Standards for Integrating GeoTech into Education

Here are some starting places for standards:

1. National Geography Standards:
http://www.ncge.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3314
2. NRC’s Learning to Think Spatially:
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11019
3. The GIS 20: Essential Skills:
http://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=176&moduleID=0

Microsoft has selected ArcGIS as a foundation for viewing geospatial information within the DataMarket

"Esri has partnered with Microsoft to offer a set of features that contribute to and enhance the usability of the Windows Azure DataMarket. These features include online applications that query and map geographic data from the DataMarket, online analysis tools and a collection of premium demographic datasets.

Among the data available in the DataMarket, Esri's Updated Demographics (2010/2015) data provides the industry's most accurate population, housing, and income variables.

Windows Azure DataMarket is a cloud service that provides a global marketplace for delivering high quality information in a consistent manner" -http://www.esri.com/software/landing_pages/microsoft/azure.html

For more information, please visit esri.com/azure/datamarket.