Colloquium

Mappa-loquium: Finding our way with new mappings of geographical learning

This is a collaborative colloquium presentation through which we hope to enable a broader departmental conversation over the use of multimedia mapping technologies for teaching. It builds on a faculty workshop last summer designed to foster the use of geovisualization technologies in geography classes that do not have a specific GIS focus. It also draws on the experiences some of us have had in developing online mapping projects in our teaching, both here in Seattle and on this yearıs Geography Department study abroad program in Rome. Together we hope to stimulate discussion over both technology and teaching methods, and, just as we want to stress the enabling aspects of cartographic creativity, we would also like to enable further departmental innovation in cartographic pedagogies.

Presented By:Sarah Elwood, Katharyne Mitchell, Matt Spark and Matt Wilson
University of Washington
Department of Geography

Friday May 30, 2008

3:00 pm - 5:30 pm , Smith Hall Room 304
(reception to follow in Smith Hall 409)

Co-Sponsored by the China Studies Program, Jackson School of International Studies

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