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To receive an application:

Email Sue Lahti: susan_lahti@beeline-online.net

Visit the Maine Geographic Alliance’s web site at:

http://www.ngsednet.org/community/resources_category.cfm?co

mmunity_id=494&category_id=928

Maine Community Mapping Program Partners

Maine Geographic Alliance

Center for Community GIS

University of Maine Farmington

If we implement school-community investigations of a natural or cultural

resource of local concern using spatial tools and field experience,

participants will gain:

• A deeper understanding of community systems (ecological,

social, economic, cultural systems).

• Increased capacity to use visual tools for problem-solving.

• Products of real community value.

• New opportunities for connecting learning to real world uses.

• Expanded capacity for school-community collaboration.

(Excerpted from An Evaluation of The Northeast

Community Mapping Program, 2003)

*** TRAINING OPPORTUNITY ***

The Maine Community

Mapping Program (2008-2009)

Discover

innovative ways to engage students in

community projects

Learn

how to develop partnerships with

community organizations

Enrich

instruction with place-based projects using

local resources

Explore

real world geospatial technologies,

including GIS and GPS

Community Mapping engages youth and communities in a

discovery process that builds enduring community relationships, uses

current technology to address local needs, and promotes student

learning in a real-world context.

Get involved now by signing up for this summer’s

4th Annual Community Mapping Institute

June 23 - 27, 2008

University of Maine at Farmington

Farmington, Maine

Institute participants take a break from

mapping historical attractions in the field.

Working in the lab to download

GPS data into a GIS.

Maine Community Mapping Program

 

 

 

 

 

2008 Community Mapping Institute Registration

June 23 – June 27, 2008

University of Maine Farmington


 

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I have working knowledge of the following (mark all that apply):

q Document/file management        q Spreadsheets/tables           q Internet          q GPS units    

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q GIS software: Type:                                            q Other? List:

 

I am most familiar with:           q  Windows         q  Macintosh             q  Both

 

Please indicate which system(s) you will use after the training:   q  Windows       q  Macintosh 

 

On completion of the institute, are you interested in receiving: q  CEUs       q  Graduate credits

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Approximately how many students will you involve in a Community Mapping project?

 

List 3-5 social, economic, or ecological issues of concern in your area that could be addressed through a Community Mapping project.

 

q   I would like to arrange lodging at UMF for the institute.    q   I plan to arrive Sunday evening (6/22).

            If checked, participant must include $25 for lodging reservation with this application.

Lodging must be paid in full on the first day of the institute or by special arrangement. For more information, contact Sue Lahti.

The application deadline for the summer institute is May 2, 2008. A $175 registration fee is required and must

accompany this application. Make checks payable to “Maine Geographic Alliance”.  Mail application and check to:

Maine Geographic Alliance

UMF-Dept. of Social Sciences and Business

Roberts Learning Center   270 Main Street    Farmington, ME  04938

Cancellation policy: Before May 30, we will refund 50% of the registration fee. No refunds will be made after this date.

Fees will be returned if the applicant is not accepted due to space limitations.

Questions? Please email susan_lahti@beeline-online.net.