Education

September 24, 2007Education, general

Lilly, the Wonder Geographer!

This is a incredible display by a 2 year old of geographic knowledge! The video runs rather long at 8 minutes or so, but it’s impressive to watch. This girl […]
September 13, 2007Education, general, VirtualEnvironments

Zula Patrol kids’ show to get its own virtual world

The creators of the kids’ show Zula Patrol, which airs on PBS stations, are partnering with IBM to create an online immersive virtual world. Called Zulaworld, it will be targeted […]
July 30, 2007Education, Events, general

National Geographic World Championship Starts August 6th

On Sunday in San Diego, CA, teams of students from 18 countries will meet in the National Geographic World Championship. Each country’s 3-person team consists of winners in national geography […]
July 2, 2007Education, general, General, GIS_Software

A Fond Farewell to White Hall…..

So, the day has finally arrived. We have begun the process of moving WVU’s Dept of Geology and Geography, including the GIS labs where we work, to our newly-renovated building […]
June 28, 2007Education, Events, general, GIS_Software

Service at Sea – taking GIS around the world

While we were at the ESRI UC, we had a chance to talk with Drew Stephens, who is the founder of a great program called Service at Sea. The idea […]
June 17, 2007Education, ESRIUC, general

ESRI GIS Education Community

While we weren’t there for the announcement today, we have had a few minutes to leaf through the announced ESRI GIS Education Community site that: is a living environment for […]
June 6, 2007Education, Events, general, isde5

ISDE5 – Education session 1

The education session at 2:00, focusing on spatial thinking, was interesting with an array of topics starting with ones that were very school focused and moving into areas where Digital […]
May 31, 2007Education, general, General

The future of GIS technology

Inspired by an old Numb3rs episode on schools and rfid, I started to see what GIS related technologies are being used in schools. According to the BBC, a U.K. based […]
May 26, 2007Education, Events, general

Caitlin Snaring wins National Geographic Bee

I meant to post this a couple of days ago, but we wanted to give a VerySpatial congratulations to Caitlin Snaring, the winner of the 2007 National Geographic Bee. Caitlin […]
May 17, 2007Education, Events, general

Second Intro to ArcGIS Server class at the ESRI UC

For those of you attending the ESRI User Conference… apparently the Introduction to ArcGIS Server class has already filled, and there is the possibility that a second class will be […]