Alfons Koller Thinking spatially a new mainstream in teaching geography?! IGU-Herodot-Conference in London on 11 th April 2007

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1 Alfons Koller Thinking spatially a new mainstream in teaching geography?! IGU-Herodot-Conference in London on 11 th April 2007

2 Learning to think spatially - Overview special view from the German speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) web-gis-services some examples how they allow us to change geography in school how they open an innovitative approach

3 Learning to think spatially - Overview Which software-tools are we able to use in geography lessons? 1. classical GIS like the ESRI-family 2. digital globes like Google Earth 3. web-gis-services

4 ESRI-family Arc GIS, Arc View, Arc Info Arc Explorer rich tools for analysing and mapping è Germany: Diercke-GIS problems in getting data-services, in use only once a year è no mainstream!

5 Google Earth (since July 2005) revolutionizing GI-world in schools usually used as a tool for virtual fligths, looking at urban and rural landscapes, finding addresses and points-of-interest opens more opportunies

6 Google Earth (since July 2005)... as a tool for answering questions of personal needs, the exchange of learning ressources the co-operation among pupils and students inside a class-community and over the border of classrooms and schools

7 Thomas Jekel (Salzburg, 2007)

8 doris.ooe.gv.at and Google Earth

9 Austrian web-gis-services Austrian Map: Galpis: Örok: Geoland:

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13 Geoland

14 Web-GIS - Advantages central stored information easy to use thematic information located on homogenous basemaps with aerials and satellite images easy to orientate no installation pubic-domain e-government-strategy

15 Web-GIS - limits in school All computers have online-access. broadband access to internet A video-projector in each classroom. Users are dependent on the availibility. limited number of functions

16 Jens Joachim Education Highway Sachsen, Germany

17 Swiss Federal Statistic Office

18 Tyrol -Atlas

19 Web-GIS integrated in textbooks Lothar Püschel (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)

20 Web-GIS German journals Lothar Püschel (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)

21 Web-GIS Austrian journal Alfons Koller published quaterly

22 Methodogical concepts 1 Gregor Falk, Yvonne Schleicher (Weingarten, Germany)

23 Methodogical concepts 2 Lothar Püschel (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany) 1. Localisation and orientation 2. Analysing information 3. Interpretation and Evaluation 4.Production Identifying one s position, everyday localities, the position in a spatial context Reading maps, analysing with GIS-tools Reflecting the content, connecting it to one s own knowledge Developing one s own maps, using GIS-tools during projects

24 Meetings and conferences Working group Web-GIS at Lehrer-online, the German web-service for schools

25 Meetings and conferences AGIT GI_Forum Salzburg 4 th /5 th July 2007 Emphasis: Learning with Geoinformation in the German speaking branch

26 Dissemination-Events Annual GIS-Day Geo-Games

27 Thinking spatially a mainstream? Not at the moment! Data-services and functionalities have already been provided. Initiatives to incorporate into lessons are set. (textbooks, methodogical concepts)

28 Thinking spatially a mainstream?! the teachers turn school authorities: support and necessary equipment didactical research for monitoring Thinking spatially has the potential to become a mainstream in near future

29 Alfons Koller Thinking spatially a new mainstream in teaching geography?! Pedagogical University of the Diocese Linz kol@ph-linz.at L3Zentrum.ph-linz.at

30 Sarah Bednarz (2001, o.j.) IGU-CGE Conference in Stockholm on 6-10th August thinking with space is a powerful strategy in problem solving, learning, and communicating... thinking in / about / with space. Which tools are we able to use?

31 Google Earth and local data serviceproviders Austria doris.ooe.gv.at choose a name of a municipality or an address like post-code/street/number get aerial presented on Google Earth get links to data of local information service providers