Education Blog

This is the 2nd blog in a 6-part series highlighting the core concepts of a Modern GIS.

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.

Imago Mundi, Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

How do I change the layer visibilty on this thing?

Powerful tools to help students quantify change and predict the future!

“Building web applications,” “updating dashboards,” “automating geospatial processes,” “performing data collection,” “implementing enterprise-wide GIS projects,” “maintaining layers,” “creating maps,” “managing servers.”

While each job posting alone doesn’t tell us much, after a few hours of perusing, one can get a clear sense of the core skills and knowledge that employers are seeking in today’s job market.

Be sure to drop by the Esri booth #336 at the 2024 Conference on Science Education in Denver, CO.  

This essay announces and describes a new book that I was honored to write with Dr Sandra Arlinghaus and Dr Bill Arlinghaus, entitled Teaching Mathematics Using Interactive Mapping.  

Discover the newly improved collection of instructional materials  that will engage your human geography students and enhance your curriculum.

My mentor was a no-tech wizard, and would have loved National Geographic MapMaker.

Join the Esri K12 team as they lead a four-part webinar series, in partnership with the National Council for Geographic Education.Topics include MapMaker, Map Viewer, StoryMaps, and the 2024 student ArcGIS Online competition.  All webinars are free.

At the Education Summit this year, Michael Gould and I hosted a session titled ‘Demystifying Digital Twins’. The goal of the session was to discuss what digital twins are from a geospatial perspective, hear what the interests from the community have been, and to discuss the availability of resources for teaching about digital twins.

The original 15 earth science Geo inquiry activities from Esri are now available in the instant app, Atlas.