Geography teacher maps a legacy
User story
Educator Jim Hanson was quick to adopt GIS, which promoted engagement in the classroom and helped students learn problem-solving skills.
Mapping activists research social justice
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students inspired by will.i.am used ArcGIS to understand and change their neighborhood.
Articles
Discover best practices and get inspired with this collection of articles, case studies, success stories, and blogs.
-
-
The power of GIS as a classroom tool
User story
Lehigh University’s Teaching, Learning, and Technology Program focuses on teaching educators to align technology with standard curricula. -
With drones, Detroit students see new career paths
Case study
Students in Frederick Douglass Academy's new GIS pathway learned applicable skills by mapping and analyzing their neighborhoods. -
Special Achievement in GIS Award 2023
Esri Community
At the 2023 Esri User Conference, Clark Magnet High School won the K–12 education Special Achievement in GIS Award. -
Esri YPN mentorship
Esri Community Blog
Learn how a Roosevelt High School student followed a passion for GIS and is now an advocate, mentor, and employee for Esri. -
Using maps to protect the unhoused from wildfires
Esri Blog
Anderson W. Clark Magnet High School students used web maps, GIS, and other technology to locate homeless encampments near high-risk fire areas. -
Special Achievement in GIS Award: Hopeworks
Community blog
The 2022 Special Achievement in GIS Award winner is Hopeworks, an organization that helps students grow, learn, and build skills. -
A school district leads the way
Case study
Loudoun County Public Schools embraces GIS in all 95 of its schools and gives 80,000 students access to ArcGIS Online organizational accounts. -
How GIS helped Roxana Ayala find a calling
Esri Blog
Roxana Ayala was introduced to GIS while working on a high school project, and it helped her understand historically underserved neighborhoods. -
Special Achievement in GIS
Community blog
The 2021 Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award winner in K–12 education is the Bigfork (Montana) High School Cave Club. -
A software developer's story
ArcUser
Nate Ebel's experience as a GIS student led his career in software development, moving from the Esri User Conference stage to a career in GIS. -
Mapping digital inequities amid online school
Esri Blog
Two of the largest school districts examined the digital divide to provide resources to low-income students when forced to study from home. -
Black perspectives: The implications of place
ArcUser
GIS can illuminate and thus help prevent racial inequities. -
Using GIS to help homeless students
ArcWatch
A New York City-based nonprofit group uses Esri technology to analyze data on homeless children. -
Map educates schoolchildren about flood risk
ArcWatch
To help young children better understand the dangers of flooding in their communities, Vallui and Gérard use GIS. -
Building a nation of young spatial thinkers
ArcNews
A GIS that combines desktop, web, and mobile apps enhances the development of students' spatial thinking skills in Singapore. -
Mahika Srivastava's story
ArcWatch
Harpreet Singh from Esri India presents the third-place award in an Esri India contest to Mahika Srivastava for her ArcGIS StoryMaps story. -
Enriching geography curriculum with ArcGIS
ArcWatch
The Dutch education system recognizes that students need to have a fundamental understanding of physical geography. -
European educators fill spatial awareness gap
Esri Blog
Educators lobbied for spatial-awareness skills funding, then made moves to fill the curriculum gap. Students now use maps to explore and share. -
Reach the World
Community blog
Reach the World is a global education nonprofit that uses virtual exchange to bring the world into K–12 classrooms.
Previous
Next
Esri Education Community
Read blogs, ask questions, join discussions, and build relationships with Esri staff and your peers.
Events
From webinars to workshops and conferences, join us at events throughout the year. Talk with Esri staff and meet other teachers using GIS.
Training
Instructor-led and self-paced options help individuals apply best practices and quickly learn ArcGIS software. Esri training consultants provide complimentary planning services to identify options that will best meet an organization's immediate, short-term, and long-term workforce training needs.
