VIRTUELLE GEOGRAPHISCHE TEXTE (VGT) ÜBER KANADA UND DEUTSCHLAND

VIRTUAL GEOGRAPHY TEXTS (VGT) ON CANADA AND GERMANY

TEXTES GÉOGRAPHIQUES VIRTUELS (TGV) SUR LE CANADA ET L‘ALLEMAGNE

Workshops and presentations in 1998

Workshops and presentations in 1999

Workshops and presentations in 2000

 

Workshops and presentations in 1998
  1. February, 17th to 19th: VGT-Workshop in Marburg and Leipzig.
    Organizer: A. Pletsch
    Participants: U. Gerhard; A.; R. Henrÿ; R. Hoppe; C. Kehr; K.-H. Müller; A. Pletsch; I. Schmidt; K. Schmidt; B. Sharpe.

  2. February, 20th: German-Canadian Textbook Commission of the Georg-Eckert-Institute. Meeting in Grainau.
    Joint presentation: A. Hecht and A. Pletsch: "Kanada in deutschen Geographielehrbüchern: Ergebnisse der Analysen und Empfehlungen an Autoren und Verlage".

  3. February, 20th to 22nd: Association for Canadian Studies in German Speaking Countries, annual meeting in Grainau .
    Joint presentation: A. Hecht and A. Pletsch: "Geographies of Germany and Canada - Paradigms, Concepts, Stereotypes, Images" (book launching).

  4. June, 1st to 4th: Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG), annual meeting in Ottawa.
    Joint presentation: A. Hecht, A. Pletsch, and B. Sharpe (presenter): "The German-Canadian Virtual Geography Textbook Project"

  5. October, 28 th: Verband der hessischen Schulgeographen, annual meeting in Giessen.
    Joint presentation: A. Hecht and A. Pletsch: "Das deutsch-kanadische Pilotprojekt The Virtual Geography Textbook"

  6. October, 30th and 31st: Canadian Association of Geographers, Ontario Division, annual meeting in Waterloo (Ontario).
    Session organizers: A. Hecht and A. Pletsch
    Presentations:
    A. Hecht: "The Virtual Geography Textbook - Introduction to Canada"
    G. Head: "The Virtual Geography Textbook - Introduction to Cultural-Historical Issues"
    A. Pletsch: "The Virtual Geography Textbook - Introduction to Germany"
    B. Sharpe: "Teaching Virtual Geography"

  7. November 2nd and 3rd: VGT-Workshop at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo (Ontario).
    Organizer: A. Hecht
     Participants: G. Head; A. Hecht; R. Henrÿ; J. Nipper; A. Pletsch; B. Sharpe; W. Stauch; R. Thiessen; D. Wiktorin
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Workshops and presentations in 1999
  1. March 3rd and 4th: VGT-Workshop in Marburg
    Organizers: A. Pletsch and U. Gerhard
     Participants: Th. Duminski; U. Gerhard; A. Hecht; R. Henrÿ; C. Kehr; Chr. Moss; K.-H. Müller; J. Nipper; A. Pletsch; I. Quillévéré; B. Sharpe; D. Wiktorin; A. Wolff
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  2. March 4th and 5th: Board of Governors meeting at the Georg-Eckert-Institute in Braunschweig.
    Joint presentation: A. Hecht, A. Pletsch and B. Sharpe: "Das VGT-Projekt der deutsch-kanadischen Schulbuchkommission"

  3. June 1st to 5th: Canadian Association of Geographers, annual meeting in Lethbridge (Alberta).
    Special session organizers: A. Hecht and A. Pletsch
    Presentations:
    U. Gerhard: "Changing Retail Space - One selected Aspect of Germany’s Economic Structure"
    A. Hecht: "An Urban-Economic Virtual Geography Module on Canada for the Internet"
    A. Pletsch: "Virtual Geography Texts on German Cultural-Historical Perspectives"
    B. Sharpe: "Teaching and Learning with the Virtual Geography Texts"

  4. August, 16th: Visiting Chinese Delegation in Marburg.
    Presentation: A. Pletsch: "Virtuelle Geographie Deutschlands - Projektbericht"

  5. September, 20th to 23rd: The International Association for Research on Textbooks and Educational Media, 5th World Conference in Utrecht (The Netherlands).
    Presentations:
    A. Hecht and A. Pletsch (presenter): "The VGT-Project on Canada and Germany - First Experiences" and
    U. Gerhard: "The German Retailing Sector - an Example from the VGT"

  6. German French Textbook Commission Meeting at the Georg Eckert Institute in Braunschweig.
     Presentation: A. Pletsch: "Les textes virtuels de géographie - concepts et structures"

