1. Program Introduction  Welcome - why does this exist? u Pacing of the classes u Financial aid & costs u Communication

2. Why does this exist? u Arizona Geographic Alliance (http://alliance.la.asu.edu/azga/) members requested a program where student work was focused on improving their geography teachinghttp://alliance.la.asu.edu/azga/ u ABOR grant provided funding for initial course development u Innovative thinkers in Colleges of Education u Support of geographers at ASU, UofA and NAU

3. Pacing and Summer Program u Fiscal realities turned this into a summer-based program with option for Winter Session

4. Summer Focused Or … take it slower… and work on courses year round

5. Pacing u Can be much slower. Graduate College has allowed registration just during summers. This requires paying readmission fee, but much less than a graduate credit each Fall & Spring u The most rapid pace is 1.5 years.

6. Financial Aid & Costs u Financial aid questions ONLY through official FA offices… (ASU Downtown & Polytechnic easiest to reach)

7. Cost Frustrations - in state u This is cost structure now. May go up. u We keep book costs down!!!

8. Cost frustrations - out of state u 1.5 in state tuition u We realize not competitive, AT ALL

9. Communication u Face-to-face is always best. Will meet in person for coffee, for you to look at alliance maps & discuss, when students request gatherings (e.g. before 674 starts, before break for summer) u Discussion boards requested by you u E-mail u Set up time to phone you u Other ideas? Please let us know!

10. Our website u http://www.asu.edu/courses/gcu600/ http://www.asu.edu/courses/gcu600/ u Password protected -- all the same login: gcu600 pw: gaia

11. u Limit of 2 GB

12. u Look at a directory, everything is transparent

13. Can also help you find papers & store them

14. In the end … this must be u Where every hour you spend is worth your time u Where every assignment can be adapted to meet your educational setting u Where we lay out resources for you to use u Where, at the end, you are producing new ways to thinking about geographic education through your capstone class & through your various in-class project u Where you grow professionally

15. u Suggested by faculty, students, other institutions u Resource to “surf” for GCU 671 thinking about projects