Teacher Information

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As teachers, you truly do touch the future. Your students need your help to be involved in educational community events. GIS Day is open for middle and high school students from all over the entire Houston area. The Houston Area GIS Day event isn’t complete without YOU! Geography teachers, science teachers, computer and technology teachers...Anyone who is teaching technology classes, spatial science, or human history should be involved.

Thanks to our sponsors the event is free for teachers and students to attend! To sign up for GIS Day on Friday Nov 21st, please email Maria Vera at MVera@houstontranstar.org.  Space is limited. Please register early.

Scholarships  for  Teachers  and  Students

For the first time in the history of the HGAC GDC’s GIS Day event, we are offering teacher training scholarships and 2 scholarships for high school seniors and college students. (See applications below.)  Thanks to our sponsors, we are able to offer GIS training classes to area teachers at a training facility in Houston and offer monetary scholarships to students pursuing GIS training and college degrees.

Applications:  Scholarship application deadlines extended to November 1st!

H-GAC Geographic Data and Technology Teacher Training Scholarship HGAC Geographic Data Studies Scholarship
The Virginia and Andre Bally GIS Study Scholarship

GIS DAY 2008 Essay Contest

In conjunction with the National Geography Awareness Week (GAW)  and the GIS Day 2008 activities, the Geographic Data Committee’s (GDC) GIS Day Committee is sponsoring an essay contest for students in selected high schools. This contest will allow students the opportunity to win either a first, second or third place award as well as have fun learning about GIS or Geography at the same time.  To download a copy of the essay contest form please click here.  More information is included on the essay contest form. 

GIS  in  YOUR  classroom

GIS professionals in the Houston area want to help students and teachers really understand and experience the technology that geographic information systems offers. To help with this, volunteers from local government agencies, private companies and organizations want to talk to your class, introduce them to GIS and GPS basics, help them get hands-on experience and potentially put together a project to present at the GIS Day event.  See more information under Mentorship page or Mentorship FAQ.

City of Houston PUD GIS services Website for Students' Day Lab

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