Thursday, August 03, 2006

Opening Session ESRI Education Users Conference ~San Diego, CA

What a great opening session! With much more to come, we're inspired and encouraged to make a difference in spatial thinking and geographic awareness.

Here are my high points:

If you have a site license then you might want to check out...
ESRI Software Promotion for GIS Students at Institutions
with a Campus-Wide Site License
http://www.esri.com/slpromo

and

2006 ArcLessons Challenge (it's a contest!)
http://www.esri.com/arclessons

On the research front:

Spatial Thinking report
Learning to Think Spatially
http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/education/thinking_spatially.html

Check out the new Training website
http://training.esri.com

AND THERE'S MORE...

From American Association of Geographers
AAG publishes GIS& T Body of Knowledge in Collaboration with UCGIS
http://www.aag.org/bok/

Allen Carroll from National Geographic recommends:

My Wonderful World
http://mywonderfulworld.org
Map Machine
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/
Conservation GeoPortal
http://www.conservationmaps.org

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