Fwd: US Community Atlas

**"Stephanie Stowell" Stowell@nwf.org> (by way of Lucy Bradley BradleyL@ag.arizona.edu>)**

ANNOUNCING ESRI's U.S. COMMUNITY ATLAS PROJECT

http://www.esri.com/communityatlas

ESRI is pleased to announce our "US Community Atlas" project. This project
asks teachers and students to work together to create a vision of "their
community" using text and maps, and post these on ESRI's web server. The
result will be a searchable database of "community presentations."

In doing this project, students must investigate their home area and work
together to present its nature in a series of web pages. They must decide
what constitutes the boundaries of "their community." They must identify
what it is like, and figure out how to represent that effectively and
efficiently.

To complete the project, students and teachers can use existing GIS
software, or they can request free "ArcVoyager Special Edition" software
(built especially for school use), or they can use online mapping engines
and a web browser. Schools submitting complete entries earn free GIS
software to complement tools they may already have.

This project works well with the theme of the 1999-2000 Geography Awareness
campaign, "Geography & Technology: Think the World of Your Community". It
also can provide a focus for GIS Day (Nov.19, 1999). And it can be a great
intro to the 2000 Census, taking place in April, 2000. It can be a powerful
supplement to the standard GLOBE protocols, helping students create a
context for the GLOBE data they produce.

The Community Atlas project is not just for geography teachers. Teachers of
science, language/arts, technology, and math will all find opportunity for
real world application of their focal points. Defining and presenting the
nature of the community can be a powerful learning opportunity in many
areas.

For full details, go to this web site: http://www.esri.com/communityatlas

Charlie
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Charlie Fitzpatrick
ESRI Schools & Libraries
1305 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 250
St. Paul, MN  55121-1204  USA
phone: 651/994-0823 x.8349
fax: 651/454-0705
email: cfitzpatrick@esri.com
http://www.esri.com/k-12
First annual worldwide GIS Day, 11/19/99, http://www.gisday.com

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