CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS and SAVE THE DATE for the 4th Annual GIS Educators Day Conference <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Sunday, November 13, 2011<\/p>\n
Saratoga Hilton Hotel, Saratoga Springs, NY <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
ABOUT GIS EDUCATORS DAY http:\/\/www.northeastarc.org\/2011\/html\/giseducators.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n GIS Educators Day, sponsored by NEARC, esri, and the New England Geography Education Network, is a full-day conference devoted exclusively to topics and issues pertaining to the use of GIS and other geospatial technologies in K-12, college, and informal education. This unique event is a one day pre-conference to NEARC\u2019s annual professional user conference <\/p>\n<\/p>\n PRESENTATION FORMATS: Oral Presentation, Panel Presentation, Hands-on workshop, Poster Session <\/p>\n<\/p>\n PRESENTATION TOPIC AREAS:<\/p>\n *Community Projects & Partnerships<\/p>\n *Teaching with GIS in Higher Education (projects, integrating GIS into courses, etc.) *Teaching with GIS in K-12 Schools (class and student projects, lessons, programs, etc.) *Teaching GIS: Strategies and Methods (GIS curricula, student projects, etc.) *Strategies for GIS Training for Educators (institutes, online courses, training events, etc.) *GIS in Informal Education *Integrating GIS with GPS\/Remote Sensing *GIS in the Cloud *Open Source GIS *Emerging Topics: Mobile Devices and Crowdsourcing *Grab Bag<\/p>\n<\/p>\n ABSTRACT SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: <\/p>\n *The presentation cannot market specific products and services *Abstracts should be 150-200 words. <\/p>\n *Presenters must register and pay to attend the preconference at the regular preconference fee. (There will be a special Sunday\/Monday rate for those who would like to stay for the first day of the main users conference) *Abstracts must be submitted by June 30, 2011<\/p>\n<\/p>\n QUESTIONS: <\/p>\n Contact Lyn Malone or Alex Chaucer, GIS Educators Day Co-Chairs at lmalone@worldviewsgis.com<\/a> achaucer@skidmore.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT ONLINE AT http:\/\/is.gd\/GISED<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS and SAVE THE DATE for the 4th Annual GIS Educators Day Conference Sunday, November 13, 2011 Saratoga Hilton Hotel, Saratoga Springs, NY ABOUT GIS EDUCATORS DAY http:\/\/www.northeastarc.org\/2011\/html\/giseducators.shtml GIS Educators Day, sponsored by NEARC, esri, and the New … Continue reading