Expert Feature – Change the World: The Esri GIS Education Conference(by @josephkerski)
Expert feature – Learning about your community and the world with GIS
In his typical, fun and educational approach, Joseph touches on some interesting Geo facts and history. He then leads us into details of the importance of GIS in education (his true passion) and offers up interesting real world stories.
Joseph Kerski, Esri EDU Manager Mapping Valentine’s Day with GIS
A cool mapping project from Joseph Kerski who’s always full of fun educational ideas! No doubt he mapped Loveland, Colorado in this one! Thanks Joseph From the Esri EDU Blog… An easy yet powerful activity is to map place names using a GIS. Make it even better by mapping names associated with holidays. For Valentine’s […]
Expert Feature Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS (T3G)
Many of us in the field of GIS believe that spatial analysis needs to be spread throughout a wide variety of disciplines.
GISuser Expert feature – Analyzing Tornadoes from a Spatial Perspective Using GIS
Spring in North America brings not only new flowers, but a new crop of tornadoes. As we are all aware, the 2011 tornado season has already been horrific, and our hearts go out to all those affected.
Is Spatial Thinking Becoming Valued Throughout Higher Education?
Imagine what education would be like if spatial thinking and analysis with geotechnologies was a set of skills and a framework that was valued by others outside of the GIS education community.
GISuser Expert Feature – Got Questions? Choosing GIS as a Career
Like many of you, I give presentations and workshops throughout each year on the topic of GIS as a career.
GISuser Expert Column – Why GIS in Education Matters, by Joseph Kerski
Thanks to Joseph for this, his first GISuser "Expert" contribution! People have always been fascinated with investigating their home—the Earth. To understand our planet, ancient scholars in Rome, Greece, and China founded the study of geography over 2,500 years ago.
Joseph Kerski, Ph.D
Joseph Kerski, Geographer, has a background in government, academia, and industry. He serves as Education Manager for Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) in Colorado, USA. He served for 21 years as Geographer at the US Geological Survey and at the US Census Bureau. He has taught as Adjunct Instructor of GIS in traditional and online […]