During the past decade the learning curve for using Geographic Information Systems in the classroom has decreased incredibly and accessibility to K-12 institutions is at all-time high! IN 2014 ESRI announced a $1 billion gift of ArcGIS Online software to support the Obama Administration’s ConnectEd initiative. Any public or private school in US can now have organization GIS for up to 500 users free of charge.

Explore easy and powerful ways to teach and learn about change over space and time using web-based Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and mapping tools. Tools, such as ArcGIS Online and story maps, can be effectively used to analyze historical events, population and demographics, land use, watersheds, natural hazards, and economic data from local to global scale. This webinar will demonstrate how to teach with these free online tools, data sets, and curricular components, and how you can get started.