MnGCA

[bigred_librarian]

A 6 hour workshop titled GPS Technology and Geocaching for Intermediate Students will be held on Sunday of the TIES 2007 Education Technology Conference. I am signed up for all for days of this conference as I usually do for my job, but this year I get a bonus of geocaching for 3 to 6 hours of the conference. The conference on technology in education and may be of interest to some. The website for this conference is below.

http://tchlrn.ties.k12.mn.us/ties2007/main/details.asp

The description of the workshop is the following:

GPS Technology and Geocaching for Intermediate Students
Speaker: Jay Huemann, Technology Resource Teacher, Anoka-Hennepin Public Schools
Date: December 9
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Session number: 3012

Explore the world of latitude and longitude and how to bring it into your classroom. Aimed at the beginning user of global positioning technology, this workshop will explore GPS technology and the exciting adventure of geocaching, plus offer ideas for how to use geocaching with intermediate students. We will spend half of our time in the classroom and the other half outside using GPS receivers. If you have a GPS receiver, feel free to bring it. If you do not have a unit, one will be provided for you during this session. Please dress ready to spend time outside in Minnesota!
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