Accessing GIS

GIS Day

Training Opportunities
MAGE GIS Training Opportunities
http://www.macalester.edu/geography/mage/teachers/index.htm

KanGIS National GIS Teacher Training Calendar
http://kangis.org/learning/calendar/

ESRI Training and GIS Education
http://www.esri.com/training_events.html

Local GIS Resources
Minnesota County GIS Contacts
http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/cty_contacts.html

Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium
http://mngislis.org
For GIS mentor information, contact Sally Wakefield at sally.wakefield@state.mn.us

Minnesota Governor’s Council on Geographic Information
http://www.gis.state.mn.us/ 

Minnesota Land Management Information Center
http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/

Metropolitan Council
http://gis.metc.state.mn.us/

Minnesota DNR
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mis/gis/index.html

Accessing GIS
Internet GIS : Introduce your students to the power of GIS via the Internet. All that is needed is a web browser. See “Have Browser, Will Map … or Get Data to Map” for ideas. http://www.gisetc.com/nasa/Webmap9.htm

MN Land Management Information Center GIS Products (PC ): The MN Environmental Atlas is a user-friendly, data-rich, GIS software tool available free to teachers. Included are more than 250 layers of Minnesota data including digitized aerial photos and topographic maps. Call Ken Pekarek at 651/296-1201 or see http://www.mnplan.state.mn.us/EPPL7/.

ESRI K-12 GIS (PC and some for Mac:)
(See http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/index.html for general information.)

• Arc Explorer and ArcExplorer Web : Free, downloadable GIS data viewers. http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/index.html
  http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/about/arcexplorer-web.html

• Arc Voyager or Arc Voyager Special Edition . Free, downloadable GIS data,
  ArcView projects and help files designed to introduce spatial thinking and ArcView tools. http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/education/voyager.html

• ArcView GIS 3.x and ArcGIS 9.x : Powerful GIS software and data.
  http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/education/licenses.html

GIS Teaching Ideas
Arc Lessons : ESRI’s online repository of GIS lessons.
http://gis.esri.com/industries/education/arclessons/arclessons.cfm

Lessons from the USGS Education Program :
http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/outreach/giseduc.html

Mapping Our World : GIS lesson book tied to national standards, complete with procedures, assessments and rubrics. Comes with a one-year site license for ArcView 3.x and data. http://gis.esri.com/esripress/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=29

Community Geography: GIS in Action : Case studies, hands-on exercises and tips for undertaking community oriented GIS projects with students. http://gis.esri.com/esripress/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=62&moduleID=0

Community Atlas Project: Students profile their community by creating and posting a web page with maps and text. Classes submitting a complete and approved project receive free ESRI software.
http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/atlas/index.html

PolarHusky.com: GoNorth! ANWR 2006 Free K-12 Online Classroom Dogsled Expedition through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) will includes a GIS component. http://www.polarhusky.com

GIS Day
Each year the Wednesday of Geography Awareness Week is designated as GIS Day. In 2005, GIS Day will be celebrated on November 23 rd. For details and ideas see http://www.gisday.com/

GIS Education List- Servs
EdGIS – sponsored by TERC, Cambridge, MA. http://list.terc.edu/mailman/listinfo/edgis

KanGIS – sponsored by KanCRN, Lawrence, KS. http://kangis.org/community/listserv/index.cfm

Geoged – sponsored by the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Subscribe to email: geoged-request@lsv.uky.edu with Message: subject GEOGED [your name].