IGETT will help meet the growing demand for geospatial technologists by enabling instructors to integrate  geographic information systems (GIS) with data from remote sensing and global positioning systems.  The project was funded by the Advanced Technological Education Program, National Science Foundation in 2007 and will continue until 2010. 
 
Forty faculty members who currently teach GIS in a wide range of courses at two-year colleges enrolled in the project, one cohort in 2007 and another in 2008.  Each group participates for a period of two years.  The first year focuses on geospatial training and development of curriculum materials, the second on course enhancement, program development, student recruiting, and community outreach.
The iGETT Web site provides resources for all two-year college GIS instructors who are interested in replicating parts of the project or in using

• training materials provided for the iGETT participants,
• curriculum materials developed by each participant; and

outreach and marketing strategies implemented at  the participating institutions.