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The Colorado Geographic Alliance is funded by a grant from the National Geographic Society Education Foundation and the Colorado Geography Education Fund

The Colorado Geographic Alliance Summer Institute will discuss water from a variety of geographic perspectives. The Institute will take place from Sunday, June 28 through Thursday, July 2, 2009, headquartered in Woodland Park, with several field trips. We look forward to seeing teachers from across the state next week.

Check out the Spring 2009 edition of the COGA newsletter. Let us know if you would like to be part of the Steering Committee.

Geo-Tech Workshop materials from the Colorado Council for the Social Studies Conference are now available. Check out the exercises under Curriculum and click here for the power point presentation.

Upcoming deadlines for workshops and educational programs for teachers and students are listed under ideas and opportunities. Check out options for travel and learning.

What can COGA do for you? If you have not already done so, please fill out the survey, which will also serve as a method to update your contact information.

Take students on a virtual whirlwind tour of the world with MyWonderfulWorld.org, a National Geographic-led campaign to give kids the power of global knowledge. Hear from young people living and working around the world.

This is what geographers do: Professor Tim Oakes being interviewed by Guizhou Television Station in Yunshantun village, July 2005. Oakes studies the ways villages are branded and marketed for heritage tourism, and the ways villagers themselves participate in and understand the development of their culture.(Photo courtesy Tim Oakes, University of Colorado at Boulder).

COGA seeks:

To equip educators with solid geographic content knowledge, skills, and an awareness of the uses of the geographic perspective.
To provide opportunities for educators to develop effective skills for geography instruction and the ability to evaluate and access instructional progress.
To ensure that geography is valued as an important part of the curriculum by State and local governments, school districts, employers, and citizens.