Dateline Washington DC, The White House, May 27, 2014: President Obama welcomes Esri to the ConnectED Initiative, a partnership with private industry to help all US K12 students engage in digital learning. Of the four needs (devices, connectivity, educational resources, teacher support), Esri pledges educational resources and teacher support.
GeoInquiries: Sets of 15 lessons, each only 15 mins long, await educators in US history, human geography, earth science, environmental science, or elementary school. These are “choose and use” — no login required, no download, no install, just click and begin working through an activity with a custom-designed ArcGIS Online map. Designed for educators new to GIS, these address standard content with gentle nudges toward exploration, inquiry, and deeper investigation. The bank gets tens of thousands of views each month, as more educators find new ways to teach with online maps, and students experience new ways to understand their world.
ArcGIS Online Organization accounts: Any US K12 school can request a free school-wide account for instruction. Over 3000 accounts now serve K12 across USA. (Amazon Web Services works with Esri to support these.) Organization accounts are ideal where teachers present custom content or, even better, want their students to do their own projects, from 5-minute creations to contest entries to weeks-long research. Guidance and resources about instruction, Org design, data and maps, careers, and coding await those anxious to help students build capacity.
Professional Development: Esri’s “Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS Institute” began in 2009, but ConnectED intensified the mission to share GIS with K12 educators. The 2016 institute will add another 100 to those sharing vision and skills (see Map#5), with presentations to local departments and peers across the land. Esri also supported a bank of educator workshops in 2015, and is supporting another series in 2016.
GeoMentors: Galvanized by the ConnectED commitment, the Association of American Geographers has joined Esri to help professional GIS users engage with educators as GeoMentors. AAG has promoted the idea through professional publications and events, registered mentors, sought stories, and shared guidance. With over 1000 GeoMentors on the map (see Map#4), many educators now have a key human resource to assist with unfamiliar concepts, give technology support, point to data, and present career pathways for students.
At the 2014 launch, focus was on the potential “billion dollar commitment.” With now thousands of ArcGIS Online accounts in place, and tens of thousands of resource views per month, and more educators jumping in every week, and thus many thousands of students working with GIS each day, it’s exciting to consider how many lives have been changed, and how much more impact can come from engaging the rest! Click any link above and jump on in!
Charlie Fitzpatrick, Esri Education Manager
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GeoInquiries: Sets of 15 lessons, each only 15 mins long, await educators in US history, human geography, earth science, environmental science, or elementary school. These are “choose and use” — no login required, no download, no install, just click and begin working through an activity with a custom-designed ArcGIS Online map. Designed for educators new to GIS, these address standard content with gentle nudges toward exploration, inquiry, and deeper investigation. The bank gets tens of thousands of views each month, as more educators find new ways to teach with online maps, and students experience new ways to understand their world.
ArcGIS Online Organization accounts: Any US K12 school can request a free school-wide account for instruction. Over 3000 accounts now serve K12 across USA. (Amazon Web Services works with Esri to support these.) Organization accounts are ideal where teachers present custom content or, even better, want their students to do their own projects, from 5-minute creations to contest entries to weeks-long research. Guidance and resources about instruction, Org design, data and maps, careers, and coding await those anxious to help students build capacity.
Professional Development: Esri’s “Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS Institute” began in 2009, but ConnectED intensified the mission to share GIS with K12 educators. The 2016 institute will add another 100 to those sharing vision and skills (see Map#5), with presentations to local departments and peers across the land. Esri also supported a bank of educator workshops in 2015, and is supporting another series in 2016.
GeoMentors: Galvanized by the ConnectED commitment, the Association of American Geographers has joined Esri to help professional GIS users engage with educators as GeoMentors. AAG has promoted the idea through professional publications and events, registered mentors, sought stories, and shared guidance. With over 1000 GeoMentors on the map (see Map#4), many educators now have a key human resource to assist with unfamiliar concepts, give technology support, point to data, and present career pathways for students.
At the 2014 launch, focus was on the potential “billion dollar commitment.” With now thousands of ArcGIS Online accounts in place, and tens of thousands of resource views per month, and more educators jumping in every week, and thus many thousands of students working with GIS each day, it’s exciting to consider how many lives have been changed, and how much more impact can come from engaging the rest! Click any link above and jump on in!
Charlie Fitzpatrick, Esri Education Manager
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