Geography Education Resource

A map illustrating an area of active earthquakes and volcanoes, called the Ring Of Fire.

Have you ever wanted to create a website that would make an impact on students' education and provide resources for teachers nationwide? Meet Seth Dixon, a geography professor at RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE and an educator of educators. He's done just that.

If you have any connection to information networks and regularly receive media output, you are aware of the rapidly changing world in which we live. This creates tremendous challenges for teachers, whose textbook bases are hard-wired and unchangeable until the next expensive revision comes along. How to take this slab of information, which can become so easily outdated and provide students with the very latest information, while staying just a few steps ahead of wired students, whose interests vary, is the challenge in a nutshell.



Taking his educational background and intense interest in geography, Dr. Dixon created the GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION website, which contains the latest information in the field presented in units, which supplement the solid materials of textbooks and curriculum goals that are the concrete structure for teachers. Most of the materials are presented at the high school level. One of the largest benefits of the site is that the materials are curated by college professors, so the materials are vetted and more reliable than the regular, and maybe more unreliable, information that is found on some other websites.

Professor Dixon's website has information in droves, presented in an interesting format, utilizing various media. There are photos, videos, posters, charts, that clarify the information. It is interesting and informative, to the point that even those not in the teacher/student categories would find the site both intriguing and interesting. A visitor to the site can find the information presented as articles, divided into locations, themes, various types of geospatial information, and drop-down menus of various geography courses. Various types of social media are also utilized to highlight the latest information, including, Scoop.it, facebook, twitter, and pinterest.

Professor Seth Dixon, the man behind the site.

The Geography Education website has been up and running for about four years. In 2013, the site was nominated for the Excellence in Media award by the National Council For Geographic Education. And Professor Dixon writes blog posts for National Geographic Education. Anyone who teaches, any student interested in what is beyond classroom learning or working on a project in the subject area, or any information junkie, would find this website extremely rewarding.

Series of photos showing how Lake Urmia in the Middle East has dried up over the years.

Thanks to this article from the Pollination Project: https://thepollinationproject.org/grants-awarded/seth-dixon-geography-education/; and the above links.

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