Track: K-12 Education and Library Science
State-wide Implementation of GIS in Fifth Through Twelfth Grade Schools in Wyoming: Teaching Teachers To Use GIS
Holly LernerDr. Patricia McClurg
In the State of Wyoming the University of Wyoming has been leading a State-wide effort to bring geographic information systems into fifth through twelfth grade classrooms. Educators and scientists have worked together to create a Wyoming spatial database CD-ROM with GIS data sets and a customized and simplified ArcView GIS Version 3.0 interface. The project was tested with the Earth System Science Internet Project and is continuing with a series of workshops targeted at teachers State-wide. This paper will outline our workshop adventures teaching educators to use GIS and conclude with teachers' experiences implementing GIS in the classroom.
Holly Lerner
University of Wyoming
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Laramie, WY 82071
USA
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