chapter 1 GIS in school education -- An introduction / chapter Association for Geographic Information -- chapter 2 Geographical information in schools -- Past, present and future / chapter 3 GIS in school education: you don’t necessarily need a microcomputer -- You don’t necessari ly need a microcomputer / chapter Conclusions -- chapter 4 GIS in schools: infrastructure, methodology and role -- Infrastructure, methodology and / chapter Defining GIS -- chapter 5 Teaching with GIS in Ontario’s secondary schools / chapter The status of GIS in Ontario secondary schools -- chapter GIS in geography at Wilfrid Laurier University -- chapter 6 GIS in secondary school geography curricula / chapter C hapter 7 Geographical Information Systems -- An introduction for students / chapter What is “GIS”? Geographic Information System GIS is a system designed for storing, analyzing, displaying, and manipulating spatial data – information about places -- chapter XxxXxxxXxxXxxx -- chapter 8 Expanding a corporate GIS into an authority’s high schools / chapter Digital mapping and spatial information on everyone’s desktop -- chapter Project aims -- chapter References -- chapter 9 Another school of thought -- Introducing GIS to a secondary school geography department / chapter 10 GIS and remote sensing in primary and secondary education -- Rationale, strategies and didactics / chapter References -- chapter 11 The role of ArcView and Map Explorer in a corporate GIS environment / chapter 12 Geography, GIS and the Internet / chapter Interactive mapping -- chapter 13 Tailoring GIS courses for employment / chapter Call for f lexibil ity -- chapter 14 GIS education in Germany -- A survey and some comments / chapter !\ -- chapter Conclusions -- chapter GIS in school education -- An epilogue / chapter References -- chapter Glossary -- chapter Reading l ist -- chapter Useful Web Addresses.