This document summarizes the National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence and its efforts to expand the geospatial workforce through community colleges. It provides an overview of the center's role in developing geospatial curriculum, hosting workshops and conferences, and providing access to geospatial data and online mapping tools to support education programs. The center acts as a single point of contact for two-year colleges and works to build partnerships between schools and the geospatial industry.

1. National Geospatial Technology Center of ExcellenceEmpowering colleges to expand the geospatial workforce. Vince DiNoto Dean of College and Systemic Initiatives co-PI GeoTech Center AACC Geospatial mentor Vince.dinoto@kctcs.edu Funded by National Science Foundation DUE 0801893

3. Where are the jobs?

4. What are the tasks?

6. GeoTech Center Players

7. Community College GIS Programs

8. GIS within KCTCS There are two certificate programs One developed by Bluegrass (when part of UK) - 24 credit hours One developed in IT by KCTCS – 15 credit hours IT 160 and IT 260 have both been virtualized with extensive video content IT 268 has not been offered

9. GIS within KCTCS continued Basemap (ArcIMS and ArcGIS Server) GeoSpatial Data Virtual Software (available to KCTCS students and workshop participants)

10. Basemap

11. Compressed data

12. Workshops Offered as ½ day on Fridays throughout the academic year December workshop June workshops Virtual Partnership with National GeoTech Center

13. GeoTech Center Access to all work done by the center Curriculum Data DACUM Online services for students Work on DoL Codes Dynamic and Static online maps http://Geotechcenter.org

14. GeoTech Center continued

15. GeoEd`10 One day conference for secondary and post-secondary educators Pre-conference workshops (June 21 and 22) June 23, 2010 @ JCTC – SW Stipends available Free

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17. Contacting Us Vince DiNoto Vince.dinoto@kctcs.edu 502-213-7280 http://Techcenter.jefferson.kctcs.edu/gis/ http://geotechcenter.org http://vincedinoto.blogspot.com http://Education-gis.blogspot.com