Michael J Warren teaches Language Arts and Geospatial Technology at Central Middle School of Science in Anchorage, Alaska. As a teacher consultant for the University of Alaska Geography Program (UAGP), he participates in many cutting-edge K-12 initiatives: GoogleEarth Teacher Institute, National Geographic's Giant Map of Asia, MapTEACH, the AT&T Alascom GeoPortal, GSA's EarthCache Teacher Program, and GIS workshops with partner ESRI. Michael is a recent graduate of ESRI's Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS program (T3G).
Michael recently won the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Teacher of the Year Award (2010), the Milken National Educator Award (2007), and British Petroleum's Teacher of Excellence (2006). Michael and his students created the Geocaching Journeys program for the Anchorage Convention and Visitor's Bureau as part of Landmark, a semester long course at Central Middle School of Science where students investigate Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS).
Michael enjoys working to help teachers make Geospatial Technologies a part of their everyday classroom life through hands on PD events and courses.
The 2011-2012 school year will be his 11th year of teaching.
Michael, his wife Tara, sons Nolan and Wyatt, and daughter Eden enjoy traveling around the United States together.
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