2012 STEMworks Conference GIS Winners

Congratulations to Sierra Harrell and Lotus Chen of King Kekaulike High School for winning the 2012 STEMworks Conference GIS Competition! 

Sierra and Lotus, concerned about the safety of King Kekaulike students who walk to and from school, used GIS tools and software to map data collected from Pukalani school walking routes.  Sierra and Lotus will submit their findings and concerns to the Department of Public Works in the hopes that their data will reveal the need for more sidewalks as well as show the best areas to install them. 

An amazing example of using GIS to address a community concern!

GIS Activities for students: Make a hazard map!

Joseph J. Kerski, Ph.D., Education Manager with ESRI, presents an easy and quick GIS educational opportunity for students:

"In less than 60 seconds, you and your students can make a map of earthquakes, storms, wildfires, and eruptions in the US (or the world, using Option B) with this Esri Web GIS tool:

http://mapapps.esri.com/disasters/create-map/hazard/index.html

And you can also embed the resulting map on a web page and use that as an assessment instrument or in a presentation!"

What tools do you use with your class to engage students in GIS education?

3rd Annual GIS Day Statewide Webcast for Hawaii Schools

To sign up for the 3rd Annual GIS Day Statewide Webcast for Hawaii Schools, please register by November 14, 2011 at www.surveymonkey.com/s/GISDayWebcast2011.

2011 Hawaii GIS Field Day - December 6 at the Bishop Museum

Contact Isla Young at 808-875-2307 or isla@medb.org for more information or to sign up.

GIS Career Webinar: Top 5 Skills You Need to be Successful in a GIS Career.

On Tues., Sept. 27, Dr. Joseph Kerski, education manager for Esri, and Dr. Devon Cancilla, dean, business and technology for American Sentinel University discussed the top 5 skills needed for a successful GIS career.

Dr. Cancilla and Dr. Kerski believe that GIS is a "core technology of the 21st century."

Please check out the webinar:

http://www.americansentinel.edu/blog/2011/10/04/top-5-skills-you-need-to-be-successful-in-a-gis-career/

Do you agree?

3 GIS Teaching Resources

Joseph J. Kerski, Ph.D., Education Manager with ESRI, shares the following three resources:

1. Global Climate Change 

 

2. Locations of US nuclear plants available on ArcGIS Online

Dr. Kerski advises "...add a faults and geology layer or a cities layer. Zoom in on a few of them and change the base map to a satellite image.  What do they look like up close? What do they have in common? What are the differences?"

3. World Bank eAtlas of Global Development

Dr. Kerski suggests going into the atlas and creating maps, time series graphs, etc. on 179 indicators covering themes such as poverty, education, economy, and environment. There is also a new printed Atlas of Global Development for sale by www.worldbank.org/publications.

2011 Esri Education User Conference Proceedings

The latest shared GIS resources of EdUC forum members are now online.