Starting K-12 Schools with GIS

Author: Charlie Fitzpatrick
Organization: Esri

1305 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 250
St. Paul, MN 55121-1204
USA

Phone: 651/994-0823 x.
Fax: 651/454-0705
cfitzpatrick@Esri.com

K-12 schools everywhere are hearing about GIS. The K-12 world is an exciting but challenging environment for introducing GIS. This session will aid those interested in helping local schools begin to use GIS effectively. Good strategies (special planning, GIS Day, and community atlas) and powerful but easy-to-use tools (such as online mapping and ArcVoyager) can make the introductions more successful.