GeoMentor Program

Esri India GeoMentor Program is to identify passionate GIS users who are willing to come forward and work as an extended arm to Esri India’s K-12 initiative and work with schools in their region. Esri India’s K-12 initiative aims to encourage GIS and geographic learning in Indian K-12 schools through the introduction of ArcGIS Online into classrooms across the country.

Objective

A nationwide GeoMentor network of knowledgeable GIS users and educators to

• Create awareness about GIS amongst the youth of the country.
• Encourage adoption of GIS that can be leveraged by school students to learn geography and other subjects through ArcGIS Online and Story Maps.

Role of GeoMentors

• You can become involved in your local community schools or assist schools and teachers across India.
• Engagement between GeoMentors and teachers/schools may range from advocating GIS technology adoption in a high school to conducting workshops.
• As a mentor, you will have access to workshop materials that illustrate effective strategies for GIS implementation in the classroom
• By serving as a mentor, you will enrich the educational lives of students, teachers, and yourself.
• You will be playing a pivotal role in improving GIS and geography education in the country and gain mentoring experience.
• Mentors may also contribute by creating geo-enquiries/story maps based on school curriculum. These contributions will be added to the repository and attributed to the respective mentor.