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
