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¹ Dr. Phil Gersmehl's book, Teaching Geography, offers educators new insights into understanding themes, concepts, and skills their students need in the 21st century to be geoliterate. His suggestions, strategies, and lesson ideas will transform any geography classroom into a learning environment filled with inquiry and investigations, rather than memorization.

² For more information on Norman Webb's Depth of Knowledge and using it to increase rigor in your geography classroom, please visit edutopia: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/webbs-depth-knowledge-increase-rigor-gerald-aungst.

³ You can learn more about flipping Bloom's Taxonomy and encouraging inquiry in your classroom by visiting Shelly Wright's blog at http://plpnetwork.com/2012/05/15/flipping-blooms-taxonomy/.

⁴ Dr. Angela Housand, University of North Carolina Wilmington professor, uses her Future Casting model to encourage secondary level students to understand themselves, their goals, and how their digital footprints impact their online identity. Visit her website (http://www.futurecasting.org) for more information on SWOT Analysis, learning resources, and Future Casting.

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Kama Cannon

Kama Cannon is a K–12 Gifted Education Specialist with a background in Geography, Oceanography, and Scientific Diving instruction. She directs DiveN2Life, a STEM Enrichment program for youth. Cannon earned her B.A. and M.A.T. at UNC Wilmington, where she's completing her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership. She teaches Education courses at Florida Keys Community College. Her research interests include identifying and serving gifted students from diverse backgrounds, equity in education, and using place and problem-based learning to engage students in STEM and Humanities disciplines.