Gretchen Peterson and Bright Rain Solutions created Kids Map It, a simple tool for mapping. It uses a drag and drop paradigm and is built on open source. I'm sure input from educators would be appreciated.
USGIF GEOINT Certification
A very long article in Trajectory (USGIF's magazine) details its plans for individual GEOINT certification that will launch this fall. It's called the Universal GEOINT Certification and will be available to U.S. and international GEOINT practitioners in multiple industries, military, academia, and federal, state, and local government jobs.
Bottom line:
USGIF’s Universal GEOINT Certification is designed for GEOINT professionals across the globe with at least three to five years of real-world experience and a working understanding of physical and human geography. To achieve certification, candidates must pass a series of rigorous exams based on the fundamentals of remote sensing, GIS, data management, and data visualization.2015 Undergraduate Geospatial Technology Skills Competition Deadline Now June 19
The deadline was originally last Friday; now it's tomorrow. Last minute entrants can find details here. Last year's contest was ultimately cancelled. I hope that does not happen again!