Spring 2001 Class Geo201 - Physical Geography II at Illinois State University |
| Our class last spring was a full dozen in number. One of our
activities was to develop web pages on various topics
relating to physical geography. Each student developed his or her own topic.
Many of those original pages are now dead because the student
graduated or left the University. So, the only pages that have
valid links are for students who are still active at Illinois State
University, or in the case of Jenny we save her pages before she left
the University. The persons and their projects were: Jenny on the forests of western North America Scott on glaciers Jim on volcanoes Ryan on plate tectonics Eric on groundwater Fran on auroras Rob on mapping vegetation and biomes Jennifer on drought Matt on rainforests Chad on hurricanes and tornadoes John on the New Madrid fault Tallia on Earth / Sun relations The purposes for doing this project are many. For the purpose of physical geography we want to make links to pages that teach and illustrate each of these topics. We are not creating new material in most cases but are trying to find what is already out there. In the process we are sorting through many pages to find the few pages worthy of note. Many of these students are training to become teachers. As such learning to build their own pages is good training to become a teacher. One important part of this exercise is to become aware of what it takes to make a web page. If students find they can make their own pages quite easily, it should give them an appreciation for the many pages made by others. It should also make them skeptical of some pages. Getting a page up on the web is not the same as having an article published in a peer-reviewed research journal. Check out our pages and give us some feedback. Dr. James R. Carter, Professor |
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