Taking open mapping to the classroom
TeachOSM provides training, content, and curriculum, for educators of all levels to integrate OpenStreetMap in the classroom, and advocates for OSM in educational settings.
Started in 2013 as a grassroots project by educators for educators, TeachOSM has been a program of OpenStreetMap US since 2016.
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News and talks
See all postsLaunching the OSM US Microgrant Program!
There’s some big news from the OpenStreetMap US Team – funding is now available to support our members’ mapping and community building efforts! OSM US is thrilled to announce OpenStreetMap US Microgrants,...
OpenStreetMap for Education: The State of TeachOSM 2024
How is OpenStreetMap being used in education? This overview of recent advances made in putting OpenStreetMap in school, as well as ways you can help educate the next generation of mappers.
Bridging the digital divide in Education; Leveraging TeachOSM
The OpenStreetMap in Schools program looks at introducing OpenStreetMap and open mapping techniques in schools to bolster the learning of geography while increasing the uptake of STEM education in schools. Through the...
TeachOSM 2.0
This year, TeachOSM celebrates 10 years of introducing educators and students to learning through OpenStreetMap. With a decade of bridging OpenStreetMap and education, we have built on many lessons learned to develop...
Announcing the Education Working Group
OpenStreetMap has great potential for use in education with direct application for geography, but also for social sciences, environmental sciences, civics, and many other subjects. After all, a mapping project is a...
