As we announced in the Trail Guide, we are in the process of adding to our outdoor education seminar portfolio.
In the next couple of weeks we will complete production of a seminar about Geocaching with Children and we will begin production of a seminar about Outdoor Safety. As always, Trailmix.Net outdoor education seminars are free to the public and can be downloaded here. Here is a summary of the near term production plan.
Geocaching with Children
This seminar is for parents who are interested in geocaching but don't know how to get started or might be intimidated by the technology and terms required to participate in the sport. In the seminar we explain:
- What you need to do before you go find a cache (obtaining technology, setting up an account, identifying a cache to find)
- How to find a geocache (selecting the first cache for your children, teaching children about fair trade)
- What you do after you find a geocache (logging your geocaches, managing travelbugs and other trackable items).
This seminar is about 70% complete and should be available in the next two weeks.
Outdoor Safety with Children
Our vision for this seminar is to construct a program for parents that will teach outdoor safety best practices with kids. The focus will be on preventative actions, safe practices with children in the backcountry, and what to do if an emergency happens.
Because of the importance of this topic, we are going to use some different development strategies than we have used in the past. One key difference is that we will be reaching out and engaging with experts in the field of outdoor safety using the Trailmix.Net forums.
Look for the project kickoff in early March. If you are interested in contributing you can register here.