If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I have a personal connection with SkillsUSA and the Geospatial Technology contest as I competed in 2009. I believe that it is a great program with a lot of potential. This year’s competition expanded to include a high school competition [...]
It is getting about that time to be thinking about the 2010 SkillsUSA Geospatial Technology Competition. As I have not seen much about it for this year, I contacted Eddie Hanebuth (@GISguy). Eddie is the president of Digital Quest, and is on the competition committee. He was happy to fill me in about this [...]
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 presented at a high school. At the GIS Day event I worked a booth at [...]
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 [...]
This is a very cool video on the Geospatial Revolution Project. If you want to know what geospatial technology is and why it is so important, then check out this video.
I have found myself watching it over and over. If you are not into geospatial technology now, after watching this video you will [...]
Although I am in the midst of raising funds to attend the SkillsUSA Geospatial Technology Competition, I am looking for support in a more important way. It is a shame that it took me being in the GIS industry 2 1/2 years while attending a geospatial technology college program before I heard anything about the [...]
I took the time yesterday to fill out the registration form for the SkillsUSA Geospatial Technology Competition on Digital Quest’s website. It was really simple as all I needed to provide was:
My College Name
Program of Study
Professor
My Name
My Email Address
My Address
My Phone Number
Best Time to Contact
I received confirmation within a few hours. All I am waiting [...]
After some research, I have found some more information on the SkillsUSA Geospatial Technology Competition. I got into contact with my local SkillsUSA chapter and also was able to talk to Eddie Hanebuth with Digital Quest, Inc. These two contact have really helped my decision. First of all, I found that the [...]
I have been searching diligently to find some information on the SkillsUSA Geospatial Technology Competition. One of my Twitter friends @MattFaulkner brought this competition to my attention and just reading the general information that I could find really excited me. As I am graduating this spring with a degree in Geospatial Technology, I figured that [...]
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 [...]
