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 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’s annual professional user conference
PRESENTATION FORMATS: Oral Presentation, Panel Presentation, Hands-on workshop, Poster Session
PRESENTATION TOPIC AREAS:
*Community Projects & Partnerships
*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
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
*The presentation cannot market specific products and services
*Abstracts should be 150-200 words.
*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
QUESTIONS:
Contact Lyn Malone or Alex Chaucer, GIS Educators Day Co-Chairs at lmalone@worldviewsgis.com achaucer@skidmore.edu
SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT ONLINE AT http://is.gd/GISED