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Earth Science Week 2009

October 11-17 is Earth Science Week ("ESW"), organized by the American Geological Institute . The purpose is to encourage people to learn about the natural world and examine the geosciences. This year, particular attention is being given to climate. ESRI Read More...
Posted Monday, October 12, 2009 8:16 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Follow ESRI Education News on Twitter

Many of the ESRI Education Team is now Twittering - to pass on regular news regarding what is happening "on campus" at ESRI in Redlands, as well as some of the things we are hearing around the world regarding the GIS education community. Some Tweets will Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:47 AM by tbaker | 3 Comments

Join the ESRI Education Community Group on ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS Online Sharing is a new Web-based repository through which ArcGIS users can easily search and share GIS data, maps, layers, and tools. ArcGIS Online Sharing is currently in public beta and available to anyone with an ESRI Global Account . You can Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:13 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

The GeoMentor Program, from National Geographic and ESRI

The GeoMentor Program was launched this past week by National Geographic and ESRI. This free international program is in response to the troubling lack of geographic literacy among youth in the U.S. and around the world. The program relies on the geographic Read More...
Posted Monday, July 20, 2009 6:59 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

GIS Education Community Profiles!

For those interested and active in working with GIS in education , you know how important learning from others can be. The sharing of ideas and keeping up with others' work is so very valuable for our personal development and classroom excellence. The Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 3:24 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Find Your Latitude-Longitude

If you are looking for a fast, easy way to find a latitude-longitude, visit the ESRI GIS Education Community's Latitude-Longitude Finder in the new Community Web Mapping Tools area. This geocoder uses ArcGIS Online to find latitude-longitude from street Read More...
Posted Monday, July 06, 2009 5:30 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Fun with GIS #23, Using the Web: Sketch-A-Map

The ESRI EdCommunity is now hosting another cool tool for educators using GIS! This one is based on the power and speed of high-performing base maps from ArcGIS Online. On the Community Web Mapping Tools page, webmeister Tom Baker has built some nifty Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 01, 2009 2:52 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

EdCommunity Case Studies Released

The ESRI GIS Education Community unveiled the Case Studies collection this week. These case studies are rich, real-world stories of GIS in education – across several educational categories. These stories represent best practices of GIS planning, implementation Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 14, 2009 1:12 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

GLOBE At Night 2009

GLOBE at Night brings people outside to observe the constellation Orion from 16-28 March 2009. Participants simply choose a clear night on which stars are visible, take measurements of stars in this portion of the sky using GLOBE's Magnitude Charts, and Read More...
Posted Monday, March 16, 2009 2:39 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Two New Listservs for Higher Education - HEFACULTY-L and HESL-ADMINS-L

Two new listservs have been created to help faculty and staff at colleges and universities communicate more effectively with each other and with the ESRI’s education team. These two new moderated listservs (HEFACULTY-L and HESL-ADMINS-L) have been created Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:00 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Temporal Tidbits

Are you looking for training, conferences, workshops, or other events that are GIS in education focused? Are you attending the upcoming NSTA or AAG and looking for GIS in education sessions? Did you know you can list your GIS presentation at ASCD? Is Read More...
Posted Monday, March 02, 2009 3:49 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

ArcLessons Interface Redesigned

ArcLessons is a library of lessons and data that are authored by educators for educators. Its contributors include university and community college professors, educational consultants, the ESRI education team, and primary and secondary school teachers. Read More...
Posted Friday, February 20, 2009 2:44 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Love ArcLessons? Get a load of this!

ArcLessons , ESRI's database of lessons, activities, data and more, has just undergone Phase One, of several upcoming updates. In this update, a database-wide search was added as well as detailed information pages for each resource. A rating and review Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:06 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

ESRI U.S. Community Atlas

Schools and youth groups in the United States are submitting Community Atlas projects for the 2008-09 school year. These projects earn participants software, maintenance, books, or instructional materials. Projects are small profiles, consisting of 10-20 Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 20, 2009 2:16 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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ESRI EdUC on Twitter!

The ESRI Education User Conference has its own Twitter feed ! "Twitter is a free service that lets you keep in touch with people through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?" For more information, see: http://twitter.com/esriedu Read More...
Posted Monday, December 22, 2008 2:42 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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