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Goals
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- Infusing GIS technology throughout the
secondary school curriculum including geography, science, math and
other related areas.
- Training secondary school teachers to
incorporate GIS technology in their courses.
- Providing an articulation mechanism
from secondary school to community college to 4 year institutions.
- Establishing GIS certifications at the
community college level.
- Developing GIS data sets for local applications
from the Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS) statewide
database.
- Adapting GIS training modules for use
by secondary school teachers, small and rural municipal employees
and the public.
- Sponsoring GIS mentors to local secondary
schools to help teachers GIS-related problems and solutions.
- Providing necessary funding for GIS
training workshops by subject matter experts to promote the use of
GIS technology in rural and under-served school districts.
 
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science
Foundation under Grant # DUE 0402435. Any opinions, findings and
conclusions or recommendations do not necessarily reflect the
views of the NSF.
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