Thoughts - ESRI's Private Shin-dig and I Can Attend
If my maps of islands could get half the response of my gripes the world would be a wonderful place. Okay, I am invited. It is just that I have to pony up $150 to attend as an educator. I wish it cost less, but I think that fee is reasonable. Now I just have to scrape together $150.
I do want to assure all of my readers that my students learn about maps. All sorts of maps and the information that is placed on them that makes them valuable sources of information. We fly over Africa and visit the various sites where Early Man tended to his business. Any opportunity we have to visit a place, we visit. We explore it as best we can. We zoom out to see what is around it.
As a private school teacher, funds are very tight. So we make do with hand-me-down computer systems that are 2-generations out of synch, but that's okay. My students learn about the Earth and how history was played out by visiting these places.
I don't know if I can afford to spend $150 for the conference. That is my problem, not the fault of ESRI and their marketing team. I am certain the conference will be a hit. If I make it there, great. If not, enjoy!
