Table of Contents

Introduction.- Participatory Professional Development: Geospatially Enhanced Urban Ecological Field Studies.- Field-based Research Partnerships: Teachers, Students, and Scientists Investigate the Geologic History of Eastern Montana Using Geospatial Technologies.- The GIT Ahead Project: Meeting Teachers Where They Are and Helping Them Achieve Their Geospatial Goals.- Spatial Sci: Forwarding Geospatial Technology Innovations In the Classroom.- Eyes in the Sky: Facilitating Classroom Research Using Geospatial Technology.- Coastlines: Commitment, Comfort, Competence, Empowerment, and Relevance in Professional Development.- The Inquiring with GIS (iGIS) Project: Helping Teachers Create and Lead Local GIS-Based Investigations.-
Communities for Rural Education, Stewardship and Technology Program (CREST): A Rural Model of Teacher Professional Development.- Curriculum Aligned Professional Development for Geospatial Education.- Impact of Science Teacher Professional Development through Geospatial Technologies: A 5-Step Program of Support.- The Data Sets and Inquiry in Geoscience Education Project: A Model Curricula for Teacher Capacity Building in Scientific Inquiry Tasks With Geospatial Data.- Designing Google Earth Activities for Learning Earth and Environmental Science.-
Designing Geospatial Exploration Activities to Build Environmental Awareness in Middle School Students.- The Lonely Trailblazers: Examining the Early Implementation of Geospatial Technologies in Science Classrooms.- Understanding the Use of Geospatial Technologies to Teach Science: TPACK as a Lens for Effective Teaching.- Moving Out of Flatland: Toward Effective Practice in Geospatial Inquiry.- What Happens After Professional Development: Case Studies on Implementing GIS in the Classroom.- The Nature and Design of Professional Development for Using Geospatial Technologies to Teach Science.- The Nature of Teacher Knowledge Necessary for the Effective Use of Geospatial Technologies to Teach Science.