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Third Thursday of the month TYPICAL TOPICS: Critical reminders, important news, timely demos, alum lightning talks Send any special volunteered info or request to "[email protected]" (reaches Charlie, Laura, Joseph) Webinars will be run on the Zoom platform, and will be recorded and posted, with followup discussion on GeoNet. NEXT DATES * Thu August 20, 2020, 5pmPT: User Conference and Education Summit Updates ACCESS INFO ... please sign in as "Firstname Lastname [STATE ABBREV or COUNTRY]" On PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: go to "ZOOM.US", click "JOIN MEETING", enter "599779203" Or by telephone, dial: +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll) +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll) +1 855 880 1246 (US Toll Free) +1 877 853 5257 (US Toll Free) Meeting ID: 599779203 International numbers available: https://esri.zoom.us/zoomconference?m=DEIxnGEnmi3NE39OtmyoF0ksgoz11mNU ARCHIVES: For before 2020, you can access the video, chat, and resources documents from the T3G Webinars folder (no password needed). Starting 2020, go to the T3G Public Webinars folder (no password needed). * Thu Dec 19, 2019: New Training Course on the Living Atlas * Thu Nov 21, 2019: Fresh Look at Field Apps * Thu Oct 17, 2019: Sneak Preview: New ArcGIS Online MapViewer * Thu Sept 19, 2019: Learn ArcGIS and Teach ArcGIS websites * Thu Aug 15, 2019: UC 2019 notes, license updates, announcements, new T3Gers * Thu May 16, 2019: Managing Your Org at the Year End * Thu Apr 18, 2019: The Living Atlas * Thu Mar 21, 2019: The GRACE Project: From Intro to Internships * Thu Feb 21, 2019: Five Novel Ways to Use ArcGIS Online * Thu Jan 17, 2019: Collector for ArcGIS: The Other Powertool for Field Data Collection * Thu Nov 15, 2018: The Dashboard App: Data Magic * Thu Oct 18, 2018: Certification: Esri Technical Certification and Beyond * Thu Sep 20, 2018: Facilitating AGO Logins with SSO and CSV * Thu Aug 16, 2018: UC 2018 notes, license updates, announcements, GeoNet pointers * Thu May 17, 2018: Managing your ArcGIS Online Org at end of year * Thu Apr 19, 2018: Survey123 Unbound * Thu Mar 15, 2018: GISetc Book: "GIS for Teachers" * Thu Feb 15, 2018: Using Imagery: Teaching with The ArcGIS Imagery Book * Thu Jan 18, 2018: Training Tips & Tricks * Thu Dec 21, 2017: Managing your ArcGIS Online Org * Thu Nov 16, 2017: Doing PD * Thu Oct 19, 2017: Community Analyst * Thu Sep 21, 2017: ArcGIS Pro * Thu Aug 17, 2017: 2017 changes and updates ... View more

At the 2017 Esri User Conference, Esri launched its boldest offering ever for schools and clubs. The new "ArcGIS School Bundle" includes three products: ArcGIS Desktop (includes ArcGIS Pro Advanced, ArcMap Advanced, and Extensions for Pro and ArcMap) ArcGIS Online Organization Community Analyst This combination has provided the highest level of service for the greatest number of users in schools and clubs, and offers enormous utility, from elementary level exploration to in-depth localized projects to full-scale professional career training. It is available in sizes that work well for home school or small club settings on up to large district-based configurations. The Schools Bundle is available, for instructional purposes only (not administrative use or commercial use), to all K12 (primary and secondary) schools, public or non-public (including home schools). It is available also to youth-serving clubs, such as 4-H, Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs, and so forth. And … the Schools Bundle is available worldwide, for free (in USA click here; outside USA through local Esri distributors).   This is a huge investment in education of youth globally. But, from even before the launch of Esri's formal programs for both K12 schools and higher education in 1992, Esri has been on a mission: to help more people grasp why and how to understand the complex patterns and relationships in a vast array of data about the world, at scales from global to local, exploring situations and solving problems, by thinking geographically, using GIS.   Education is a core ethic of Esri; it's in our DNA. This new "ArcGIS School Bundle" is free for schools and clubs across the globe, to use anytime, anywhere, on any connected device. Making informed decisions is essential for everyone. Learning to do that takes time, and can happen in both formal and informal settings. Education that engages The Science of Where can save the world. Charlie Fitzpatrick, Esri Education Manager ... View more

When 4-H youth take on a challenge, they engage head, heart, hands, and health. So it was with three teens from Tennessee, who spoke to about 15,000 GIS users at the 2017 Esri User Conference. Austin Ramsey (recent high school grad), Elizabeth Sutphin (rising senior), and Amanda Huggins (rising junior), collaborating with other 4-H youth from California, New York, and North Carolina, tackled a big issue during the 2016-17 school year.   They chose health as a year-long topic, focusing on obesity across the US. They followed the "geographic method" step by step: they asked a significant geographic question, gathered data, explored it, analyzed it, and acted on it. Awash in variables from countyhealthrankings.org, they chose four and examined the relationship of each to obesity. Their initial work was in ArcMap, but in prep for the stage, the Tennessee trio stepped up into ArcGIS Pro. The powerful statistical analyses available in Pro added important clarity.       An appearance by Roxana Ayala reinforced that youth who build GIS skills have worlds of opportunity. In 2013, Ayala presented on stage as part of a ground-breaking high school team. Now a rising college senior, she is putting her GIS skills to work in a summer internship that combines her two majors of environmental science and urban planning. Learning GIS in school changed her trajectory, and she, in turn, is focusing on changing it for others.   Young people with passion, commitment, and the chance to use GIS can make a big difference, in a short time and for years to come. Engaging The Science of Where, these youth embody the 4-H pledge, building a better future for themselves, their community, their country, and the world. Charlie Fitzpatrick, Esri Education Manager ... View more

