Going Places with GIS and Geography in Education
Long-time educator Barbaree Duke has been integrating GIS into her classroom since 2000. As a staffer for the National Council for Geographic Education, she actively advocates the use of GIS for geography education in the K-12 environment. Here she offers her thoughts on why that strategy makes sense, and what you as a GIS professional can do to support geography education.
Learning powered by geography, the thread that ties the world together, can take us places yet to be explored. Students need to understand how place and location impact humans and our environment from region to region as they move through life on a changing planet. Many teachers worldwide are integrating geographic and spatial concepts to teach content. Formidable analysis and critical thinking are tied to core content to transform classrooms and promote more effective learning and problem solving, which give students more purpose in learning. Learning environments where complex subject matter and students are enlightened with place and space are our future. Everything is mappable!
Saturday, May 19, 2012
An English Teacher's Guide to Mapping: the videos
GIS in Education and Curriculum Integration: An English Teacher's Guide to Mapping: the videos: From GISetc ... *NEW* Video Series We are excited to provide more free resources to help your students succeed. Our resident E...
Friday, May 18, 2012
Q & A: Studying Louisiana Wetlands
GIS in Education and Curriculum Integration: Q & A: Studying Louisiana Wetlands: It's a new year filled with new questions from my GIS teacher friends. Solving questions and having students go on that quest is so powerfu...
National Center for Rural STEM Education Outreach
http://www.isat.jmu.edu/stem/
The National Center for Rural Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Outreach brings together James Madison University's (JMU) long-standing focus on teacher education with educators in rural settings across the United States. The initial emphasis of the Center will be on helping teachers and students use geospatial technologies, such as geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), and remote sensing, to help build their spatial reasoning and content knowledge in STEM areas.
The National Center for Rural Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Outreach brings together James Madison University's (JMU) long-standing focus on teacher education with educators in rural settings across the United States. The initial emphasis of the Center will be on helping teachers and students use geospatial technologies, such as geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), and remote sensing, to help build their spatial reasoning and content knowledge in STEM areas.
GIS in Education and Curriculum Integration: Q & A: Adding Pictures to your ArcGIS Explorer Map...
GIS in Education and Curriculum Integration: Q & A: Adding Pictures to your ArcGIS Explorer Map...: Question : How can I insert a personal photo into a pop-up for a feature I've added to my map? Answer : First, know which ArcGIS Expl...
GIS in Education and Curriculum Integration: Q & A: How do I add *.gpx files from my gps unit t...
GIS in Education and Curriculum Integration: Q & A: How do I add *.gpx files from my gps unit t...: Charlie Fitzpatrick presented an excellent webinar last night! One of the things that he demonstrated was adding GPS (*.gpx) files to an on...
GIS in Education and Curriculum Integration: Q & A: Can you use GIS to teach economics?
GIS in Education and Curriculum Integration: Q & A: Can you use GIS to teach economics?: I was presented this question from a talented colleague who was being challenged by an economics teacher. Simple answer: yes! My colleag...
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Teaching a Yupik Eskimo Village to Map Climate Change Impacts
Teaching a Yupik Eskimo Village to Map Climate Change Impacts
Located in Western Alaska at approximately 59 degrees latitude and within one mile of the Bering Sea, Quinhagak is a quintessential Yupik Eskimo community of about 600 individuals who care deeply about preserving their heritage. This article, by Stephen C. Brown of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and Terence Reeve with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Marine Advisory Program, details how the community took advantage of an Esri 4-H Train the Trainer Grant and other resources to conduct a three-week-long GPS/GIS course. They trained four youth and four adults to use these skills to map archeological sites and environmentally sensitive areas.
Located in Western Alaska at approximately 59 degrees latitude and within one mile of the Bering Sea, Quinhagak is a quintessential Yupik Eskimo community of about 600 individuals who care deeply about preserving their heritage. This article, by Stephen C. Brown of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and Terence Reeve with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Marine Advisory Program, details how the community took advantage of an Esri 4-H Train the Trainer Grant and other resources to conduct a three-week-long GPS/GIS course. They trained four youth and four adults to use these skills to map archeological sites and environmentally sensitive areas.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The Technology Toolbelt for Teaching
The Technology Toolbelt for Teaching
Instructors are pressured to integrate technology into their traditional or online instruction. This book offers a hands-on resource that shows how to integrate technology into lessons and offers information about common technologies, categorizing by groups, and explains the purposes they serve pedagogically as well as how they can be most effectively used in online or face-to-face classrooms. In addition to examples, each chapter will feature a decision making matrix to help instructors decide on whether or not a tool is really needed based on curriculum objectives or a specific organizational or curricular problem.http://www.amazon.com/Technology-Toolbelt-Teaching-Jossey-Bass-Education/dp/0470634243/
Instructors are pressured to integrate technology into their traditional or online instruction. This book offers a hands-on resource that shows how to integrate technology into lessons and offers information about common technologies, categorizing by groups, and explains the purposes they serve pedagogically as well as how they can be most effectively used in online or face-to-face classrooms. In addition to examples, each chapter will feature a decision making matrix to help instructors decide on whether or not a tool is really needed based on curriculum objectives or a specific organizational or curricular problem.http://www.amazon.com/Technology-Toolbelt-Teaching-Jossey-Bass-Education/dp/0470634243/
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
GIS: Still An Under the Radar Job
GIS: Still An Under the Radar Job
Last Friday's Chicago Sun Times article Under-the-radar job growth highlights "little-known growth industries" including high tech set building, geospatial technology and physics researcher. The geospatial student profiled, Margaret Yagen, a senior at Elmhurst College, is working as an intern in the west Chicago suburb of Westchester.
Last Friday's Chicago Sun Times article Under-the-radar job growth highlights "little-known growth industries" including high tech set building, geospatial technology and physics researcher. The geospatial student profiled, Margaret Yagen, a senior at Elmhurst College, is working as an intern in the west Chicago suburb of Westchester.
Take Back Your Taxes: Bring Participatory Budgeting to Your City | EngagingCities
Take Back Your Taxes: Bring Participatory Budgeting to Your City | EngagingCities
Participatory budgeting (PB) is a relatively new movement in the United States and has still only been implemented in a few cities, but it’s well established across the globe. Hundreds of cities worldwide are now using this approach, which gives citizens the opportunity to identify local needs, shape projects, and debate and vote on the best way to appropriate local budgets.
Participatory budgeting (PB) is a relatively new movement in the United States and has still only been implemented in a few cities, but it’s well established across the globe. Hundreds of cities worldwide are now using this approach, which gives citizens the opportunity to identify local needs, shape projects, and debate and vote on the best way to appropriate local budgets.
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