From The Japan Times: ''The geographic information system is playing an important role in helping global efforts to preserve the environment as well as responding to major disasters, and the program is evolving to be more sophisticated with real-time data sent from billions of sensors and mobile phone users, a provider says.'' ''Michael ...

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 is proud to be a sponsor and supporter of ESW. Educators can acquire an ESW Toolkit, ...

Teaching with GIS fits well in many disciplines, but one of its “homes” is in geography education. One might argue that for a geography educator not to use maps is like a chemistry teacher not using the periodic table. And the spatial analysis possible with GIS today extends maps beyond tools that help students find where things are located to ...

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 be aimed at ESRI software and services, while other tweets will be about related ...

Join ESRI and its educational partners in a ''Geospatial Zone'' of 6 exhibits at the NSTA convention! We will also host two  workshops on how to integrate GIS into Earth Science, and two workshops on how to integrate GIS into Environmental Science. Learn more at the ESRI Education Community calendar

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 can be used as models for effective integration of geotechnologies in education. ...