NORDAB Geography

February 4th, 2009

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What changes did you make?

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What issues have arisen?

G.I.S.

“Used well, digital technologieshave the potential to improveachievement in our schools andcolleges, to boost the prospectsof British industry and commerce, to offer opportunities to all learners,particularly those who wouldotherwise be excluded, and tosignificantly enhance ourquality of life”

KEY STAGE THREE OPPORTUNITIES

During the key stage pupils should be offered the following opportunities that are integral to their learning and enhance their engagement with the concepts, processes, and content of the subject:

• use varied resources, including maps, visual media and geography information systems.

GIS is valuable for mapping and visualising information as well as linking and analysing different spatial datasets. There should be opportunities to learn with GIS and to learn about GIS.

KEY STAGE THREE OPPORTUNITIES

During the key stage pupils should be offered the following opportunities that are integral to their learning and enhance their engagement with the concepts, processes, and content of the subject:

• use varied resources, including maps, visual media and geography information systems.

Interpret as‘throughout’

Not a separatemodule with a box to tick

All aspects –not just a map skill

Hands onuse of software

No definition ofquality or progression

Maps and GIS?

GIS is valuable for mapping and visualising information as well as linking and analysing different spatial datasets. There should be opportunities to learn with GIS and to learn about GIS.

To draw maps with appropriate ways of showing quantitative dataIdentify relationships

and processes – question data

Use GIS as a tool.

No mention of GPS!

Real worldapplications – socialand political issuesconnected to GIS

WHAT IS GIS?

GIS = Geographical Information System

A GIS has 3 components:

# A map# Data that can be displayed on the map# Software that lets you choose which data is displayed and how

BRAKES ON GIS

LOGISTICS# Costs of hardware & software# Access to hardware# Issues of technology

SKILLS (PEDAGOGY)# Teacher competence# Student competence# Pedagogy to use ICT# Content crowding# Lack of incentive – does it improve standards?

Lower costsBetter fundingFree resources

Wireless lap topsPalm topsComputers at home

Faster processorsMore reliable networks

Rapidly improving!

Digital natives!

New curriculum opportunities?

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WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE?

FREE (OR NEARLY FREE) RESOURCES

ORDNANCE SURVEY GIS ZONE

U LEARN ‘INFOMAPPER’

IS THE PROPOSED VISITOR IS THE PROPOSED VISITOR CENTRE AT THE IMPERIAL CENTRE AT THE IMPERIAL

RECREATION GROUND RECREATION GROUND AN INAPPROPRIATE AN INAPPROPRIATE

DEVELOPMENT FOR EXMOUTH?DEVELOPMENT FOR EXMOUTH?

INFOMAPPER ‘LAYERS’INFOMAPPER ‘LAYERS’

LAYER ONE – TEACHERS’ BACKGROUND INFORMATION• Scheme of work• Lesson plans• Context of virtual fieldtrips• World Heritage Sites•Web links

LAYER TWO – THE JURASSIC COAST• Teachers’ notes• Jurassic Coast map• Web links

LAYER THREE – SETTING THE SCENE• Background to the visitor centre debate• Site photographs & maps• Web links

LAYER FOUR – VIDEO SHORTS• Interviews with stakeholders• Vox Pops• Pen portraits of stakeholders

LAYER FIVE – TEXT RESOURCES• Newspaper articles• Letters page

LAYER SIX – DATA• Bus timetables• Train timetables• Traffic flows• Costings• Web links

NOT FORGETTING MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ONTHE INFOMAPPER SITE!

GROUP ROLESGROUP ROLES

1. ENVIRONMENTALISTS1. ENVIRONMENTALISTS2. SCHOOL2. SCHOOL3. TOURISM BUSINESS3. TOURISM BUSINESS4. GENERAL BUSINESS4. GENERAL BUSINESS5. SPORT & LEISURE5. SPORT & LEISURE6. LOCAL COUNCIL6. LOCAL COUNCIL7. THE JURASSIC COAST7. THE JURASSIC COAST8. LOCAL RESIDENTS8. LOCAL RESIDENTS9. RICH & FAMOUS9. RICH & FAMOUS10. TRANSPORT10. TRANSPORT

GOOGLE EARTH

LOCAL AUTHORITY RESOURCES

NASA WORLD WIND

MAPMAKER GRATIS

MAGIC

OTHER WEB RESOURCES

http://nmviewogc.gov/viewer

(Iowa University) – www.gis.iastate.edu/

www.nd.gov/gis/ http://web.apps.state.nd.us/hubexplorer/generalinfo/viewers.html

http://map.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazards/viewer.htm

www.poverty.org.uk

http://hdr.undp.org/external/flash/hdi_map/stats_hdi.html

PLUS & MINUS POINTS OF FREEBIES

THE GOODS

# No costs

# Excellent photos

# Opportunities for complex mapping (with imagination!)

THE BADS

# Limited in scope (is it GIS?)

# Little opportunity to process spatial data

# American!

# Little understanding of technical aspects of GIS

GIS PACKAGES TO PAY FOR AEGIS 3

WEB SUPPORT

www.juicygeography.co.uk

www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk

www.geographyalltheway.com

FUTURE WORLD

PROTECTED WORLDM

Y W

OR

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CONNECTED WORLDCOUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

HA

ZA

RD

OU

S W

OR

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India & China- The

New

World Order?

A Wind Farm

For

Batsworthy

Cross?

Sustainable

Living

Conflicts In

National ParksTheJurassic Coast

RainForests Su

sta

inab

le

Pla

nn

ing

In S

ou

th M

olto

n

A N

ew

Su

perm

ark

et F

or

Sou

th M

olto

n?

Geog

rap

hy

An

d M

e

There’s Nothing Sweet

About Chocolate

The Global

Fashion

Industry

Food

Miles

What Is Development?

Sustainable

World Tourism

ExploringEngland

Eart

hq

uakes

Volc

an

oes

Flo

od

ing

CURRICULUM PLANNING & GIS

http://ks3geography.ning.com