LEARNING PATHWAYS - Watch These Videos then try "Teaching with GIS"

Welcome to the Geospatial Revolution!

DOE’s ESRI K-12 GIS website is the place to begin your journey into understanding location based technologies and learning new ways of engaging your students in Social Studies and STEM content using spatial technologies.

If you are new to GIS (geographic information systems) GPS (global positioning systems) or RS (remote sensing), the four videos by Penn State Public Broadcasting linked here, provide an excellent introduction to the spatial technologies that power today’s smart phones, enable mobile business applications and can start K-12 students on a path that leads to a STEM (science, technology , engineering and mathematics) career.

The Geospatial Revolution videos are your first step into learning what spatial technologies are enabling. Hold onto your cell phones, here we go!

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Request Free GIS Software

DOE is proud to partner with ESRI, the world’s GIS software leader. Though this cooperative effort, DOE is able to provide members of the Delaware K-12 GIS community (teachers, students, parents, youth group organizers, administrators, schools and school districts) free GIS software and training to those who agree to the permitted uses listed in the Licensing Agreement. This state-of-the-art software will enable administrators, educators and students alike to access, visualize and analyze a wealth of information from and about their own communities and the world.

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What is GIS?

A geographic information system (GIS) integrates people, hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information.

A GIS allows us to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data in many ways that reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the form of maps, globes, reports, and charts.

A GIS helps you answer questions and solve problems by looking at your data in a way that is quickly understood and easily shared.

GIS and geospatial technologies are changing the way humans interact with their world.

GEOSPATIAL REVOLUTION

The links below, produced by Penn State Public Broadcasting, provide an exceptional introduction to students into the revolution GIS and Geospatial Technologies are enabling.

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