In August, Blue Marble Geographics will be hosting a month-long series of online events to showcase the company’s academic programs, including no-cost access to its software for universities and colleges in the US and Canada, as well as free curriculum and teaching materials.

With an extensive collection of powerful geospatial tools, Blue Marble’s Global Mapper software is ideally suited for the task of introducing students to the core principles of GIS. Throughout August, teachers and faculty will have an opportunity to learn how to use this innovative software in the classroom to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the geospatial industry.

The program will feature:

• An interactive webinar on August 4 at 11 am, during which faculty share their experience teaching with Global Mapper.
• A free workshop for teachers introducing the key functionality of Global Mapper.
• An overview of the academic labs, a series of structured lessons that are freely available to all colleges and universities.
• A school spotlight feature, in which we share some of the work being done with Global Mapper in the classroom.
• The announcement about the availability of the 2021-2022 Blue Marble academic scholarship.
• And much more.

To learn more about Blue Marble’s Academic month, please contact [log in to unmask] or sign up for the Blue Marble Marble Monthly newsletter to receive updated information about the event in your inbox.

If you are a professor currently using Global Mapper or Geographic Calculator in the classroom and would like to share some information about your students’ work with the software, please let us know. Your school may be showcased during the Academic Month.