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February 14, 2024

2024 Indiana Middle & High School Story Map Competition

Geography & GIS: INspired by YOUR Place Benefits to Participation: better understanding of the history of Indiana...your Place, refine research/synthesizing/analyzing/aggregating/editing various...
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November 13, 2023

Geography Awareness Week 2023

November 12-18 Geography: INspired by YOUR PlaceWhat is PLACE to you? How do you identify your PLACE? Place includes human...
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May 20, 2023

Indiana 2023 ArcGIS Online Middle & High School Story Map Competition Winners…

Indiana's Underground Railroad Story Map 2023 CONGRATULATIONSNavaira TylerDeKalb High SchoolDeKalb, IndianaFirst Place THANK YOU...to Mrs. Christina Lapham of DeKalb High...
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May 2, 2023

Indiana Geography Awareness Week 2022 Postcard Contest Top 3

Geography - A World of Possibilities in YOUR Own Backyard FIRST PlaceBrady @Wea Ridge Middle School“A beautiful morning in the...
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November 24, 2022

Great Decisions 2023

Topics Announced & Book Sales Now Open! You are invited to join the dialogue about America's future! The Foreign Policy...
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June 7, 2022

Indiana’s top high school 2022 ArcGIS Online Story Map Competition awardees 

1st Place - "The Blooming Flower Industry" by Evelyne, DeKalb High School 2nd Place -  "Murderous Hoosiers" by Harmony  and Orpheus,...
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February 7, 2022

2022 Indiana StoryMap Competition Announced / Grades 4-12 / Deadline May 9 2022

Cartographies of Indiana: Dynamics of Environment and Society THE NATIONAL COMPETITION Middle and high school students and their teachers across...
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August 21, 2021

Texas State University’s 100% Online PhD Program in Geography Education

Texas State University wishes to announce the availability of a 100% Online PhD program in Geography Education.  This academic program could prepare...
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March 5, 2021

2021 Middle & High School (Grades 4-12) ARCGIS ONLINE STORY MAP COMPETITION – Mapping Indiana: Past, Present and New Realities

THE NATIONAL COMPETITION Middle and high school students and their teachers across the U.S. are invited to explore their world...
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Academic WorldQuest 2024

Events

Event Information:

  • Wed
    21
    Oct
    2020

    2020 ICSS Virtual Annual Conference: Developing Global Citizens

    ICSS Teaching & Learning Materials

    ICSS Virtual Annual Conference
    7-10 pm Eastern: Wednesday, Oct. 21 & Thursday, Oct. 22
    8 am - Noon: Saturday, October 24
    ICSS Members Registration FREE

    Program Sneak Peak: Learn from local experts

    Academic World Quest: Becoming Global Citizens as High School Students - Saturday, October 24 at 8 am

    Panelists: John Carter, Instructional Coach / Teacher, Carmel High School; Troy Hammon, Teacher, Shortridge IB High School; and Nick Salemi, Teacher, Warren Central High School. Moderator: Janet I. Harris, Indiana Council on World Affairs.
    This panel of teachers will share their experiences in sponsoring teams of high school students to the Academic WorldQuest, a global studies program and competition offering students a learning experience on current matters of importance. With the free, easy-to-use, on-line "Official Study Guide," students can independently prepare for the free competition scheduled for February 27, 2021, University of Indianapolis - Live or Virtual or Hybrid. The panel will cover student career options and success stories. Academic WorldQuest is a program of the Indiana Council on World Affairs.

    Indiana Jazz Exchange -Thursday at 7 pm. Presented by Monika Herzig, Sr. Lecturer at IU, Bloomington in Arts Administration
    This session presents the Indianapolis - Cologne Sister Cities Exchange program Indiana Jazz Exchange, in existence since 2011. The Indiana Avenue Jazz legacy, a community created around the Walker Theater and fostered by the music teachers of Crispus Attucks High School, is legendary. I present the stories and music of the Indiana Avenue musicians using our award-winning virtual Sister City Exchange program from June 2020 and important lessons from strong communities who built this jazz legacies for the history and social studies curriculum.

    Hear about national programs:

    Courageous Conversations: Building a Positive Classroom - Wednesday at 7 pm.
    Presented by Jessica Hulten, Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
    The Courageous Conversation workshop prepares educators to create positive classroom atmospheres where challenging and productive conversations around topics such as racism, antisemitism, bias, can happen. Educators will collaborate on best practices to construct an environment of respect and rapport. Participants will leave with a toolkit to implement into their classroom.

    Developing Students’ Global Citizenship with Eyewitness Testimony -Wednesday at 9 pm. Presented Lesly Culp; Head of Programs and Sedda Antekelian, Education and Outreach Specialist, USC Shoah Foundation
    Educators explore IWitness, USC Shoah Foundation's educational website, which connects students to human experiences from survivors and witnesses to genocide and empowers their agency in global society. Educators learn how to effectively integrate testimony-based resources across the history discipline, to develop critical thinking, social-emotional aptitudes and civic capacities in students.

    Using Digital Platforms to Teach Primary Sources: The Presidential Primary Sources Project -Thursday, October 22 at 7 pm. Presented by Therese Perlowski, Internet2
    Our session will highlight lessons learned through the Presidential Primary Sources Project to identify best practices for high quality, engaging virtual learning programs. Through accessible online programs we will share how to guide students to build critical thinking skills and gain a greater understanding of the presidency and its historical impacts.

    Exhibitor Zoom Room: Wednesday at 8 pm, between sessions

    ​Newsela Exhibitor Zoom Room: Wednesday & Thursday at 8 pm


    10 am Saturday, October 24: Keynote & Awards
    Lessons in Marginalism: Anything Worth Doing is NOT Worth Doing Well
    by Mohammad Kaviani, Sr. Lecturer in the Dept. of Economics at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), and Director of the Center for Economic Education.
    Economists look at all decisions being made at the margin which requires them to allocate scarce resources only to those activities which yield marginal benefits that exceed marginal costs. So how clean is clean enough? Through a brief demonstration, participants will learn that a 100% clean environment may not be an optimal solution.


    11:15 am Saturday October 24: Bonus Professional Development!
    Developing Global Citizens through Geo-Inquiry
    presented by Chassity Mahaska, Franklin Central High School & GENI
    National Geographic's Geo-Inquiry process puts students in the role of explorers and empowers them to investigate and change the world around them. Explorers are encouraged to look at issues from multiple perspectives, including both local and global.

    Earn Professional Growth Points at
    2020 ICSS Annual Conference

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    Everyone is welcome to join ICSS and enjoy the conference.
    Special membership rates for students, first-year teachers and retired educators.

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