The Bishop Dunne GeoTech Research Lab is run by the students for the community. We are able to conduct live action research using state of the art tools through grants from several generous donors.

• The Dallas Foundation
  
  
• The Duda Family Foundation
  
  
• The Moody Foundation
  
  
• EDS Corporation
  
  
• Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.

Bishop Dunne Catholic School students and faculty have been honored with the following:

• Identified as one of the first 21st Century Schools of Distinction by Intel, Scholastic, and the Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence
  
  
• Featured K-12 Presenters at the Plenary Session of the 2004 ESRI International Users Conference
  
  
• 2004 Crystal Hammer Award given by Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity
  
  
• 2004 Secondary Schools Award for Distinguished Service presented to Paul Wood, Bishop Dunne Technology Director, by the National Catholic Education Association
  
  
• Kate Dailey, Brad Baker, and Christine Voigt awarded the 2004 Distinguished Teaching Achievement Award by the National Council for Geographic Education
  
  
• Seasonal Analysis of Tornado Alley map poster created by Covington Doan, Class of 2003, featured in the 18th Annual ESRI Map Book.
  
  
• Dinosaur Valley map poster created by Joe Satarino, Class of 2004, received special recognition at the 2003 ESRI Map Gallery
  
  
• Geography Excellence in Media Award presented to Christine Voigt, Bishop Dunne Instructional Technology Coordinator, by the National Council for Geographic Education for co-authoring Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators
  
  
• Featured in Intel's An Innovation Odyssey for the story "All Over the Map"
  
  
• 1st Place, 2nd Place, and Honorable Mention in the 2002 ESRI Educational Users Conference International Map Gallery Competition
  
  
• Recipient of the 2000 Catholic Schools for Tomorrow Award for Innovations in Technology by Today's Catholic Teacher and NCEA
  
  
• Recognition in the book GIS in Schools, a collection of case studies of the top schools implementing GIS in the classroom
  
  
• Featured in the book Community Geography: GIS in Action, which highlights Bishop Dunne's partnership with the Dallas Police Department
  
  
• Home of the GeoTech Conference which has been recognized by the National Geographic Society as one of the top educational conferences in the nation
  

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