My Favorite Places in West Windsor

http://www.ilovegeography.net/westwindsor/

Three students from West Windsor- Plainsboro High School North, Susan Im,  Joanne Im, and I collaborated to make this project using the Mappler application. These students inputted data and pictures of the locations newcomers might go in West Windsor. These locations include schools/libraries, Parks and Recreation, Entertainment, Bookstores, Food Sites, and Historic Sites.

-jocelyn

Useful GIS for Schools

ESRI is the one of the largest GIS software companies.  They spents lots of resources to outreach K-12 communities.  Many K-12 schools can get ESRI software with a significant education discount.  While I agree ESRI’s software is really powerful, I often wonder whether it really fits into K-12 education.  GIS is not still easy to be learned nor easy to be used.    I believe GIS should be extremely easy to use for teachers and students.  That’s why Google Maps and Google Earth become extremely popular for some teachers.

You can view ESRI’s K-12 website   http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/index.html