What do iron mines, a flooded town, a national historic park, and public access to state parks have in common? These were topics addressed by students in Esri's 2017 ArcGIS Online Competition for High School and Middle School. These four earned the top prize and honorable mention at high school (grades 9-12) and middle school (grades 4-8) levels, in a competition where everyone was restricted to showing something of interest inside their state. The competition had three levels: school, state, and national. Schools could send no more than five entries to the state, and some schools had dozens of entries, so "Level One" was a real challenge for some teachers. At the state level, up to five entries at high school and up to five entries at middle school were awarded prizes of $100 each. All those entries were forwarded to Esri for collating, with each state choosing one high school and one middle school project for the final national competition. Students could work singly or with a partner. They needed to do research and use ArcGIS Online to create a web app, map viewer presentation, or Story Map. Judges at each level looked for careful documentation, analytical thinking, self-generated data, and a compelling story presented well. These skill sets will serve students well going forward, in college, career, and civic life, but they take time and practice to build. Many mentors and judges at school, state, and national levels are already looking forward to next year, expecting even more and stronger entries. Start planning now for the 2018 event, by checking out 2017's top four honorees, and all the other state awardees (see Map#2)! ... View more

Happy end of the school year, T3Gers! As you wrap up your year and put away the chalk (eh?) and the year's photo albums one last time, please keep in mind that we are ALWAYS on the lookout for stories, synopses, situational syntheses … anything about your experiences with your students using GIS this year. People constantly seek from us info about operations and students and teaching at every level, every environment, with every technology, on every imaginable subject. (I've been asked for info as specific as "upper elementary kids doing career prep activities on Chromebooks.") Please don't hesitate to share with us what was memorable, powerful, useful, or even mundane. You can share these to the T3G Alum group (reply to this), or to http://esriurl.com/shareyouredstory, or just a private email to me if you like. We always want to hear … anything! ... View more

Important ArcGIS Blog entry by Own Evans, on June 6 2017: An Important Message About Web Security and Story Maps ... View more

Hear ye, hear ye! The results are posted! Special congratulations are due to these students! You can see all the national awardees, state winners, and state awardees, and links to their projects, at http://esriurl.com/usk12gis - Map#2 (be sure to explore all 6 frames of the presentation in that #2 slot). Here are the winners and honorable mentions. Congratulations and huge thanks to all who participated! Student Story Map HS WINNER: Alyssa Isaacson, grade 10 Denfeld High School, Duluth, MN MS WINNER: Chloe Crane, grade 8 George Junior High School Springdale, AR HS Honorable Mention: Zach Thomas, grade 12, Monroe High School Monroe, MI MS Honorable Mention: Savanna Maddox, grade 7 Jefferson Middle School Oak Ridge, TN ... View more

June 1, 2017, marked the 25th birthday for Esri's program for K12 Schools. That event was overshadowed by the release of ArcView 1.0 for Windows 3. The technology landscape then was infantile: no www, wifi, cell phones, robust computers in all shapes and sizes, galaxies of data, and so on. Esri's software today is vastly different from that of 1992, leveraging all these developments and reaching into almost every industry.   In 1992, I knew of two high schools using GIS. In 2017, students in primary school use GIS to explore the neighborhood, map critter locations, or journal a field trip. Middle school students build their history background, investigate earthquake patterns, or track a figure in literature. High school students generate surveys to crowd-source public experiences, analyze community patterns to solve problems, and take courses online to build skills for internships.   Despite the changes, much is as before. Users grapple with the three questions that topped the chalkboard of my classroom: "What's where? Why is it there? So what?" Some grand patterns and big relationships of our world are now more easily discovered and displayed, but infinitely many more questions rise to take their place. How do we protect our environment, advance the human condition, and build our collective knowledge base, while preserving and protecting what we hold dear?   Esri began our program for schools with one mission: Help students and communities experience why and how to explore the world, by thinking geographically, using GIS, in order to understand the patterns and relationships, make better decisions, and solve problems. You can see it in the eyes and hear it in the questions of even very young minds as they contemplate the many layers of our world … "What… Where… Why…?" Twenty-five years later, Esri remains focused on helping learners of all ages grasp and engage The Science Of Where. ... View more

Are you teaching GIS in a CTE class? Please tell us a bit about your situation by taking a short survey (20 very quick questions) that includes putting a dot on your site. (No personally identifiable info will be shared publicly.) Then return here to see the results, including your data on the map. (May need to refresh the page to see your dot on the map.) Click to take the survey!   GIS in CTE Survey Results Slide/Zoom the map, and click dots to see data         ... View more

K12 student maps submitted to Esri's UC collection process could end up with the Library of Congress!!! See http://www.esri.com/about/events/uc/get-involved and especially the Map Gallery link, http://www.esri.com/about/events/uc/get-involved/map-gallery and note especially the section that says: Be Considered for Next Year’s Map Book To have your map considered for publication in the next edition of the Esri Map Book, select the appropriate box in step two of the Map Gallery submission form, and leave your map on display after the conference. If you prefer to retain your map and not be considered for the book, you MUST remove it between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 13. New this Year: Esri and the Library of Congress (LOC) have partnered to create a permanent collection of maps created by students between Kindergarten and High School This exciting opportunity will allow students’ printed maps to be considered for the Library of Congress collections. To be considered you must submit your map in one of the two categories for students between Kindergarten and High School and express your interest when you complete your submission. We will follow up with interested participants to provide more information and collect permissions forms.   Who out there has students who want their maps in the LOC? ... View more