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PROJECTS and PARTNERS

Clean Pelican

Clean Pelican is a part of the Keep American Beautiful Network of Alliances for Geographic Education, whose mission it is to inspire and educate people to create a litter-free America. Clean Pelican is "working to create an maintain a clean, beautiful community where businesses and families want to stay, work and play".

Bus Bench Survey

GGI partnered with Clean Pelican for two youth-centered projects. Youth gathered to participate in a survey of the bus benches in one tract of Baton Rouge took place. The students were collecting data on the visual appearance, presence of litter, and overall safety of the benches. Using their data, they then determined if the benches were in dissatisfactory, acceptable, or excellent condition. The students also presented their findings in front of local council members.

Map It Clean! at Episcopal Middle School

At Episcopal Middle School, the 7th-grade class learned about GIS software, the implications of litter, and data collection. Following, two in-class lessons, the students were tasked with mapping litter on their school's campus for a project called Map It Clean! They recorded where they found litter, the type of litter, and images of the litter. This data was then analyzed, and the students made Story Maps talking about their experience and findings throughout GGI and Clean Pelican's involvement. Select students will be presenting their findings to Episcopal students at large and also to a public audience for GIS Day 2022. GIS Day is an international event held annually during the second week in November.

2022-2023 AGOL Competition Louisiana Co-Lead

Clean Pelican, in partnership with Global Geospatial Institution, is currently collaborating on leading the Louisiana ArcGIS Online Competition. We share the goal of having as many students and schools interested in competing with self-made Story Map focused on one of their interest and Louisiana. For more information on the AGOL Competition or to register, please sign up here or email support@ggi.education.

For more information on Clean Pelican's efforts, visit their website here.

Park Forest Watershed Initiative

The academic leadership at Park Forest Middle School is dedicated to bringing innovation technology to their student population. They are always seeking ways to incorporate new ideas to support their students, teachers, and families. For the past several years Park Forest has worked with GGI to incorporate to offer summer camps, story map competitions, geo inquiry teacher professional development and now, spring of 2021 the launching of the watershed initiative.

We here at Global Geospatial Solutions have partnered with LRCE to promote the implementation of ArcGIS Online in K-12 schools via a four day workshop. ArcGIS Online is a cloud-based geospatial platform that enables individuals to create and share maps, apps, and map services. Esri will include ArcGIS Online subscriptions in its educational site licenses and online application at no extra cost.

LSU's Coastal Roots Program

Louisiana State University's Coastal Roots program, headed by Dr. Pam Blanchard and Dr. Ed Bush, is a wonderful initiative to involve Louisiana youth in the restoration and preservation of their forests and coastline. Students from fifty schools across Louisiana are currently participating in the LSU Coastal Roots Program, as well as one school in San Pedro de la Paz (Concepcion), Chile. These students are planting a wide variety of trees and grasses while learning about environmental stewardship and ecology.

For more information, teacher learning opportunities, or related lesson plans, please visit their website by clicking here.

Louisiana Geographic Education Alliance

The Louisiana Geographic Education Alliance (LaGEA) is a part of the National Geographic Network of Alliances for Geographic Education, whose mission it is to increase geographic literacy among the United States by leading a systemic reformation and comprehensive improvement of geographic education across the state.

LaGEA, in partnership with Global Geospatial Solutions, is currently offering professional development opportunities this winter and upcoming spring. For more information on these workshops or to register, please email Dr. Robert Rohli at garohl@lsu.edu or Fran Harvey at fharvey@ggsonline.org listing the names of those registering, their e-mail addresses, and their school's name.

For more information on LaGEA's efforts, visit their website here.

Louisiana Resource Center for Educators

The Louisiana Center for Educators, or LRCE, is dedicated to supporting innovation in education for students, teachers, administrators, higher education and families. LRCE houses a resource library of 70,000+ items which can be searched online. LRCE is a shared resource center for educators in the public, private, parochial, charter, and home school sectors. Additionally, LRCE provides workshops and training for Louisiana's educators, an alternative certification program, and more.