Center for Educational Technologies

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Center for Educational Technologies (CET)

• To enhance lifelong learning and teaching through
  the effective use of technology.

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CETs GIS Mission Statement

• To increase opportunities for students and
  teachers to learn about and use geospatial
  technologies within the context of existing K-12
  goals and standards.

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Top 3 geospatial accomplishments this past year

• CET strengthened its GIS presence to meet the
  demands of Mine Impoundment Location and Warning
  System project.
• Satisfied most of the requirements of the project
  including geospatial database, prototype module
  for the centers Exploring the Environment online
  learning program, and prototype ArcIMS
  interactive mapping website.
• Provided GIS/remote sensing support to Wheeling
  Jesuit Universitys Biology Department for
  impoundment site visits and also created an
  ArcIMS application to help the department locate
  inactive and/or unregulated coal impoundments.

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Top 3 geospatial goals for the coming year

• Complete remaining requirements of the Mine
  Location and Warning System project.
• Incorporate ArcIMS applications to supplement
  existing Exploring the Environment products.
• Develop and implement a plan to create a center
  for geospatial studies at the CET. Rather than
  teaching GIS, the centers focus will be to teach
  with GIS, using a problem-based learning strategy.

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Geospatial data

• Evacuation/Inundation areas and points
  (roadblocks, evacuation centers, etc.) in the
  form of ArcGIS shapefiles digitized from
  emergency action plans submitted by coal
  companies to the West Virginia Department of
  Environmental Protection.

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How can you benefit from the CET?

• Once completed, coal impoundment GIS data will be
  available to interested agencies.
• Currently, educators can access our Exploring the
  Environment modules, most of which, incorporate
  remote sensing and Earth system science
  education.

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Links and contact information

• http//www.cet.edu
• http//www.coalimpoundment.org
• http//www.cotf.edu/ete/
• Jodie Hoover
• 304.243.4417
• jhoover_at_cet.edu