DON’T MISS THIS CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE
ANNUAL GALILEO AWARD POSTER COMPETITION!
PURPOSE
The New York State GIS Association is inviting
all public and private New York State teachers and
students to participate in the 1st
Annual Galileo Award Poster Competition. Realizing that Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) provide great classroom tools, the
purpose of the Award is to recognize the outstanding
GIS work of K-12 school students, undergraduate college
students, and their teachers. For this premiere year
of the competition, all submitted posters will be
displayed (as space permits) at the 2nd Annual NYS Geospatial
Summit in June 2007 and the NYS GIS Conference in October
2007.
SPECIFICATIONS
We are encouraging participants to submit
electronic images of their poster/map. A simple export
of the map in a common graphics format at 400 dpi is
desired (i.e. JPEG, PDF, TIFF). Please limit the size
of your poster to no larger than 11 inches by 17 inches.
Posters may be in any form and on any subject, but
should illustrate the students’ use of GIS to effectively
communicate a central theme of any classroom topic
(e.g. sciences, history, social studies, business,
physical education, etc.) The use of Global Position
Systems (GPS) in creating your map is completely acceptable.
ENTRY
INFORMATION
Entries will be grouped into the following
three categories: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, and undergraduate
college. Each category will be awarded a first place,
second place, and third place. While only one poster
may be entered per student, more than one student may
participate per school.
JUDGING CRITERIA
Poster entries will be judged on the
following criteria:
- technical ability and use of GIS
to perform a spatial analysis,
- creativity in using
map and graphic elements,
- poster concept/purpose,
- clarity of poster, and
- originality.
SUBMITTAL INFORMATION
Poster entries must be received
no later than 12:00 Noon on Friday, April 27th, 2007.
Each poster entry must be submitted with a completed
entry form. This announcement and the entry
form may be downloaded
here. Please check this
site for updates. For more information, or to submit
a poster, contact:
John Borst
NYS Office of Cyber Security & Critical Infrastructure
Coordination
30 South Pearl Street, 11th Floor
Albany, NY 12207
(518) 473-5755 or John.Borst@cscic.state.ny.us.
All entries
submitted may be used in future publications and may
not be returned. Winners will be notified by phone
or email and will also be announced at the NYS Geospatial
Summit. First, second and third place student awardees
will receive a certificate of achievement, in addition
to being acknowledged at the NYS Geospatial Summit
and the NYS GIS Conference.
AWARDS (tentative list)
All winning posters will be
displayed on Google Earth for one week.
Grades 6-8
- 1st
- A
Pictometry seat license with an image library
[Pictometry]
- An
ArcView Academic License for a year and a copy
of “Mapping Our World: Geographic Lessons for
Educators”, as well as the “Community Geography”
Educator Resource Set [ESRI]
- 2007 NYS Geospatial Summit conference
registration to a teacher and student [CT Male]
- 2nd
- A copy of “Mapping Our World:
Geographic Lessons for Educators”, as well as
the “Community Geography” Educator Resource Set
[ESRI]
- A
Trimble Pathfinder ProXB GPS receiver [Waypoint
Technology]
- Book
“Fun with GPS” [TeleAtlas]
- 3rd
- A copy of “Mapping Our World:
Geographic Lessons for Educators”, as well as
the “Community Geography” Educator Resource Set
[ESRI]
- Registration
to the 2007 NYS GIS Conference for a teacher
[Bowne Management Systems]
- MapInfo brand items [MapInfo]
- Book
“Fun with GPS” [TeleAtlas]
Grades 9-12
- 1st
- A Pictometry seat license with an image library
[Pictometry]
- An ArcView Academic License for a year
and a copy of “Mapping Our World: Geographic
Lessons for Educators”, as well as the “Community
Geography” Educator Resource Set [ESRI]
- 2007 NYS Geospatial
Summit conference registration to a teacher and
student [CT Male]
- 2nd
- A copy of “Mapping Our World: Geographic Lessons
for Educators”, as well as the “Community Geography”
Educator Resource Set [ESRI]
- 2 free registrations:
1 for a teacher, 1 for a student to the 2007
CORSE conference. More about CORSE at: www.iagt.org/corse [IAGT]
- 3rd
- A copy of “Mapping Our World: Geographic Lessons
for Educators”, as well as the “Community Geography”
Educator Resource Set. [ESRI]
- Registration to the
2007 NYS GIS Conference for a teacher [Bowne
Management Systems] and a student [James W. Sewall
Company]
- MapInfo
brand items [MapInfo]
- Book “Fun with GPS” [TeleAtlas]
Undergraduate College
- 1st
- A Pictometry seat license with an image library
[Pictometry]
- ArcView Student Licenses for each
award recipient. These licenses permit at-home
use of ArcView [ESRI]
- 2007
NYS Geospatial Summit conference registration
to a teacher and student [CT Male]
- 2nd
- ArcView Student Licenses for each award recipient.
These licenses permit at-home use of ArcView.
[ESRI]
- ArcGIS
I training [Bergmann Associates]
- 1 student registration
to the 2007 NYS GIS Conference [James W. Sewall
Company]
- 3rd
- ArcView Student Licenses for each award recipient.
These licenses permit at-home use of ArcView.
[ESRI]
- 1
educational license of ER Mapper [Earth Resource
Mapping]
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