Abstract
Hawaii leads the Geospatial Way…
Track: Teaching with GIS in Schools
Author
Hawaii has become the first state in the nation to provide Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software throughout its entire educational system, thanks to an unprecedented partnership agreement between Esri, the Women In Technology (WIT) Program, and the State’s Department of Education. The new license will allow every public, private and charter K-12 school throughout the state extraordinary access to Esri’s state-of-the-art GIS tools.
An online distribution center was created to seamlessly manage the statewide requests for the GIS software. To date, over 100 requests have been processed through the Hawaii GIS K-12 distribution site -- www.womenintech.com/GISDistributionCenter. In addition, the GeoTech for Hawaii Schools program was created to augment the statewide GIS distribution. The initiative, GeoTech for Hawaii Schools, encompasses three parts: professional development for teachers, events for students, and ongoing support for teachers and students. We have engaged over two hundred twenty-five teachers Statewide, and potentially 32, 625 students.
Isla Young
MEDB/Women In Technology
1305 N. Holopono St.
Suite 1
Kihei, Hawaii 96753
United States
Phone: 808 250-2888
Fax: 808 879-0011
E-mail: isla@medb.org
Diana Warren
MEDB's Women In Technology Program
1305 N. Holopono St.
Suite 1
Kihei, Hawaii 96753
United States
Phone: 8088752300
Fax: 8088790011
E-mail: diana@medb.org