer, FL 33965 and HICKEY-VARGAS, Rosemary, Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, mbeck2@valenciacollege.edu, mbeck2@valenciacollege.edu
2:30 PM
PEDAGOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS OF USING DIGITAL APPLICATIONS FOR COLLECTION AND INTERPRETATION OF SED/STRAT AND STRUCTURAL FIELD DATA
MALINCONICO, Lawrence L. and SUNDERLIN, David, Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042, malincol@lafayette.edu, malincol@lafayette.edu
 
2:50 PM
Break
3:05 PM
3:25 PM
SELF-GUIDED CLASS FIELD TRIPS USING THE FLYOVER COUNTRY MOBILE APP COULD HELP STUDENTS WITH RESTRICTIVE SCHEDULES SEE ROCKS ANYWAY
MYRBO, Amy, LacCore/CSDCO, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 500 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, LOEFFLER, Shane, LacCore/CSDCO, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55104 and SHINNEMAN, Avery L.C., Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington at Bothell, Box 358500, 18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell, WA 98011, amyrbo@umn.edu, amyrbo@umn.edu
3:45 PM
NYSGA GUIDEBOOK CHAPTERS AND GEOSPATIAL INDEX NOW AVAILABLE
MULLER, Otto H., Geology, Alfred University, 1 Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY 14802 and VALENTINO, David, Department of Atmospheric and Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126, fmuller@alfred.edu, fmuller@alfred.edu
Handouts
  • NEGSA 2017.pptx (10.7 MB)
  • Use the NYSGA Excel Database.html (1.0 kB)
  • 4:05 PM
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