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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

Students go high-tech to map disaster shelters

While other ninth-graders were using their computers for homework or video games, students at Pearl-Cohn spent the past year using high-tech mapping software to plot the position of every Red Cross Emergency Shelter in Nashville. Read more . Read More...
Posted Monday, June 15, 2009 3:05 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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ESRI Community Atlas

The bulk of the 2008-2009 entries to the Community Atlas have been checked and posted. Remember that this project challenges schools and youth groups to put together a profile of their community, with 10-20 maps and 1000-2500 words. Groups that complete Read More...
Posted Monday, June 08, 2009 4:38 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Community Atlas deadline extended to Friday, June 5

ESRI's Community Atlas program has extended its spring 2009 deadline to Friday, June 5 . ESRI's U.S. Community Atlas is a project in which teachers and students across the country define the nature of "their community" and post descriptions and maps about Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 21, 2009 7:11 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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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's 10,000 (and counting) Observations

The GLOBE At Night (G@N) 2009 campaign may be slowing down, but the ArcGIS Online powered GAN map viewer continues to grow. It displays the over 10,000 data observations submitted to G@N this year, with custom symbology and informative pop-up windows Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:01 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

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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Protecting a Unique Ecosystem

Understanding and Protecting a Unique Ecosystem and the Communities That Depend Upon It: Maine’s Community for Rural Education, Stewardship, and Technology (CREST) People often ask us on the ESRI Education Team to point them to exemplary projects that Read More...
Posted Friday, December 12, 2008 2:01 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Fun With GIS, Using AEJEE: #8, Election Data

)The second entry in the "Fun With GIS Using AEJEE" series was about the 2008 Presidential election . ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education (AEJEE) ( http://www.esri.com/aejee ), ESRI's free, downloadable, dual platform (Win/Mac), lightweight GIS tool, Read More...
Posted Monday, November 17, 2008 3:20 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
Attachment(s): election2008changes.zip

Hannibal, New York ISD - Going Spatial!

Resources for GIS, thinking spatially, Geotech careers, web links, and data abound at this geospatial one stop for K-12! Looking for a quick reference to excellent resources? Check out Going Spatial - Hannibal's Spatial Literacy Project . Read More...
Posted Monday, October 27, 2008 2:43 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

ESRI's US Community Atlas

Since the 1999-2000 school year, ESRI has hosted the U.S. Community Atlas as a place for schools and youth groups to post a profile about their community. Groups that complete the project successfully are rewarded with a grant of software and public display Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2008 2:44 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

2008 ESRI International User Conference Plenary—GIS in Education

From the ESRI Speaker Series Podcast : Charlie Fitzpatrick, K-12 education industry manager at ESRI, discusses the importance of GIS in education, specifically out-of-school programs. Bob Coulter, director of the Missouri Botanical Garden's Litzsinger Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 2:20 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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MapTEACH: AEJEE in Alaska

Last week, I visited educators in Alaska who have a nifty project underway engaging ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education (AEJEE) , ESRI's free, downloadable, dual platform (Win/MacOSX), lightweight GIS tool. They have built a program called "MapTEACH", Read More...
Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 1:48 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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