Google, always the fan of teachers has launched a resource to help and encourage Geo education in the classroom. The Geo Ed home provides K12 resources and support to support the use of Google MAps, Google Earth, and Sketchup in the classroom. From the Google Lat/Long blog… “We hope that this site will serve as an easy-to-navigate, one-stop-shop for teachers looking to incorporate Google Earth, Maps, Sky, and Sketchup in their classrooms.” See http://www.google.com/educators/geo.html
Visitors will find useful tips, quizes, posters for use in the classsroom and more
Archives for May 7, 2008
The Autodesk Experience tour – check out AutoCAD 2009 and more
Once again, Autodesk is going on the road and bringing the Autodesk Experience tour to a city near you. This is a good opportunity to see what’s new in the 2009 application suite and ask questions from the developers and resellers. The following stops are scheduled.
May 13 Detroit, MI
May 14 Toronto, ON
May 28 Denver, CO
May 30 Houston, TX
June 5 Montreal, QC
June 10 Anaheim, CA
June 12 San Francisco, CA
June 17 Chicago, IL
June 19 Vancouver, BC
June 24 Calgary, AB
June 26 Edmonton, AB
Housing Research Interns – Canada
Here’s a summer opp. for recent grads in Canada – Canadian Policy Research Networks will soon be issuing its second call for Housing Interns for 2008. This is the ONLY housing training
programme in the country. These are four month positions in which [recently completed] graduate students produce a study on some aspect of
housing. Examples of recent research are here. See also www.cprn.org