Geotechnologies in Education

This blog discusses the challenges, benefits, spatial data, training events, books, ideas, curriculum, and other topics related to the use of geotechnologies (Geographic Information Systems, Global Positioning Systems, Virtual Globes, Remote Sensing) in education.

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Joseph Kerski serves as Geographer at the USGS and as instructor for primary and secondary schools and universities. He creates curricula that uses geotechnologies (Geographic Information Systems (GIS), GPS, Virtual Globe, webmapping), supports the implementation of GIS at all levels of society through the provision of technical support, educational support, materials support, and through publishing articles, web resources, books, and through teaching and training, fosters educational partnerships, teaches 40 workshops annually, and presents at 20 conferences each year. These workshops are tailored for government, business, and educational users of spatial data, and most of them emphasize how to use USGS resources and about GIS, GPS, and remote sensing technologies. Joseph teaches hands-on and online GIS courses at the University of Denver, at Denver Public Schools, and at Sinte Gleska University. He conducts research on how and why teachers implement GIS into their curricula, and the effectiveness of GIS in teaching and learning. Joseph holds three geography degrees...but is still learning.

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Folks:

I recommend spending some time on the Canadian Cartographic Association Blog:
http://ccablog.blogspot.com/

Perusing this blog, you can find out about the openstreetmap.org, urban sprawl from space maps, global-i for socioeconomic data, a public project to map Manchester, England this month, Canadian GIS data, mapping ship locations around the world, mapping cab locations in San Francisco, reviews of map services such as Windows Live Local-MapQuest-Yahoo Maps, the UNOSAT initiative to provide satellite imagery and maps to the humanitarian community, Green Maps, and much, much more. A wonderful source of data and ideas.

Another wonderful resource is the Beta version of ArcWeb Explorer from ESRI, through which you can examine street maps, satellite imagery, and hybrids on:

http://www1.arcwebservices.com/explorer/index.jsp

posted by Joseph Kerski | 8:18 AM

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