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Who are we?
Casper Warnich18 years old, Århus
Benjamin Kaas-Hansen17 years old, Galten
Langkær Gymnasium & HF
Focus Areas
•Why do we need GIS?
•How did we get started?
•How do we use it and what have we done?
•Future opportunities with GIS
How did we start out?
•Guides at GOGIS.dk
•Received a CD with data and ArcView 3.2
Only educational use
•Good conditions at home and in school
In school...
•Examples shown by the teacher
•Use of guides developed to teach both GIS and geography
•ArcView 3.2 installed on school computers
60 new computers with ArcGIS 8.2
at home...
•GIS - homework along with regular geography homework
•All data from CD or GOGIS.dk
•Home/School border – Firstclass
•Use of guides developed to teach both GIS and geography
What have we done?
•Distance measuring of Copenhagen
•Local area surrounding our school
•Geological development of the Earth
•Projects – earthquakes and hurricanes
•GPS-data
•2nd year field trip to Italy
Future opportunities
•PDA and smartphones will bloom
•The community will cooperate to create more and better data
•High School Reform 2005 – cross subjects
•Students take an active role in geography, as well as in other subjects and projects
Wrapped up
•The ability to use GIS is depending on materials from school and community
•It can easily be incorporated in high school
•It will evolve