The National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence provides resources to expand the geospatial workforce through two-year colleges. It operates a geospatial curriculum repository and data warehouse accessible through a remote application server without required software. The Center also offers workshops throughout the academic year and an annual GeoEd conference for educators, with stipends available.

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

2. What is the GeoTech Center An NSF funded ATE National Center of Excellence Single point of contact for two year colleges A Geospatial curriculum repository A data warehouse (data, static maps, dynamic maps) A best practice in Geospatial

4. No Software needed to be loaded

6. Flex Serverhttp://216.69.2.35/flexviewerhttp://geotechcenter.org

7. Base map Provide Base maps Geo-projected Kentucky related Across multiple subjects Useful for other Geospatial users

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

10. 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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12. 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