Education

• April 9, 2007Education, general, VirtualEnvironments, VirtualWorlds, WebMapping

  Microsoft announces Virtual Earth and SensorMap grant competition winners

  Microsoft has awarded over $1.1 million in grants to winners in their Virtual Earth and SensorMap grant competitions. The SensorMap project include work on Harvard’s CitySense project, which will utilize […]

• March 7, 2007Education, general

  Gnooks and Maps

  More of a book mind map like you did in grade school, “Gnooks is a self-adapting community system based on the gnod engine. Discover new writers you will like, travel […]

• January 20, 2007Education, general

  GeoToys, for the girls and boys

  I came across GeoToys (at geotoystore.com through a Google ad (yeah, sometimes I actually look at them). They seem to focus on map based puzzles for kids, but they also […]

• January 10, 2007Education, general

  ESRI Summer Internship Program 2007

  One of the most common questions we get asked by students is “How do I get more hands-on experience with GIS before I graduate?” In our GIScience Research Lab, we […]

• January 4, 2007Education, general, LBS, Remote Sensing

  GITA’s Location for Education – a great program for teachers

  I was glancing through my issue of GITA’s Conference News that came today and I noticed a little writeup about the expansion of GITA’s “Location for Education” program, which allows […]

• December 19, 2006Cartography, Education, general

  Can you place the US States on a blank map?

  It’s harder than you think. To test your skill, check out this flash game. It’s pretty tough, especially if you have to start with an interior state. The states come […]

• October 17, 2006Cartography, Education, general

  Zoom Into Maps- nice Library of Congress educational site

  Zoom Into Maps is a nice educational tool for an introduction to historic maps and the Library of Congress’ digital map collections. There are digital images of maps on various […]

• September 25, 2006Education, General, general

  Royal Society journal archives free online for 2 months only

  The journal archives of the Royal Society in the UK, which has been promoting scientific research for over 300 years, are now available online, and access to the archives will […]

• September 12, 2006Education, general, General

  Coolest Periodic Table ever

  I am continuing my cool stuff posts with the most amazing 3D periodic table of elements. Since the earth and everything on it are made of up these elements, I […]

• September 2, 2006Education, general, GIS_Software, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing

  Smithsonian offering Advanced Course on Conservation GIS

  For those of you interested in using GIS and remote sensing in conservation-related activities, the Smithsonian National Zoological Park’s Conservation and Research Center is offering a week-long advanced GIS and […]