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ArcSchool Reader
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- Local GIS User Group Meetings
- Earth Science Week
October 12-18, 2008
- North American Association for Environmental Education Conference
October 15-18, 2008
Cheney, KS, USA
- ESRI Education User Conference Presentation Proposals Due
October 17, 2008
- Future Farmers of America Conference
October 22-25, 2008
Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Europe, Middle East and Africa Education Conference
October 26-28, 2008
London, United Kingdom
- Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching
November 6-8, 2008
Fort Worth, TX, USA
- National Council for the Social Studies Conference
November 14-16, 2008
Houston, TX, USA
- Geography Awareness Week
November 16-22, 2008
- GIS Day
November 19, 2008
- Association for Career and Technical Education Conference
December 4-6, 2008
Charlotte, NC, USA
- ESRI Education User Conference
July 11-14, 2009
San Diego, CA, USA
- ESRI International User Conference
July 13-17, 2009
San Diego, CA, USA
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Welcome to ArcSchool Reader, a periodic e-newsletter from the ESRI education team. Each issue provides a quick glimpse of software news; user stories; reminders; and hints about tools, data, and support covering the use of GIS technology in elementary and secondary schools (K-12 education).
In This Issue
Partner News
Updated Education Business Partner Listing
Success with GIS in education is a combination of tools, data, and support. This success is greatly assisted by ESRI business partners with tailored products and specialized services in classroom instruction and school administration. Explore the updated School Partner Solutions area of the GIS for Schools Web page to find GIS solutions that best match your needs.
Instruction
Administration
Hardware
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Software News
ArcLogistics 9.3
The high cost of fuel means that school districts with internal distribution to manage may benefit from the new ArcLogistics 9.3. Besides its new name (previously ArcLogistics Route 3), this fleet management product offers greater functionality and is simpler to use. Read the white paper [PDF] about what's new, or take the free online training seminar.
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Data News
U.S. Presidential Election
Interested in the 2008 U.S. presidential election? Your students can explore it with either ArcExplorer - Java Edition for Education or ArcView 9.3. The EdCommunity Blog contains a link from which you can download a dataset, ArcExplorer - Java Edition for Education and ArcView 9.3 projects, and lessons with which to explore geographic aspects of the 2008 presidential election. The file also includes a PDF export so that users of Adobe Reader 9 can see the individual layers and attributes.
ArcGIS Online
Ever long for easy-to-add data that you can just drop into an ArcMap session? ArcGIS Online is just that! A collection of online basemaps, imagery, and overlays, including both free services and premium subscription (high-resolution imagery) content, is at your fingertips. ArcGIS Online standard services are available free to ArcGIS users for internal use or for noncommercial external use (see licensing summary). For ArcGIS Desktop users, there are .mxd files (ArcMap projects), .lyr files (layer files), and .3dd files (ArcGlobe projects). ArcGIS Explorer users can access different .nmf files as projects, layers, tasks, and results.
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Support News
ArcGIS Explorer Blog: Mini-Lessons
ArcGIS Explorer, ESRI's free, downloadable, 3D geographic data browser, is supported by a rich array of blog entries at the ArcGIS Explorer Resource Center and the GIS Education Community portal. Some tell geographic stories and some show special data or functionality, but all are the equivalent of mini-lessons. Recent entries at the ArcGIS Explorer Resource Center blog have an earth science focus such as the series on Hurricane Ike and the entry on climate change at Glacier National Park. At the EdCommunity blog, multipart entries cover topics such as teaching about watersheds and earthquake mapping. Use the metatags at both sites to discover content and combine ideas into a learning sequence.
Resource Centers
One of the great new elements of ArcGIS 9.3 is the ready access to resource centers. The resource centers help you use the tools better by providing quick access to online instruction, content, customizations, Web help, and support. The ArcGIS Desktop Resource Center can be accessed from the File menu of ArcMap 9.3 or the help menus of ArcCatalog 9.3 and ArcMap 9.3.
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User News
2009 ESRI Education User Conference - New Venue!
Presentation proposals are due October 17, 2008, for the ESRI Education User Conference (EdUC) and the ESRI International User Conference (ESRI UC). EdUC presenters can choose between moderated sessions (three presentations on related topics) or illustrated sessions (five short presentations followed by individual discussions). Also, please note that the EdUC will move to a different venue in 2009 - the brand new Hilton San Diego Bayfront. Submit an abstract.
Youth at 2008 ESRI User Conference: The Power of One
See how one GIS-using educator and one young girl have affected a community through maps. Speaking before an audience of thousands attending the 2008 ESRI User Conference Plenary Session, educator Bob Coulter introduced Molly Paterson, a recent graduate of sixth grade from a school in University City, Missouri. Using ArcView 9.3 - live, on the fly - Molly calmly showed her demographic analysis of her community. (And hear how she responded to ESRI president Jack Dangermond at the end!) Hear the podcast [MP3].
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