Education Blog

Congratulations to all Esri Innovation Program (EIP) Students of the Year for their wonderful work. See projects here. 

She wasn't a bad turkey - just in the wrong place at the wrong time. The next thing she knew, she had been rounded up with several other tasty-looking turkeys. Pickles the turkey wasn't panicked but she knew she was going to need some luck.

Join me for my annual GIS Day Live Webcast, where I will celebrate, discuss, and illustrate what people around the world are doing with Geographic Information Systems.  This webcast will include geo-songs, geo-quizzes, the definition of and impact of GIS to build a better world, and much more.  Yes, it will be recorded and published for those who wish to dig deeper into the links I share, or who are not able to join me in the live webcast. 

A new storymap and a series of videos explains why and how GIS professionals can and should connect with the education community. 

Resulting from the work I have been engaged together with colleagues during the past several decades in supporting and fostering geospatial programs in colleges and universities around the world, I offer these 20 ingredients important for success with geotechnologies on campus for your consideration.  As with any "top" list, these ingredients are open to debate:  Therefore, I welcome your comments; the challenges you have faced in building and sustaining your own program, and your own recommended best practices.

Of all my blogs, here are what I think are the most useful today. And a little thank you.

In this set of three videos, I describe selected approaches to using geotechnologies in teaching, including strategies, tools, modalities (face-to-face, online, and hybrid), disciplines, themes, and scales, including demonstrations of instruction that has been most effective in schools and in higher education.

This essay and video highlights 10 takeaway lessons that I wish to share with the community from the 2024 Esri Education Summit and User Conference.  

At the SkillsUSA California competition, two teams of students using GIS in their projects took home gold. Gold in the California competition earned each of these teams a trip to the SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference in Atlanta, Georgia later this month.

Learn about the Esri Innovation Program (EIP) 2024 Student of Year nominations -  part of research projects, course work, or skills development.