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Spatial Thinking With Geotechnologies
Sara DamonStillwater Junior High School Minnesota Alliance For Geographic Education (MAGE)GeoJourneys K-12 GIS
Presentation and Resources
http://geotechk-12.wikispaces.com/home
Thinking Spatially …
Considering how people, places, phenomena are
organized and arranged on the surface of the Earth.
The “Whys” of “Where”
At A Variety Of Scales …
Where? Why There? Why Care?
http://tinyurl.com/aarl92s
http://www.esri.com
Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
Remote Sensing
What Are Geotechnologies?
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Everyday Geotechnologies
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Remote Sensing• Gathering information
about something without touching it – Aerial photos– Satellite photos
Geographic Information SystemSoftware that captures, stores, analyzes,
manages and displays spatial data
Virtual Globes Web Maps Desktop GIS
http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/trailer/
Intro to HuGPopulationCulturePoliticalAgriculturalEconomic Urban
Teach With
Geotechnologies,
Not Just About
How To Get Started?
• Google Earth
• Google Map Engine
• Internet Map & Image Servers
Google EarthCreating Tours, Adding GPS Waypoints
https://www.google.com/earth/
Google Map Engine
https://www.google.com/maps
New York Times Interactive Maps
Also Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Forbes, The Guardian …
http://tinyurl.com/nul9p4u
http://tinyurl.com/oov9ao4
http://tinyurl.com/kpn33ue
Population Reference Bureau
http://tinyurl.com/kn9ua8m
U.S. Census Data Mapper
http://tinyurl.com/qjkwzjo
http://tinyurl.com/ov8z97d
U.S. Census Language Mapper
http://tinyurl.com/qcpm9sx
http://tinyurl.com/kb3hnq4
http://tinyurl.com/o64zzk4
Reapportionment
http://tinyurl.com/2566fu7
http://tinyurl.com/5o623
http://tinyurl.com/yz2bcrh
USDA Interactive Maps
http://tinyurl.com/pugtpdk
http://tinyurl.com/o66wese
World Bank Interactive Maps
http://tinyurl.com/nw9p66p
U.S. Department of Labor Interactive Maps
http://tinyurl.com/3hycufy
http://tinyurl.com/lped9t7
Lots Of Minnesota Maps Too!
http://tinyurl.com/obxs9mw
Minnesota Legislature GIS Services
http://tinyurl.com/ppss6vf
How To Get Started?
• Google Earth
• Google Map Engine
• Internet Map and Image ServersLimited Analytical
Capabilities
How To Get Started?
• Google Earth
• Google Map Engine
• Internet Map and Image Servers
• ESRI GIS Products
ESRI =Environmental Systems
Research Institute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84L7zP7YQs0
“ArcGIS” Is Not Just One Tool
Pre-Made ArcGIS Maps
http://tinyurl.com/p5o3hz2
Story Maps
http://tinyurl.com/o3yl6wf
“Scripted Activities”
http://tinyurl.com/pvrdtcl
ArcGIS Online
http://tinyurl.com/nntdjtk
ArcGIS Online
http://tinyurl.com/nzuhahp
“ArcGIS” Is Not Just One Tool
ArcGIS Desktop
http://tinyurl.com/nzuhahp
K-12 ESRI State of Minnesota Site License Agreement
http://tinyurl.com/o7rjnsu
• Organizational Account (vs. Public)• ArcGIS Desktop• ESRI Virtual Campus Courses
MDE Partnering With GIS Professionals To Offer Teacher
Workshops This Summer
MN Now Has A Statewide ESRI License
http://tinyurl.com/pcd3hd3
Connect ED
http://tinyurl.com/mtv6hmn
http://tinyurl.com/no599yn
ESRI Education User Conference
http://tinyurl.com/n8tn7y5
ESRI T3G Institute Summer 2016
http://tinyurl.com/mqz2bqr
ESRI Geomentors
http://tinyurl.com/pcd3hd3
http://tinyurl.com/cczqmvn
Online Courses
http://tinyurl.com/owjpvsv
MOOCs
http://tinyurl.com/c686fma
http://tinyurl.com/qy7hn6e
U-Spatial
http://tinyurl.com/nzno99k
http://tinyurl.com/qykh5eb
http://tinyurl.com/p2u3c3j
MAGE Professional Development Opportunities
http://video.esri.com/watch/3665/connecting-gis-with-education 4:35
Questions?
Presentation and Resourceshttp://geotechk-12.wikispaces.com/
home
Day 1 Activity #1
Presentation and Resourceshttp://geotechk-12.wikispaces.com/
home
Day 1 Activities #2 and #3
For Tomorrow
YES OR NO?Would you like to collect GPS data outside?
If NO, I will have an activity with prepared data for you.
If YES, would you like to collect data AT HOME TONIGHT using the Runkeeper App
(instructions on Wiki - a little more complicated) OR collect data HERE TOMORROW using the
Compass app on your Smartphone or iPad?
Presentation and Resourceshttp://geotechk-12.wikispaces.com/
home
Day 2 Activity #1
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