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The History and Application of GIS in Educationby Tom Baker, KanCRN Systems SpecialistConferences The development of any field within academia or industry is typically marked by a surge of professional meetings and conferences. Geographic Information Systems in education is no different. In January of 1994, the first annual conference on the pre-college educational applications of Geographic Information Systems was held at the National Geographic Society. Heralded as EdGIS, the conference was a great success and has grown substantially each year with participants from education, the cognitive sciences, geography, GIS, remote sensing, government, and industry. EdGIS has a substantial research component, where the task of GIS education has been subdivided to allow for greater depth of inquiry. These educational subdivisions fit into a simple framework of pedagogical issues, curriculum issues, software issues, and cognitive issues (EDGIS '96, 1996). In addition to EDGIS, there are several other formal proceedings relevant to GIS in Education. The First International Conference on GIS Education (GISED '98), GIS Education: A European Perspective (EUGISES '98), and the Interoperability for GIScience Education (1998) all indicate a formalization of GIS and its significance to education at both the K-12 and collegiate levels (NCGIA, 1999). Contents:
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