Meet Our Speakers . . .

Cris Crissman and Rita Hagevik
Our state has a GIS Day celebration every year. We dreamed up this idea for GIS LIVE by combining our interests in GIS, distance learning, professional development for educators, and live interactive Internet field trips. The eForum will be broadcast via the North Carolina Information Highway to 13 sites across our state and Webcast around the world.

Rita: "My dream is that every school will someday use the power of GIS for student learning and achievement. One of the great things about living in America is that everyone has access to so much information. Now, through GIS, this information can be used to further our understandings of our world and each other."

Cris: "The most exciting thing I do in my classes and my projects is to explore with my collaborators the possibilities of learning through live Webcast experiences. I can see so clearly that someday, fairly soon, students and teachers will be Webcasting special events from their schools. It's going to be global learning realized!"