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Entries Tagged ‘Education’

Presenting GIS to High School Students

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!In my efforts to push GIS and Geospatial Technology, I jump on ever opportunity to tell other about my passion for GIS.  In correlation with the 2009 Geography Awareness Week, I participated in my local GIS Day event and also [...]

SkillsUSA Geospatial Technology Contest Webinar

If you are wanting to find out how to get involved with the SkillsUSA Geospatial Technology Contest check out this webinar being done by the GeoTech Center.  Amy Ballard of Central New Mexico Community College will be doing the presentation.  Central New Mexico placed 2nd and 3rd in 2009; and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in [...]

West Virginia Puts GIS in K-12 Education

I just came across a blog post by VerySpatial informing that the K-12 schools in West Virginia are getting a 3 year license for ESRI software.  Since this is unoffical news, the extent of the software availability is unknown.
I personally think this is an awesome opportunity. GIS has great potential as a learning tool in the [...]

NC Teacher Recognized in Google Earth Competition

As I am from North Carolina, I would like to brag on one of our area teachers for winning the Ancient Rome 3D Curriculum Competition.  Amy Rechtiene of Lake Norman High School in Mooresville, North Carolina won in the Grades 9-12 division.  Her lesson was A Tour of Rome Fit for an Emperor.
I find it [...]