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Presented by the Brown Family Charitable Foundation andÂ
the Hebenstreit Family in partnership with the Linda Hall Library.
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The program is an educator professional development course.
Registration priority will be given to K-12 teachers and educators.Â
About the workshop
This workshop will provide educators an introduction to the powerful world of GIS (Geographic Information Systems). GIS allows the user the ability to create maps, visualize and analyze data, and better understand their own communities and the world. This technology can be used in the classroom to engage student thinking in identifying patterns and relationships and provide a launching point for a variety of careers in GIS.
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- Class size is limited to 30 participants.
- Please bring your own laptop. You will receive login information to ArcGIS.
- Each participant will receive a $50 Amazon gift card.Â
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ParkingÂ
Free parking is available in Linda Hall Library lots. The main entrance to Library grounds is on Cherry Street. Entrance to the Library building will be obvious from the lot. Â
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Workshop scheduleÂ
8:00am - Coffee and pastries
8:30am - Session I
10:00am - Break
10:15am - Session II
Noon - Workshop concludes
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Sarah Holmes has been teaching science at a variety of levels for the last 25 years. Currently she teaches AP Environmental Science and Anatomy and Physiology at St. Teresa’s Academy in Kansas City, MO. At St. Teresa’s, she also co-leads the Green Team and runs the school's apiary. Sarah’s interest in GIS began when she was chosen to represent Missouri and attend the National Geographic Geo-Inquiry Summer Institute in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Her journey continues by attending workshops at Lindenwood University, Lincoln University and ESRI webinars.
Christine Lawlor-King exemplifies an educator who is both pioneering invention and entrepreneurship learning in the classroom.
As an educator, Christine created her district’s award-winning K-12 STEM program and has been the catalyst for implementing invention education curriculum in many schools, on a national and international level. She was the first to teach invention education in her urban school district. Her invention teams won multiple STEM awards.
Christine was the Education Lead on the team who created the National Invention Convention program. She was the Executive Director of the largest Invention Convention program in the world and currently consults with numerous invention education programs and schools, including Lemelson-MIT and the InventEd network.
Christine has mentored hundreds of young inventors, some who have received patents for their work. Christine trains and supports educators and administrators and out of school time leaders and facilitators on a national level.
Her efforts earned her STEMconnector’s Community Trailblazer Award and NCWIT’s Aspirations in Computing Educator Award.
