IGA Conferences & Workshops

The Illinois Geographic Alliance, LLC (IGA) at Illinois State University and the Geographic Society of Chicago (GSC) are pleased to offer a half-day (8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.), virtual workshop on teaching the geography of food. Sessions will focus on teaching different aspects of the geography of food and providing resources for educators to incorporate in their classroom (e.g., websites, interactive maps and mapping, and activities). The workshop includes breakout sessions presented by experienced geography educators.

The half-day workshop is broken into three sessions. The first session will provide an overview of the geography of food and connect it to the practice of asking geographic questions and developing geographic skills. The second and third sessions will include hands-on activities that can be used for teaching agriculture and mapping food deserts and swamps, respectively. Additional time is scheduled during the workshop for participants to meet in groups to discuss the sessions, identify ways they might apply it to their own teaching, and ask questions.

Workshop facilitators include:

• Gillian Acheson, Professor, Department of Geography and Geographic Information Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Edwardsville, Illinois)
• Amy Wilkinson, IPO Coordinator and Director, Illinois Tutoring Initiative at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Edwardsville, Illinois) and former Director for the Teaching with Primary Sources Project at SIUE
• Stacy Brown-Amilian, Professor, Department of Geography and Geographic Information Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Edwardsville, Illinois)
• Susan Hume, Professor, Department of Geography and Geographic Information Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Edwardsville, Illinois)

The workshop is free and will be conducted virtually over Zoom from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

In-service and pre-service educators at all levels (PreK-16) are welcome. You do not need to be a member of the Illinois Geography Alliance, LLC (IGA) to participate in the workshop.

Participants will receive a $50 stipend, a certificate of completion, and 3.75 PD hours (CPDUs) for successful completion of the workshop.

Please register online by Monday, June 16, 2025. Space is limited. (Note: A registration confirmation will be emailed to you immediately after you successfully submit your online registration form. In addition, the Zoom link for the workshop will be emailed to you the day prior to the workshop, so please check that your email address is correct when completing the online registration form.)

Questions about the workshop can be emailed to the Illinois Geographic Alliance, LLC at iga@illinoisstate.edu.

The Illinois Geographic Alliance, LLC (IGA) at Illinois State University and the Geographic Society of Chicago (GSC) are pleased to offer a one-day (9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.), virtual workshop that will introduce participants to Survey123, a mobile app that can be used by students for mapping and data collection in the outdoors that can be used to create web maps in ArcGIS Online. Participants will learn the basics of Survey123 through hands-on exercises while also exploring ideas for how outdoor mapping and data collection with Survey123 may be incorporated into their teaching. In-service and pre-service K-16 educators from any discipline are welcome to attend the workshop. No prior experience with ArcGIS Online, Survey123, or mapping/GIS is needed. The workshop will expand on topics covered in previous mapping/GIS workshops offered by the IGA.

The goal of the workshop is to provide participants with concepts for integrating outdoor mapping and data collection with Survey123 into their existing curriculum. Attendees will learn key principles using ESRI’s Survey123. The workshop will also cover steps for acquiring Survey123 and other free ESRI GIS software for use in the classroom.

Workshop facilitators include:

• John Kostelnick, Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment at Illinois State University and Co-coordinator of the Illinois Geographic Alliance, LLC
• Judith Bock, GIS Educator

The workshop is free and will be conducted virtually over Zoom from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.

Participants need access to a desktop or laptop computer (PC or Mac) and a mobile phone. Instructions will be provided for accessing Survey123.

In-service and pre-service educators at all levels (PreK-16) are welcome. You do not need to be a member of the Illinois Geography Alliance, LLC (IGA) to participate in the workshop.

Participants will receive a $100 stipend, a certificate of completion, and 5.25 PD hours (CPDUs) for successful completion of the workshop.

Please register online by Monday, June 16, 2025. Space is limited. (Note: A registration confirmation will be emailed to you immediately after you successfully submit your online registration form. In addition, the Zoom link for the workshop will be emailed to you the day prior to the workshop, so please check that your email address is correct when completing the online registration form.)

Questions about the workshop can be emailed to the Illinois Geographic Alliance, LLC (IGA) at iga@illinoisstate.edu.

The Illinois Geographic Alliance, LLC (IGA) at Illinois State University and the Geographic Society of Chicago (GSC) are pleased to offer a one-day (9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.), virtual workshop that will introduce participants to Survey123, a mobile app that can be used by students for mapping and data collection in the outdoors that can be used to create web maps in ArcGIS Online. Participants will learn the basics of Survey123 through hands-on exercises while also exploring ideas for how outdoor mapping and data collection with Survey123 may be incorporated into their teaching. In-service and pre-service K-16 educators from any discipline are welcome to attend the workshop. No prior experience with ArcGIS Online, Survey123, or mapping/GIS is needed. The workshop will expand on topics covered in previous mapping/GIS workshops offered by the IGA.

The goal of the workshop is to provide participants with concepts for integrating outdoor mapping and data collection with Survey123 into their existing curriculum. Attendees will learn key principles using ESRI’s Survey123. The workshop will also cover steps for acquiring Survey123 and other free ESRI GIS software for use in the classroom.

Workshop facilitators include:

• John Kostelnick, Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment at Illinois State University and Co-coordinator of the Illinois Geographic Alliance, LLC
• Judith Bock, GIS Educator

The workshop is free and will be conducted virtually over Zoom from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.

Participants need access to a desktop or laptop computer (PC or Mac) and a mobile phone. Instructions will be provided for accessing Survey123.

In-service and pre-service educators at all levels (PreK-16) are welcome. You do not need to be a member of the Illinois Geography Alliance, LLC (IGA) to participate in the workshop.

Participants will receive a $100 stipend, a certificate of completion, and 5.25 PD hours (CPDUs) for successful completion of the workshop.

Please register online by Monday, June 16, 2025. Space is limited. (Note: A registration confirmation will be emailed to you immediately after you successfully submit your online registration form. In addition, the Zoom link for the workshop will be emailed to you the day prior to the workshop, so please check that your email address is correct when completing the online registration form.)

Questions about the workshop can be emailed to the Illinois Geographic Alliance, LLC (IGA) at iga@illinoisstate.edu.