Want students to get outdoors? You should get in now
The Outdoor Resource is under rapid development. Prepare to engage with teachers and a network of conservation and environmental education resources like never before. Find local resources. Connect nationwide. Evaluate your program and others. Get grants for your program or class.
Conservation educators and enthusiasts are joining together to build this network. Don't sit back and wait. Get involved now to position your class or program as a leader in this expanding community. Here's how:
Join the beta team and "plant seeds"
One of the most critical steps to creating this conservation and environmental education clearinghouse will be the testing phase.
We need on-the-ground conservation education providers and in-the-class educators to put the site through its paces.
Besides getting an advance preview of the application, qualified educators will "plant seeds" in their Outdoor Resource accounts - earning them better chances at conservation education grant opportunities (create an account and stay tuned to learn more about the Plant a Seed grants program).
Sign to be a beta tester (and seed planter). We will be in touch early in 2009 with your special login credentials.
Put your program on the map
When The Outdoor Resource is launched, education resources will not just be listed - they will be plotted.
Educators will browse local outdoor education resources by zooming in from above or searching by distance.
Get ready to put your wild places, outdoor classrooms and education events on the map.
Education evaluation - assessment via rubric
How does your program measure up?
The Outdoor Resource will encourage and provide incentives for educators to evaluate resources. Online evaluation tools be in a form that teachers know well - rubrics.
A rubric is an assessment tool used to measure students' work. It is a scoring guide evaluates a student's performance based on the sum of a full range of criteria rather than a single numerical score.
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