Education
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GIS Day video resources from ESRI
This past week, ESRI announced they have prepared a series of videos highlighting various aspects of GIS that can be used for GIS Day activities. I am a little late […]
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Open Courseware roundup
Ed emailed us with a nice roundup of open courseware directories and clearinghouses. We have posted about a couple of them previously, but I thought it would be good to […]
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Education, Events, general, GeographyAwareness, GIS_Software
Penn State Geospatial Technology Summer Camp
Penn State is offering a summer camp for 12-18 year-olds to give kids hands-on experience with GIS, GPS, and other geospatial technologies. The camp will be held from July 31st-August […]
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Education, general, GeographyAwareness
Maps101 – The problem with commercial education websites
I was looking up some domain names to register (I always look, but only own 2 domains) and thought of geography101.com. When I found it was taken I had to […]
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MapPros! geospatial careers website
Adena over at AllPoints Blog posted about MapPros! this morning, and I also think it’s a great idea. I especially like the profile of people actually working with geospatial technologies, […]
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Illinois 8th grader wins National Geographic Bee
Bonny Jain, an 8th grader from Moline, Illinois, is the winner of the 2006 National Geographic Bee and will receive a $25,000 college scholarship. If you want to see how […]
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Phase I report on Geospatial Workforce available for comment
GITA and AAG have completed their Phase I report, entitled “Defining and Communicating Geospatial Industry Workforce Demand”, as part of the Department of Labor grant on the geospatial workforce. It […]
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Research Channel and GeoInformation
The Research Channel is network that shows presentations on the latest research and technologies from throughout the sciences and humanities, many of which they make available online as well. If […]
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Education, general, GeographyAwareness
Yet Another Study Demonstrates young Americans’ Geography Illiteracy
The National Geographic-Roper Public Affairs 2006 Geographic Literacy Study was just released, with more sad news about young Americans’ (aged 18-24) lack of even basic geography skills like reading a […]
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Education, general, WebMapping
Google Maps mashup of University Podcasts
I haven’t blogged a mashup in awhile, but I saw this on GISUser and it’s a pretty cool resource: a Google Maps mashup of universities that have podcasts, webcasts, and […]
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