GIS Educators in Maine
Friday, November 19, 2010 9:30am to 4:30pm, Augusta Civic Center, Maine
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Third Annual
Conference GIS Educators in Maine Friday, November 19, 2010 9:30am to 4:30pm, Augusta Civic Center, Maine |
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Making the Most of the Conference
Bring
laptops for hands-on workshops! If
you don't have one, there will be some MacBooks available during the
workshops. The K12 track workshops will use Mac-compatible software and
activities. Higher Ed track workshops will use PC compatible software.
If possible, bring administrative passwords for your laptop in case you
need to install or upgrade software! GET READY!! Workshops
at the conference will use the following free sofware and services. You
may want to install or sign up before you arrive:
Web
streaming of conference sessions: We will be streaming some of
the conference sessions and recording them for later viewing. To view
the sessions in real time or after the conference, return to the
conference website on or after November 19th. |
| Conference
Agenda at a Glance All Sessions are in the Augusta Civic Center, 2nd Floor |
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| 8:30 – 9:30 | Registration,
Coffee & Snacks in Washington/York; Poster Set-up in Sagadahoc |
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| PLENARY SESSION Washington/York | |||||
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Welcome, Opening Remarks & Update on GIS Happenings in Maine | ||||
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Break | ||||
| BREAKOUT SESSIONS | |||||
| 10:15 – 11:30 | K12 Track Washington/York |
K12 Track Sagadahoc |
Higher Ed Track Piscataquis |
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| Workshop:
GPS to GIS (Mac) V V V V |
Workshop:
Online GIS Tools for the Classroom (Mac) V V V |
Presentation: College/Community Partnerships (10:15-10:50) | |||
| Presentation/ Discussion: Articulation Agreements (10:55-11:30) | |||||
| PLENARY SESSION Washington/York | |||||
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Lunch &
Keynote Address "Visual Analysis: Sailing the Seas of Information" - Roger & Anita Palmer |
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| 12:30 – 1:00 | Poster Session Sagadahoc Vote for your favorites student posters! | ||||
| BREAKOUT SESSIONS | |||||
| 1:00 – 2:15 | K12 Track Washington/York |
Both Tracks Sagadahoc |
Higher Ed Track Piscataquis |
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| Workshop: Pictures & Points with Google Fusion, Picasa & Google Earth (Mac; 1:00-1:35) | Poster Voting
Continues V V V V V V V |
Workshop:
Coordinate Systems (PC with ArcGIS) V V V V V V |
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| Presentation: Sailing to Buy a Wedding Dress: Using GIS in the Classroom (1:40-2:15) | |||||
| 2:15 – 2:30 | Break | ||||
| 2:30 – 3:45 | K12 Track Washington/York |
K12 Track Sagadahoc |
Higher Ed Track Piscataquis |
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| Workshop:
GPS to GIS (Mac) V V V V V |
Workshop:
Online GIS Tools for the Classroom (Mac) V V V V |
Presentation: Basic Remote Sensing with ArcGIS 10 (PC; 2:30-2:55) | |||
| Roundtable Discussion: How can higher ed help pre-service teachers get geospatial? (3:00-3:45) | |||||
| PLENARY SESSION Washington/York | |||||
| 3:45 – 4:15 | Poster voting results & prizes; What's next in GIS Ed? | ||||
| 4:15 – 4:30 | Poster/Table Clean-up & Farewell | ||||
| We'll be contacting you after the conference with a survey about your conference experience. Please take the time to help us make next year's conference even better! | |||||
This conference is funded, in part, by the National Science Foundation as a component of a three-year project designed to improve and promote geospatial technology education in Maine. The University of Maine at Machais is the lead organization on the project that involves partners from five other universities and three community colleges. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the National Science Foundation.
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Contact Webmaster ~ GIS Laboratory & Service Center ~ University of Maine at Machias
116 O'Brien Ave. Machias, ME 04664 ~ 207-255-1214
This program is funded, in part, by the National Science Foundation as a component of a three-year project designed to improve and promote geospatial technology education in Maine. Additional support comes from the Maine GIS User Group, Maine Community College System, University of Maine System and Maine Geographic Alliance.
