S.O.E.E.A
You are scratching your head right now, thinking, what is S.O.E.E.A? Well, S.O.E.E.A, stands for Saskatchewan Outdoor & Environmental Educators Association, and they recently named me to the board, as Leader of the Communications Working Group. I am honoured to be be involved in this active association and hope to contribute philosophy that enables Saskatchewan educators. This is excellent opportunity for me to pursue my love of the natural world, while gaining valuable professional relationships and experience.
The potential for using web tools to communicate and collaborate is tremendous. As a main effort, we attempt to encourage our colleagues to network across our fair province and share ideas, exemplary projects and pedagogies, as well as bask in the beauty of our natural wonders.
We are currently in talks to have our website re-worked to allow for open & social sharing; through current dialog about best practices and by creating a repository of resources for both students & teachers.
My recent tasks have included building a wiki to collect resources and for the board members to collaborate on upcoming newsletters and our brochure re-design. The response to this has be encouraging and we have quickly added convenience and accountability to some of our planning efforts. In addition, I set up a flickr account for SOEEA and posted my images from a recent board retreat. I see this as a method to reach our members and share memories of SOEEA events. It is my hope that this leads to expanding our contacts as Saskatchewan photographers, enviromental education groups, students, educators, sponsors or anyone will be introduced to our group.
As we expand our profile, we appreciate anyway to you may contribute to the promotion of outdoor and environmental education. Let us know about relevant stories from your area. I bet each reader can think of a couple folks that would be interested in SOEEA or similar association. If you or anybody or any organization want to learn more about this group, please let me know.
