ESRIEdTeam Youtube Channel

Looking for videos on how to explain GIS?  Use GIS?  Tips and tools, educational presentations, and more can be found on the ESRI Education Team Youtube Channel!

http://www.youtube.com/user/ESRIEdTeam#p/u/14/uka4olmZQ8M

Virtual Field Trips

Lesson plan on creating a virtual field trip in Google Earth from Dr. Paddington Hodza:

• Virtual Field Trip

Terrain Navigation in Google Earth

There is a wealth of information to be found in Google Earth mainly from embedded satellite and aerial imagery, street data and 3D terrain models.  Users can discover, for example, how people around the world are modifying natural environments into settlements, agricultural fields and mining sites. In addition, users can bring their own data (e.g. demographic, environmental, etc.) into Google Earth. They can explore, analyze and interpret this data and solve geographic problems.

• Terrain Navigation in Google Earth

MyWorld GIS

My World GIS™ is a Geographic Information System (GIS) designed specifically for use in educational settings.  My World allows learners to explore and analyze geographic data about our world.

My World's intended audience is middle school through college geosciences and geography courses involving investigations of geographic data.

My World is designed to meet the needs of students and teachers while keeping the constraints of educational settings in mind.  It combines the power of a full-featured GIS environment with the support and structure required by novice users in an educational environment. 

http://www.myworldgis.org

Layers of Our World

In this salute to GIS Day ESRI uses ArcGlobe 3D Analyst and ArcMap to provide multiple perspectives of Earth. Special thanks to Digital Globe and EarthSat for their images used in this video.

http://gisandscience.com/2009/10/08/video-layers-of-our-world/

Maps and the Geospatial Revolution

The past decade has seen an explosion of new mechanisms for understanding and using location information in widely-accessible technologies. This Geospatial Revolution has resulted in the development of consumer GPS tools, interactive web maps, and location-aware mobile devices. These radical advances are making it possible for people from all walks of life to use, collect, and understand spatial information like never before.
 
This course brings together core concepts in cartography, geographic information systems, and spatial thinking with real-world examples to provide the fundamentals necessary to engage with Geography beyond the surface-level. We will explore what makes spatial information special, how spatial data is created, how spatial analysis is conducted, and how to design maps so that they’re effective at telling the stories we wish to share. To gain experience using this knowledge, we will work with the latest mapping and analysis software to explore geographic problems. 

https://www.coursera.org/course/maps

Larimer County GIS

Online portal for Larimer county, CO.  To view layers associated with this county, visit the site directly:

http://maps.larimer.org/LandscapeExplorer/