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Turning Kids onto GPS and GIS: A Panel Discussion
If you know we need a work force skilled in GPS/GIS, but aren’t sure how to
interest students and educators in learning the skills, this is the workshop
for you. We have brought together a group of GPS/GIS users, educators,
employers, and community members to explore practical, grass-roots efforts
that you can pursue to introduce GPS/GIS to young people of all ages. This will
be a unique opportunity to share ideas, ask questions, and learn about
resources that are available to help bring GPS/GIS to the forefront. Hand
outs will be made available.
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Presenter(s) |
Rog Patocka; Scott Ermer; Terry Brase,
Jay Straker, and Charlie Fitzpatrick |
Organization: |
Emmet County; Hawkeye Community College;
Kirkwood Community College; Iowa State Extension |
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Presenter Biography: |
Roger Patocka has developed and taught
CAD and GIS programs at post-secondary institutions, and
currently works as Emmet County's Engineer. His primary
areas of interest are the interactions between technology
and social issues, environmental sustainability, learning,
decision-making and governance.
Scott Ermer is an
Agriculture Technology Instructor at Hawkeye Community
College. Scott teaches the use of GPS and GIS Technologies
as a tool to students earning degrees in Agriculture,
Natural Resource Management, Horticulture and Police Science
at Hawkeye Community College. Scott conducts workshops and
is a consultant for Elementary, Middle and High School
teachers on the use and instruction of GPS and GIS
technologies in the classroom.
Terry Brase, is an
Assistant Professor of Agriculture Technology at Kirkwood
Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He has BS and
MS degrees in Agriculture Education from Iowa State
University and 12 graduate credits in GIS Education from
Indiana State University. He has served as Project
Director of a National Science Foundation grant to develop a
national model 2-year degree program in geospatial
technologies for agriculture. Terry has been working
with geospatial technologies since 1993. Currently,
Terry is serving as Project Director of a NSF grant for the
National Center of Excellence in Agriculture, AgroKnowledge.
He teaches geospatial courses including, Introduction to
ArcView, Geospatial Data Collection, Digital Imagery and
Agricultural Spatial Analysis. He also has written a
web-based course on Agricultural Spatial Analysis for the
ESRI Virtual Campus and is writing a textbook "Fundamentals
of Agricultural Spatial Analysis" for Delmar Publishing.
Jay Straker currently works with Iowa
State Extension.
Charlie Fitzpatrick lives in
Minneapolis and is coordinator of the ESRI K-12 program
since 1992. From 1977-92, Charlie taught 7th-12th
grade social studies in St. Paul, MN. He has done
numerous workshops and institutes around the country helping
teachers learn to teach geography and other subjects using
computers. He represents ESRI on the national level by
serving on the Administrative Committee of the National
Council for Geographic Education (www.ncge.org)
and is very familiar with a wide variety of resources
available for educators to establish successful GIS programs
at a district-wide or state-wide level.
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