Spatial Thinking With Geospatial Technologies - Advanced
Transcript of Spatial Thinking With Geospatial Technologies - Advanced
Spatial Thinking With Geotechnologies
Sara DamonStillwater Junior High School Minnesota Alliance For Geographic Education (MAGE)GeoJourneys K-12 GIS
Thinking Spatially …
Considering how people, places, phenomena are
organized and arranged on the surface of the Earth.
The “Whys” of “Where”
Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
Remote Sensing
What Are Geotechnologies?
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
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
K-12 ESRI State of Minnesota Site License Agreement
http://tinyurl.com/o7rjnsu
• ArcGIS Organizational Account (vs. Public)• ArcGIS Desktop• ESRI Virtual Campus Courses
http://video.esri.com/watch/3665/connecting-gis-with-education 4:35
Tutorials#1: ArcGIS Online 5x5 (from ESRI)
#2: Make Your First Map With ArcGIS Online#3: Adding An ArcGIS Online Map to a WeExplore Expedition#4: Mapping CSV & GPX Data in ArcGIS Online#5: Creating A Landscape Change Over Time Lesson Relevant To Your School Location & Student Population#6: Make Your First WebApp With ArcGIS Online #7: Storytelling With ESRI Story Maps (from Joseph Kerski of ESRI)