 GIS Day SeminarAdventures in Hometown Mapping: | |
Presented as part of Geography Awareness Week in cooperation with the UW Geography Club/GTU and the UW Department of Geography | Contact Information: |
© 2011 University of Wyoming | |
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
GIS Day Seminar: Laramie’s Gem City Atlas and OpenStreetMap Party
Thursday, November 10, 2011
WyGeo WebEx Quarterly Meeting Online - Video Link
For those of us that may have missed it, the Nov 8 the WyGeo Quarterly meeting was conducted over the web using the WebEx meeting space and is provided here for online viewing.
Brett Governanti, WyGeo Treasurer and City of Casper GIS, presented his perspective on the use of a web of social networks to move the WyGeo Organization's purpose and goals forward. “It’s not your child’s social network anymore,” assures the presenter.
Immediately following this, Destry Dearden presented on hosting maps easily and quickly through the ArcGis.com portal using a variety of sources. This presentation was an informative introduction to creating online maps that can be quickly shared and collaborated both publicly or as part of a private group. Destry is the GIS Coordinator for Lincoln County Wyoming.
The group finished with a business meeting and the determination of some management and scheduling details.
If you’d like to view the meeting, check out the instructions and link below:
Brett Governanti, WyGeo Treasurer and City of Casper GIS, presented his perspective on the use of a web of social networks to move the WyGeo Organization's purpose and goals forward. “It’s not your child’s social network anymore,” assures the presenter.
Immediately following this, Destry Dearden presented on hosting maps easily and quickly through the ArcGis.com portal using a variety of sources. This presentation was an informative introduction to creating online maps that can be quickly shared and collaborated both publicly or as part of a private group. Destry is the GIS Coordinator for Lincoln County Wyoming.
The group finished with a business meeting and the determination of some management and scheduling details.
If you’d like to view the meeting, check out the instructions and link below:
Cheyenne 4-H needs a GeoMentor
From: wygeo@googlegroups.com [mailto:wygeo@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Alan Caffrey
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 10:56 AM
To: 'wygeo@googlegroups.com'
Cc: Esther Worker (eworker@esri.com)
Subject: [WyGeo] FW: Cheyenne 4-H needs a GeoMentor please
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 10:56 AM
To: 'wygeo@googlegroups.com'
Cc: Esther Worker (eworker@esri.com)
Subject: [WyGeo] FW: Cheyenne 4-H needs a GeoMentor please
WyGEO members--- FYI, Please see email sent by Esther Worker, ESRI Denver Education Account Manager. We are looking for a GIS professional willing to act as a GeoMentor in the Cheyenne area…
Please share with other GIS professionals in the community.
Brittany Johnson, with UW Cooperative Extension Service in Laramie County works with Operation Military Kids (children of military dependents) and would like to apply for an Esri 4-H GIS Grant. In order to apply for the grant she must have a GIS professional on her team to act as an advisor, GeoMentor, etc.
In some situations the GeoMentor acts only as an advisor, other times the GeoMentor gets more involved in the 4-H GIS club by providing back burner projects, project/subject leader support and expertise, guest presenter, map judging for the county fair, or in a few cases, they become the actual club leader for the youth! I can tell you that it is a very satisfying relationship; it doesn’t matter at what level of involvement. GeoMentors defiantly have an impact on the value of informal education for 4-H youth.
Do you know anyone in the Cheyenne area that might be willing to help Brittany out? It could be a good opportunity for the right student as well.
Please contact Brittany directly at bjohns92@uwyo.edu. She does need to find a good GeoMentor by Thanksgiving.
Thanks much, let me know if you have questions. The grant information is posted at www.esri.com/4-H.
Esther
Esther Worker | Esri Denver Education Account Manager
Esri | 1 International Ct | Broomfield CO 80021
T 303.449.7779 ext 8216 | M 303.378.3351 | F 303.449.8830
eworker@esri.com | esri.com/education | http://edcommunity.esri.com
GIS Day and Geography Awareness Week
From: wygeo@googlegroups.com [mailto:wygeo@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Morrell, Trent
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:43 PM
To: wygeo@googlegroups.com
Subject: [WyGeo] GIS Day and Geography Awareness Week
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 12:43 PM
To: wygeo@googlegroups.com
Subject: [WyGeo] GIS Day and Geography Awareness Week
Come Celebrate GIS Day!Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
College Community Center
Hosted by Laramie County Community College and the Cheyenne and Laramie County Cooperative GIS Program as part of National Geography Awareness Week
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Demonstrations
Demonstrationsv Presentations
v Open House and Map Gallery
v ESRI Kiosk and educational videos
v Information booths from local GIS users
v Drawings for prizes
Tentative Schedule of Events and Presentations
10:00 - 3:00: Open House, Map Displays, Information Booth, Videos, Giveaways and More
10:00 – 10:30: Trent Morrell, Welcome and “What is GIS?”
10:30 – 10:45: Geospatial Revolution Project
10:45 – 11:30: Various Demonstrations of Geospatial Technologies (Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities 3-D View of Water Infrastructure, Cheyenne Growth Animation, Laramie County Online GIS Map Website, etc.)
11:30 – 1:00: A Tour of the World Using GoogleEarth; in Conjunction with the International Student Activies
1:00 – 1:30: Ben Saunders, GIS Solutions, Inc
1:30 – 2:00: Mike Londe, Geodesist, Bureau of Land Management
2:00 – 2:30: Barbara Ray, U.S. Geological Survey
2:30 – 3:00: LCCC GIS Student Presentations
For more information contact Trent Morrell @ 778-1312 or Joyce Pukash @ 633-4314
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
[Wyoming GeoChat] Reminder: Wednesday November 16 is GIS Day!
