Our World GIS Education

Our World GIS Education was developed to enhance geographic information system (GIS) learning for students of all levels, grade school through college, and to provide teachers with comprehensive and easy-to-use resources for GIS instruction in the classroom. Creatively inspired by the award-winning Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators (MOWGLE), Our World GIS Education offers flexible GIS resources with the latest ESRI software technology for all educators.

Teachers are given all of the tools necessary to easily incorporate GIS into their curriculum, regardless of their level of experience teaching GIS. The lessons and projects provide an opportunity to combine global and regional geographic themes and issues, inquiry-based learning, and interactive mapping and analysis into the curriculum while teaching technology skills.

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Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators

Mapping Our World This is the complete resource for any teacher seeking to bring geographic information system (GIS) technology into the middle- or high-school classroom. This book updates the original Mapping Our World for use with the latest GIS software, ArcGIS 9 Desktop. In addition to nineteen complete GIS lesson plans, Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators, ArcGIS Desktop Edition includes a one-year license of ArcView 9 software, geographic data for all of the lessons, and a companion Web site. This comprehensive educational resource gives novice GIS educators all the tools they need to begin teaching with GIS. Educators with more GIS experience will find the lessons and data ideal points of departure for more complex and extended inquiries.

Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators

Mapping Our World This is the first complete resource for any teacher seeking to bring GIS technology into the middle- or high-school classroom. In addition to nineteen complete GIS lesson plans, Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators includes a one-year license of ArcView 3.x, geographic data for all of the lessons, a Teacher Resource CD, and a companion website. This comprehensive educational resource gives novice GIS educators all the tools they need to begin teaching with GIS. Teachers with more GIS experience will find the lessons and data ideal points of departure for more complex and extended inquiries.

GIS in Schools

GIS in School This book documents the ways classrooms--and learning--are being transformed in schools across North America. Using case studies, GIS in Schools shows what can happen when students are given real-life problems to solve, and the technology of GIS to help solve them: new enthusiasm for learning, new dialogues between teachers and students, and new levels of interaction among schools and communities.

Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop, second edition (version 9)

Getting to Know ArcGIS Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop is a workbook for learning ArcGIS, the newest GIS technology from ESRI. The three GIS products that comprise ArcGIS -- ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo -- are built on a common interface and core capability, with each product offering a different level of functionality. Users of Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop gain a thorough understanding of ArcView, which they can put to work immediately. Richly detailed illustrations and step-by-step exercises teach basic GIS tasks -- from mapmaking, to spatial analysis, to database creation. This book includes a 180-day trial version of ArcView 9.

Getting to Know ArcView GIS (for Version 3.1)

Getting to Know ArcGIS Here is your opportunity to test drive ArcView GIS from ESRI. The CD-ROM packaged with this introductory book includes a working demonstration copy of ArcView GIS software, a hands-on ArcView tutorial, and informative multimedia presentations. Part I of the book is a nontechnical introduction to GIS technology (available separately as the book Getting to Know Desktop GIS) Part II offers illustrated, step-by-step procedures and tips for using ArcView Software to perform scores of GIS tasks. Readers can follow the scenario based excercises in the book or work through them on-line using the data and software provided on the CD-ROM. The book is teeming with full-color maps and illustrations than complement the book's easy-to-read text. Readers will come away with a solid understanding of basic GIS concepts and the skills they will need to embark on an ArcView project of their own.

Community Geography: GIS in Action

Community Geography: GIS in Action Community Geography: GIS in Action is a great way for middle and high school students to use GIS to make a difference in their own communities. With this book, you can integrate learning, GIS technology, and real-world experiences. Community Geography: GIS in Action contains real case studies to inspire you, hands-on exercises to help you hone your GIS skills, and practical tips for undertaking GIS projects on your own.

Community Geography: GIS in Action (Teacher's Guide)

Community Geography: GIS in Action Community Geography: GIS in Action Teacher's Guide provides lesson plans and tips for using the Community Geography book and doing community projects within your own curriculum.