GISCorps: K-12 Missions

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K-12 Missions

GISCorps has initiated several K-12 related projects. A team of four GISCorps volunteers are managing these projects. They are:

Beni Patel (team leader), Leeanne Pacatte, Laura Horton, and Lucia Barbato

K-12 Project in Sac County, Iowa

Leeanne Pacatte recruited GISCorps volunteer Brandon Haas of NewCom Technologies, Inc. for a K-12 project in Sac County, Iowa. Brandon provided GIS assistance for a project called Barn Quilts. Read more about the project in here.

4-H Project in Collier County, Florida

This project was also managed by Leeanne Pacatte who recruited GISCorps volunteer Darryl Clare, the GIS Manager for City of Cape Coral, for a project in Collier County, Florida. The Collier County GIS Community Development Project is a collaborative project of 4-H of Collier County University of Florida IFAS Extension Services, Collier County School Board, the City of Naples City Council. Read more about the project in here.

K-12 Project in Oxford, Ohio

GISCorps volunteers assisted Caching Our World, a K-12 non profit organization, in conducting several events during the Geography Awareness Week. The event was held on November 13-15, 2007 at the campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. GISCorps volunteers, Tara Havens, Lucia Barbato, Megan Winnenberg, and Patricia Moehring assisted Caching Our World in:

- Logistics (creating name tags, certificates, etc.) prior to the event

- Maps for the Map Gallery

- Guiding and mentoring students in grades 3, 4, and 5 throughout the event

To read more about the event and also see the photos, click here.

Caching Our World is looking for volunteers to help them with developing an image portal:

Caching Our World would like to start building an image portal where teachers can download images of different regions for classroom instructions. We are looking at forming a committee to help make this a reality. Please contact us if you are interested in helping out with this project. You can either contact Rose Haverkos at: rose@CachingOurWorld.org or GISCorps volunteer Laura Horton at: Laura.L.Horton@uscg.mil.