Education Blog

During the final phases of the platform migration, Esri Community entered read-only mode on August 13, 2026. Learn more about why that's happening and what additional resources you can turn to for help.

Making virtual field trips (VFTs) with ArcGIS StoryMaps is a way teachers can share their expertise, research, and experience with students and their communities. I’ve been utilizing ArcGIS StoryMaps in world regional geography courses to create content where we explore a topic in greater detail with images, video, and dynamic map embeds.

Antipodes are two locations that sit directly opposite each other on Earth. Exploring antipodes gives students a simple, engaging way to think about Earth as a sphere (approximately) while strengthening their understanding of location, latitude and longitude, and global spatial relationships.

We Had the Data, But Not the Story

Read this blog and learn how USC's Career Center is using ArcGIS StoryMaps to connect with stakeholders and showcase student success.

There are a lot of tasks that administrators need to deal with in ArcGIS Online related to users. Adding licenses, updating credits, deleting users, etc. Many of these actions can be completed through the UI, but when you are trying to manage hundreds or thousands of users, a lot of those actions can be really tedious.

Spatial analysis is used for more than just combining and summarizing data. Using ArcGIS, you have the tools to map, analyze, and interpret geographic data, so that you can develop solutions to complex spatial questions.  If you're a student and curious to build your knowledge and skills on spatial analysis, Esri Tutorials is a great place to get started.  

Join us for a virtual workshop on ArcGIS Governance in Higher Education on Wednesday, September 23 at 9am – 2pm Pacific (12noon-5pm Eastern). 

With a background in Python fundamentals and HTML, a project manager in Greece created an ArcGIS Web App that provides air quality information to schools across Greece and Cyprus. 

Read the blog and learn how he overcame challenges in coding and widget development to create a tool that helps schools monitor the air students breath, share local conditions, and evaluate health recommendations.  

Esri Community will be entering a Read-Only period starting August 13th. This is a required part of the platform migration process during which content can be viewed, but no new posts, comments, kudos, or other forms of engagement can be added. This article includes details about items not automatically migrating to the new platform and optional steps members can take to preserve them.

Esri consistently releases new contents, updates, and resources related to their products, solutions, apps, and applications, as well as best practices, success stories, recorded webinars, and more. Although these resources are posted in various locations, they can be difficult to find.

This blog provides a comprehensive list of all the July 2026 technical highlights and resources from Esri. It is a buffet-style list, so feel free to pick and choose the topics that interest you.