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
for Teachers

Applications Opening in March.

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 2010 Workshop will be divided in to two tracks: Introductory and Advanced. View/download a PDF schedule of last year's workshop here:

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Questions, comments?? Contact us at twist@iagt.org or call (315) 283-9413.

 

TwiST Workshop
Teaching With Spatial Technology
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formerly
CORSE - Conference on Remote Sensing Education

TwiST Workshop 2009

Submit Your Application

Application deadline is May 29, 2009. For scholarship consideration, deadline is May 15, 2009.

Your Personal Information
 First Name:
 Last Name:
 Home Address 1:
Home Address 2:
 City:  State:
 Zip:
 Home/Cell Phone:
Fax:
   Email:
Special Needs:
(vegetarian, disablilty, etc.)
Interested in College Credit?

School/Organization Information
 School/Organization Name:
Address:
City: State:
Zip:
Phone: Fax:
Subjects You Teach:
Grade Levels You Teach:
Approximate Number of Students Taught Yearly:
Years of Teaching Experience:

Your Scholarship Information
Applying for a Scholarship?

There are a limited number of scholarships available to New York State applicants who come as part of a 3-person team. The team consists of:

  • K-14 teacher
  • 7th-12th grade student
  • and local public official (such as a member of a town board, planning committee, etc or a community volunteer).

The scholarships cover the registration fee, all meals, lodging and 1 year ESRI site license for ArcMap.

The online application must be filled out by all three team members and submitted by prior to the general registration deadline in order to be considered for a scholarship.
Participating with a Team?  
Team Member - Teacher:
Team Member - Student:
Team Member - Public Official:

Technology Competencies

Please answer these questions as honestly as you can. Your responses will help us to determine whether you should be placed in the introductory or intermediate/advanced GIS sections.
 Are you familiar with the Windows operating system?
 Can you create a directory/folder in Windows?
 Do you know what a "path" is?
 How often do you use GIS software?  
 Do you know how to add a layer in GIS?
 Do you know how to select data by attribute?
 Have you worked with raster data?
 Do you know how to reproject data?
 Can you create a layout in GIS?
 Are there other teachers at your school also teaching GIS?
 Did you participate in CORSE/TwiST previously?
 Which TwiST track would you prefer?

School-based Technological Support
 Is your department chair or principal supportive of your exploring ways to bring GIS and GPS into the classroom?
 Will you be permitted to install ArcGIS software onto one or more computers in your school?

Comments and Application Submission
How did you find out about this workshop?
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