From: Jake Mundt [mailto:jacob.mundt@wyo.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 2:19 PM
To: Wyoming GeoChat
Subject: [Wyoming GeoChat] Reminder: Wednesday November 16 is GIS Day!
There are several GIS Day Events in Wyoming, here are details on a few. If you have time, please try to stop by an event or two. If you want to participate - contact the people listed below!!!
Cheyenne @ the Capitol; 9AM - 3PM
Contact: jacob.mundt@wyo.gov
Stop by to go Geocaching, eat some snacks, get some SWAG, hear some presentations, and meet the Governor!
Laramie @ University of Wyoming WyGISC; 1:30PM - 5:30PM
Contact: wygisc@uwyo.edu
Join us in celebrating GIS day and WyGISC's 15th Anniversary! At 4:15 PM there will be a special lecture on Adventures in Hometown Mapping!
Cheyenne @ LCCC Community College Center; 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Contact: tmorrell@lccc.wy.edu
Open house with presentations, demonstrations, map displays, videos, giveaways, and more from local GIS users!
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Jacob Mundt
Enterprise GIS Coordinator
Office of the Chief Information Officer
State of Wyoming
Direct: (307) 777-8252
Mobile: (307) 630-2329
Email: jacob.mundt@wyo.gov
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Matt Larson presents: “This will be one of the hardest classes you’ve ever taken:” Reflections on 12 years of teaching GIS in Anthropology
 Geospatial Forum Series“This will be one of the hardest classes you’ve ever taken:” Reflections on 12 years of teaching GIS in Anthropology Mary L LarsonPROFESSOR & HEAD, AnthropologyFriday, November 11th, 2011 Ag C 316, 12:00pm – 1:00pm University-level GIS courses are often taught at the upper-division undergraduate and graduate student level. Usually, such courses expect a level of shared knowledge, allowing the presentation of more advanced concepts in a short space of time. The use of a common shared conceptual language and presentation of examples familiar to all eases the explanation of GIS theory and method. While some universities expect students from all disciplines to take GIS courses from a single department (e.g., geography), the University of Wyoming has followed a distributed model of GIS instruction, with courses presented by faculty from several different departments across campus. In the ideal world, the anthropology course has only anthropology students and geography is limited to geography majors, somewhat alleviating the shared language problem. Given the popularity of GIS in today’s world and advantage to students in their careers, increasing numbers of students come to the class with a broad range of experience, training, and pedagogical expectations. Additionally, if one follows the philosophy that in order to “do GIS”, students need to have a basic knowledge of geographic concepts to understand why and what they are doing, an instructor is often faced with the difficulty of introducing students to introductory level subjects, while at the same time presenting the advanced topic of the course. Students who wish to pursue other courses in GIS on campus must have these fundamentals to be successful. Fortunately, some textbooks compensate for these difficulties through the inclusion of introductory level information. Still, many students struggle with the multitude of knowledge expected of them for the class. My presentation discusses my 12 years of experience teaching GIS in Anthropology at UW and takes an anthropological perspective on the nature teaching and learning within a relatively homogeneous group of students. I argue that some of the difficulties faced by students in GIS courses involve a lack of a common language and diverse backgrounds (even within homogeneous populations). I will briefly talk about the need to understand the “culture” of the student before one they can learn and give some thoughts on how best to teach within the framework of diverse backgrounds. | |
WyGISC Geospatial Forums are scheduled on Fridays from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm. Please feel free to bring your lunch to our forums. For more information about these talks please visit our website. | Contact InformationWyoming Geographic Information Science CenterDept 4008, 1000 East University Avenue Laramie, WY 82071 Room 301, Agriculture Building C Phone: (307) 766-2532 Fax: (307) 766-2744 E-mail: wygisc@uwyo.edu www.uwyo.edu/wygisc |
| © 2011 University of Wyoming | |
[Wyoming GeoChat] Job Announcement: Broadband Coordinator (Cheyenne)
From: Jake Mundt [jacob.mundt@wyo.gov]
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 8:08 AM
To: Wyoming GeoChat
Subject: [Wyoming GeoChat] Job Announcement: Broadband Coordinator (Cheyenne)
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 8:08 AM
To: Wyoming GeoChat
Subject: [Wyoming GeoChat] Job Announcement: Broadband Coordinator (Cheyenne)
The State of Wyoming, Office of the CIO has a grant to enhance broadband deployment throughout the State of Wyoming. This grant is funding a contract position for an Enterprise Broadband Coordinator to be housed with the Enterprise Coordination team in Cheyenne.
The position is not a State employee at this time. If successful we will attempt to change that at a later time though it would require the approval and support of the Governor and the Legislature.
Please spread the word if you know someone that join our team to help make Wyoming an even better place to live.
The position is not a State employee at this time. If successful we will attempt to change that at a later time though it would require the approval and support of the Governor and the Legislature.
Please spread the word if you know someone that join our team to help make Wyoming an even better place to live.
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Jacob Mundt
Enterprise GIS Coordinator
Office of the Chief Information OfficerState of Wyoming
Office of the Chief Information OfficerState of Wyoming
Direct: (307) 777-8252
Mobile: (307) 630-2329
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