  7. October 20th to 22nd: OAGEE (Ontario Association of Geography and Environmental Educators), annual meeting in Orangeville (Ontario).
     Joint presentation: A. Hecht and A. Pletsch: "The Virtual Geography Texts on Canada and Germany - problems and issues"

  8. November, 12th and 13th: VGT-Workshop in Marburg.
    Organizer: A. Pletsch
     Participants: Th. Duminski; U. Gerhard; R. Henrÿ; C. Kehr; E. Klausnitzer; G. Lamker; S. Meier; Chr. Müller; K.-H. Müller; J. Nipper; A. Pletsch; I. Quillévéré; O. Seidel; D. Wiktorin.
    Documentation
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Workshops and presentations in 2000
  1. January 28th and 29th: VGT-Workshop in Cologne.
    Organizers: U. Gerhard and D. Wiktorin
    Participants: Th. Duminsky; A. Freier; U. Gerhard; P. Görtz; R. Henry; C. Kehr; J. Nipper; P. Palmen; A. Pletsch; J. Vossen; D. Wiktorin.

  2. February 18th to 20th: Association for Canadian Studies in German Speaking Countries, annual meeting in Grainau.
    Joint presentation: U. Gerhard, A. Pletsch and A. Wolff: "Canada in the Internet"

  3. February 15th and 16th: Didakta (annual fair on educational media) in Cologne (Germany).
    Joint presentation:     U. Gerhard and D. Wiktorin: "The VGT as a multimedia tool in geography teaching"

  4. American Association of Geographers, annual meeting in Pittsburgh (PA).
    Special session organizers: A. Hecht and A. Pletsch
    Session chair: R. Henrÿ
    Presentations:
    A. Hecht: "Canadian Geography on the Internet: A Learning Device for Students and Teachers"
    A. Pletsch: "German Geography on the Internet: A Learning Source for North American Students and Teachers"
    U. Gerhard and D. Wiktorin: "Learning by using the Internet: Urban and Economic aspects of the Virtual Geography Texts on Canada and Germany"
    B. Sharpe: "Teaching Virtual Geographies"

  5. May, 22nd: University of Bremen: Teachers training day.
    Joint presentation: U. Gerhard and A. Pletsch: "How to use the Virtual Geography Texts in teaching"

  6. May 24th to 27th: The World Education Market in Vancouver.
    Joint presentation: A. Hecht, R. Henrÿ and A. Pletsch: "The Virtual Geography Texts on Germany and Canada as a multimedia educational tool"

  7. May 28th to June 1st: The University of Shanghai (China People’s Republic).
    Presentations:
    A. Hecht: "Canadian Geography on the Internet - a new learning device" and
    A. Pletsch: "German Geography on the Internet - a new information highway"

  8. June, 30th: Marburger Geographische Gesellschaft, Marburg.
    Joint presentation: A. Pletsch (presenter) and A. Hecht: "Deutschland und Kanada im Internet - Bericht über ein deutsch-kanadisches Projekt"

  9. August, 14th to 18th: International Geographical Congress, Seoul (Korea).
    Presentations:
    A. Hecht: "Selective Canadian Geography Texts on the Internet: A learning Device for Students and Teachers anywhere in the World" and
    A.Pletsch: "Selective German Geography Texts on the Internet - the VGT-Project"

  10. October, 2nd to 7th: 27. Deutscher Schulgeographentag Duisburg (German highschool teachers meeting) . Special session on the Virtual Geography Texts.
    Organizers: A. Hecht, U. Gerhard, A. Pletsch, D. Wiktorin
    Presentations: A. Hecht: "Virtuelle Geographische Texte über Deutschland und Kanada - ein multmediales Medium für den Unterricht"
    A. Freier: "Einsatz der VGT in der Schulpraxis - ein Erfahrungsbericht"
    U. Gerhard, J. Vossen, D. Wiktorin: " Eine interaktive Reise durch die Lernlandschaft VGT: Nutzen und Möglichkeiten des Einsatzes von Hypermedia in der Schule"

  11. November, 24th and 25th: "Schule Online 2000" - im Bildungszentrum West der Deutschen Telecom in Neuss.
    Joint presentation: U. Gerhard and D. Wiktorin: "Die Virtuellen Geographischen Texte als eine "Lernlandschaft" - eine interaktive Präsentation"

  12. November (date not yet specified): Teachers training day in Arnsberg.
    Presentations:
    A. Pletsch: "Die VGT - Strukturen, Inhalte, Methoden" and
    U. Gerhard & D. Wiktorin: "Die VGT in der Schule - didaktische Konzepte"

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