Allen J.E. author Johnson A. author Headley Rachel M. author 2009 American Geophysical Union Washington, D.C. 14-18 December 2009 FY 2010 The increasing availability of no-cost remote sensing data and improvements in analysis software have presented an unprecedented opportunity for the integration of geospatial technologies into a wide variety of disciplines for learning and teaching at community colleges and Tribal colleges. These technologies magnify the effectiveness of problem solving in agriculture, disaster management, environmental sciences, urbanization monitoring, and multiple other domains for societal benefit. This session will demonstrate the approach and lessons learned by federal and private industry partners leading a professional development program, "Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training" (iGETT; http://igett.delmar.edu), 2007-2010. iGETT is funded by the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education Program, (NSF DUE 0703185). 40 participants were selected from a nationwide pool and received training in how to understand, identify, download, and integrate federal land remote sensing data into existing Geographic Information Systems programs to address specific issues of concern to the local workforce. Each participant has authored a "Learning Unit" that covers at least two weeks of class time. All training resources and Learning Units are publicly available on the iGETT Web site. A follow-on project is under consideration to develop core competencies for the remote sensing technician. agriculture conference abstracts data development disaster disaster management education geographic information Geographic Information System Geographic Information System (GIS) geospatial geospatial technology information system integration land management monitoring problem solving remote sensing resources societal benefit technology training tribal college urbanization exported from refbase (http://eros.usgs.gov/refbase/show.php?record=23330), last updated on Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:59:54 -0500 text http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/waisfm09adv.html http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/waisfm09adv.html Allen_etal2009 EROS @ cdeering @ 229 San Francisco, Calif. 2009 American Geophysical Union Washington, D.C. 14-18 December 2009 conference publication Eos Transactions, Suppl., v. 90, no. 52 http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/waisfm09adv.html in editor