4-H Geospatial Programming Resources

Online Work Group | 4-H GIS FanPage | The 4HGISGPS List
Online Training & Webinars | Curriculum & Lesson Plans | Opportunities & Other Resources

Online Work Groups for 4-H ESRI Grantees and Interested Others

For individuals who want more interaction with their peers and mentors, exchange of ideas, and collaboration: please consider joining one of our Wiggio work groups. Started in March 2010, these communities support active engagement around geospatial issues and programs. Our Beginners/Introductory group is for those who are learning how to implement geospatial programs and how to use ArcView. Our Intermediate/Masters group is for those with greater skill who want to share ideas and enhance their programs and skills, perhaps develop new resources. Members of the National 4-H GIS GPS Leadership Team participate in both groups, and are happy to offer advice, lessons learned, and assistance as needed. All are welcome to join a work group,from novice to expert. There is no fee or requirement to join, but you must be invited and the site is password protected. If you would like us to send you an invitation, send an email to cyf @ umn . edu (delete the blank spaces when sending email).

4-H GIS Fan Page on Face Book

For those desiring more of a social interaction with your peers, as well as announcements of upcoming opportunities and sharing program success, check out our 4-H GIS GPS Fan Page on Facebook, and become a fan!

4HGISGPS Email Distribution List

We will continue to use the list to communicate with you. Anyone is welcome to join. If you are not now a member but would like to be, click here to join. Our list is confidential. That means that the archives cannot be crawled or searched by search engines and bots, and that to access the archives you must be a member of the list. To check the archives, you need to know your email address and set up a password.

Go to general list website
Click on: Set or change your LISTSERV password
Insert in the appropriate box the email address you use to join the list.
Type a password, repeat it for verification. Submit.
To activate your password, simply follow the instructions emailed to you. Look for the message "Your new password was registered successfully" before using it with the Web interface.

ACCCESSING THE ARCHIVES and MANAGING YOUR SUBSCRIPTION:

Go to 4HGISGPS LIST WEBSITE and Log in with your email address and password
You will be in your "Subscriber's Corner" and see a list of all your listservs hosted by the University of Minnesota
To Access the Archives: Click on the listserv name (in this case, 4HGISGPS).
To Change Your Settings (unsubscribe, update your email address, temporarily stop messages (the 'on vacation' option to make sure your email box doesn't overflow): Click on SETTINGS beside the list name, make changes, and then click the button at the bottom: "Update Options" or "Leave 4HGISGPS"
To Send a Message to the List: Click on "POST" beside the list name

Online Training and Webinars

Links to GIS training and development resources, especially videos and webinars that build GIS skills will belinked from this section of the site. Let us know of resources you think we should include.

Curriculum, Lesson Plans and Program Ideas

Resources that support youth learning and use of geospatial sciences are linked from this section of the site

Criteria for Judging Maps, courtesy of Oregon 4-H and the National 4-H Leadership Team.

Arc Lessons, courtesy of ESRI.

Alert - Evacuate - Shelter: Mapping Our Way To Safety, developed by the National 4-H GIS GPS Leadership Team.

4-H Youth Favorite Places, developed by the National, 4-H GIS GPS Leadership Team.

GEAR Tech 21, GEospatial and Robotics Technologies for the 21st century, developed by the Nebraska 4-H

Opportunities & Other Resources

Check here for 4-H grant, leadership and event opportunities; organizations, multipurpose sites, and other useful materials.

National 4-H GIS Leadership Team: The application deadline has passed. A copy of the 2010 form is linked as an example for those considering application in 2011. The 2011 application will likely be posted in February 2011, with an early/mid March deadline.
4-H ESRI Software and Training Grant: If this grant will be available for 2011 programs, the request for proposals will likely be posted in September or October, 2010, with a due date of December 1, 2010.
For an events calendar check the Youth Community Mapping site.

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