CTC GIS Presentation
- 1. National Geospatial Technology Center of ExcellenceEmpowering colleges to expand the geospatial workforce.Vince DiNotoDean of College and Systemic Initiatives co-PI GeoTech CenterAACC Geospatial mentorVince.dinoto@kctcs.eduFunded by National Science Foundation DUE 0801893
- 2. Spatial Thinking vs JobsWhat are the educational requirements?
- 3. Where are the jobs?
- 4. What are the tasks?
- 5. What is spatial literacy? What is the GeoTech CenterAn NSF funded ATE National Center of ExcellenceSingle point of contact for two year collegesA Geospatial curriculum repositoryA data warehouse (data, static maps, dynamic maps)A best practice in Geospatial
- 7. Community College GIS Programs
- 8. GIS within KCTCSThere are two certificate programsOne developed by Bluegrass (when part of UK) - 24 credit hours One developed in IT by KCTCS – 15 credit hoursIT 160 and IT 260 have both been virtualized with extensive video contentIT 268 has not been offered
- 9. GIS within KCTCS continuedBasemap (ArcIMS and ArcGIS Server)GeoSpatial DataVirtual Software (available to KCTCS students and workshop participants)
- 10. Basemap
- 11. Compressed data
- 12. WorkshopsOffered as ½ day on Fridays throughout the academic yearDecember workshopJune workshopsVirtualPartnership with National GeoTech Center
- 13. GeoTech CenterAccess to all work done by the centerCurriculumDataDACUMOnline services for studentsWork on DoL CodesDynamic and Static online mapshttp://Geotechcenter.org
- 15. GeoEd`10One day conference for secondary and post-secondary educatorsPre-conference workshops (June 21 and 22)June 23, 2010 @ JCTC – SWStipends availableFree
- 16. Comments