Education Blog

There are important changes coming to ArcGIS Online for schools this  summer. 

Looking for a storymap hand-picked for use in K12 classrooms?

The June 2024 update to MapMaker brings improvements for working with sketches and sublayers. There are also better notifications if you've made changes you might want to save. And as we regularly update and add data, there are new maps and layers ready for your classroom.

This is the 4th blog in a 6-part series highlighting the core concepts of a Modern GIS. To view the other blog posts – please visit this page Modern GIS Core Concepts

Over the past few years, Esri’s Education team have been discussing the technology shift and the need for GIS coursework to move from desktop-centric patterns to those that include the web. Desktop GIS is still an integral part of the story – but it is no longer the focus of the story. Desktop GIS is vital for data management, advanced analysis, and cartographic production – but many of those workflows are now part of a web-based context. Desktop tools can now seamlessly consume web-based services published by authoritative geospatial agencies and individuals across the globe. Desktop GIS can publish map services and layers to the cloud – to be consumed by web-based applications and tools, and desktop GIS can edit and manage web-based data and layers.

Through this series, we are asking: So, what does a course look like that focuses on the fundamentals of GIS but adjusts to a more web-centric paradigm?

In this blog, we will be looking at imagery & remote sensing.

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 June 2024 technical highlights and resources from Esri. It is a buffet-style list, so feel free to pick and choose the topics that interest you.

Sometimes folks in other realms DO have good ideas and info.

This article describes a new Digital Earth set of online courses that my colleagues at the University of Denver and I developed, invites you to join in on this exciting opportunity to deepen your investigation of Earth processes, patterns, and trends through geotechnologies, and to share the course with others who might think of geotechnologies as "just maps."

In this webinar, on July 31st at 10:00 a.m. (PT), you will learn about free resources that you can use in your classroom now, including maps, data, software, and activities. Discover how to quickly integrate spatial tools to enhance your teaching.

On this Fourth of July, do those around you see the layers you see?

The June 2024 release of ArcGIS Online introduces updated User Types for ArcGIS.   By default all users under Education license agreements with Esri are upgraded to Professional Plus user type, which provides the highest access into the functionalities and capabilities. 

The updated user types have an impact to ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online.  This product, which provide image hosting and analysis in ArcGIS Online is no longer provisioned as an extension.  With the June 2024 release of ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online becomes capabilities in ArcGIS Online.