TwiST Workshop
June 28 - July 1
2010
Auburn, New York

Empowering Student Discovery Through GIS

Teaching With Spatial Technology

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TwiST Workshop
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College Credit

You can earn a graduate credit hour from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry or an undergraduate credit from Cayuga Community College for an additional cost. Find out more here.

Workshop Schedules

The 2009 Workshop will be divided in to three tracks: Introductory, Advanced, and Student.

You can download a PDF of the 2009 TwiST Workshop schedule for reference below.

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TwiST Workshop
Teaching With Spatial Technology
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Workshop Costs

Registration Fee

Teachers - Intro and Advanced Tracks:

Registration fee is $400. The fee includes: 4 days of hands-on training by GIS college faculty and GIS education specialists, a GPS instrument, GIS in education materials, digital versions of resources used and GIS data, guest speakers and lunches. A site license for ESRI ArcGIS software will also be available at a discounted price.

As a special added bonus, workshop participants will receive certificates that allow them to take 8 ESRI online training courses for FREE! These courses have a total value of $1218 and are included in the $400 workshop registration fee.

  • Learning ArcGIS Desktop $203
  • Learning ArcGIS 3D Analyst $174
  • Cartographic Design Using ArcGIS $174
  • Understanding Map projections & Coordinate Systems $145
  • Understanding Geographic Data $145
  • Turning Data in Information using ArcGIS $145
  • Learning ArcGIS Spatial Analyst $145
  • Working with Rasters in ArcGIS $87

Workshop and Camp Payment

After completing your online application, you are directed to a page that describes your payment options. We have added the ease of PayPal payments for this year's attendees.

If you have already completed your online application and need to make payment arrangements, please follow the link below:

Teams

Participants are invited to attend the workshop in teams. Teams can consist of two or more teachers from the same school or district or:

  • Two or more teachers from same school or district
  • A K-12 teacher, 7th-12th grade student, and a local public official (such as a member of a town board, planning committee, etc or a community volunteer).

The online application must be filled out by all team members and submitted by May 15.

Lodging

Participants traditionally stay at a local hotel close to CCC as there is no on-campus housing. The hotel can arrange for participants to share a room if you choose to share a room and have not made arrangements with another attendee. Workshop participants are responsible for making their own reservations and paying for the room. Naturally, you may also commute to the conference or choose other accommodations.

Graduate Credit (additional fee)

Workshop attendees can earn one graduate credit hour course entitled "Introduction to Geographic Information Technology" from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY by attending the entire conference and presenting their project at the end. Visit here to see the course description and costs. Full information is on the registration form.

Undergraduate Credit (additional fee)

Conference attendees will be able to earn one undergraduate credit hour course entitled "Special Topics in GIT" from Cayuga Community College by attending the entire conference. Visit here to see the course description and costs. Full information is on the registration form.