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State selects
RCHS to
pilot new
course in
technology
By Ron Vickers
Special to the Rappahannock News
Parents use Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to monitor the location of their children who have cell phones.
Farmers use GPS technology to apply the correct amounts of fertilizer on fields based on soil analysis.
The Air Force used the technology for its precision bombing campaign in Iraq.
Now Rappahannock County High School students may have an on-campus GPS/GIS program.
RCHS is one of four Virginia schools selected to pilot a new course in Geospatial Technology.
The pilot project will result in the development of a Geospatial Technology course at RCHS hopefully for the 2004-05 school year that will provide experiences pertaining to the study of geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), remote sensing (RS) and image processing (IP).
It is envisioned that students will use GPS/GIS tools, processes and techniques to create, store, access, integrate, and interpret data to solve environmental and other societal problems.
George Wilcox, director of technology education at the Virginia Department of Education, said in an announcement to RCHS:
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