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Building your GIS Network and Learning Spaces

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02-13-2026 10:10 AM
Kylie
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‎02-13-2026 10:10 AM

There are many places to participate in an online community of practice for GIS and education. But sometimes it’s hard to get started. See places you’ll find the Esri Education Team and share with the places you value for building your network and your knowledge.

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Find the Esri Education Team

Esri Education team can be found across a number of major social media platforms.

  • Facebook
    Facebook has Esri Education groups for higher education and K-12 educators.

    Join the higher education community in the Esri GIS Higher Education Community group. Recent conversations have included an upcoming, free professional development conference and resources for getting started with AI. 

    Find K-12 educators in the Esri GIS in School Instruction group. Recent discussions with the K-12 crew include looking at global temperatures in MapMaker and students mapping safer routes to school. You’ll find a mix of teaching with maps in subject areas and teaching about GIS and how to use it.

    Tip: CTE educators will find discussion and resources applicable to their classes in both groups.
  • X
    On X you’ll find the Esri GIS Education account, @GISEd, which shares news, resources, software, tools, and more for both higher education and K-12 educators. Recent hot topics include AI and new MapMaker classroom activities.
  • YouTube
    The Esri YouTube channel @esrimaps shares GIS videos from all industries, including education. There are often tutorials and tips you and your students may find useful.
  • Esri Community
    If you’re reading this, you already know this one. The Education community on Esri Community includes spaces for both higher ed and K-12 discussion, as well as blogs sharing announcements, resources, and user stories.
  • Esri MediaSpace
    The official Esri video library has updates and tips, event highlights, real-world GIS stories, and more.

A few more Esri accounts

There are a couple of additional accounts for Esri that might be of interest for educators:

  • Instagram
    On Instagram, @esrigram account shares information and resources from across GIS – you’ll often find great tutorials and clips about innovative new ideas in GIS.
  • TikTok
    @esri_maps shares videos of amazing maps and mapping apps to share with your students.

Esri Education team

In addition to group participation, some of our team members are individual participants on social media.

Your turn

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We have shared where to find us, but what about you? Where do you build your GIS and education network? What are your favorite places to fine tune your skills or learn new ones? Head over to GIS communities for educators and get on the map to share your recommendations. While there, explore where other educators spend their time. It’s never a bad day to make a new friend.

 

Have recommendations for us? We’d love to hear those, too. Comment below with places you’d like to see more from us.

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About the Author
Our kids need GIS in their problem-solving toolboxes. I'm working to get digital maps into each K-12 classroom and the hands of each child. A long-time Esri employee, I've previously worked on Esri's mobile apps, focused on documentation and best practices. Out of the office I'm a runner often found on the trails or chasing my children.