GIS Serving today s technological demands. GIS in the Classroom. Opportunities and Challenges

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1 GIS Serving today s technological demands GIS in the Classroom Opportunities and Challenges 1

2 A Challenge for Teachers (Your Challenge) To have Geography permeate all parts of the school curriculum

3 Why???? Geography pervades many aspects of our lives 80% of Decisions WHERE??

4 HOW?? An Information Technology: Geographic Information Systems

5 The Plan The pervasiveness of Geography Some idea of the technologies themselves Ideas of how you might incorporate technology in the curriculum and classroom The sorts of resources available to you Support networks

6 Climate and Our Environment Climatic Forecasts Global Irrigated & Rain Fed Cropland Sri Lanka Satellite Weather Mapping Weather Forecasting Korea Solar Analysis Los Angeles Air Pollution Rio de Janeiro Cloud Seeding Idaho

7 Natural Resource Management Timber Geologic Mapping USA Wild Fire Modeling Sub Surface Geology Ontario, Canada Forest/Land Cover Change California Groundwater South Africa 3-D Geologic Mapping Wyoming Exploring Oil Sands Alberta, Canada

8 Charting and Mapping Sea Floor Visualization Reference Map Nautical Charts Online Mapping National Geographic Maps Aeronautical Charts

9 Planning Master Plan Urban Design Massachusetts Land Use Planning Maryland Community Zoning Singapore Scenario Planning What if? Watershed Modeling Wyoming Suitability Analysis Idaho

10 Land Records Management Integrated Assessment Property Valuation Illinois Vertical Tax Appraisal Cadastral Data Management Sweden Integrating Old Maps Ireland Public Access LA County

11 Facility Management Water & Electricity Pasadena, California Water/Wastewater Germany Customers Electrical Outage Analysis Colorado Wireless Network Planning Lithuania Natural Gas Estonia Facility Inventory Facility Inventory Yakima, Washington

12 Natural and Human Disasters Train Accident Analyses Alabama High-impact impact Wind Areas Florida Nuclear Risk Analysis Korea Chemical Release Fire Los Angeles Hazards Mapping Fire Response Georgia Fire History San Diego Flood Modeling

13 Conservation and Environmental Restoration Archaeological Modeling Acacus Park, Libya Conservation San Francisco Salmon Habitat Modeling Washington Planning China Amazon Habitat Restoration Planning Optimal Bird Corridor Kenya

14 Transportation and Logistics Real-time Vehicle Tracking Transit Analysis California Airport Logistics Las Vegas Meter Reading Optimization Traffic Modeling Ride Share Ohio Traffic Estimation San Francisco Travel Planning AAA Trip Tik

15 Business Geographics Competitive Analysis North Carolina Flood Risk Midwest Retail Analysis Library/Museum Site Selection Post Office Optimization Insurance Germany

16 Human Health Smoking & Birth Weight Animal Influence in Humans HIV Cancer Social Indicators Dallas, Texas

17 THE MAP A GREAT COMMUNICATOR The intuitive power of maps reveals trends, patterns, and answers that are not as easily detected in other data presentation formats.

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19 An Information System Spatial Data Management Spatial Data Analysis Visualisation Etc., Etc.,

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21 GIS is part of Creating a New Approach... Improving How We Organize & Create Our Future

22 Our World Has Many Problems to Solve Growing Population Global Warming Social Conflicts Resource Shortages Loss of Biodiversity Security Population Density Land Cover UNEP We Need to Change We Need a New Approach We Need Greater Knowledge & Awareness Comprehensive Planning Efficiency & Sustainability Conservation of Nature Collaborative Action

23 The World Needs an Approach That Changes How We See Things Patterns And the Way We Do Things Relationships Our Understanding Implications Significance Consequences Nature Human Managing Deciding Designing Our Behavior Protecting Developing Regulating Restoring Helping

24 Geography Is the Science of Our World Helping Us See the World As a Living Whole As a Network Of Interrelated Systems And How We Are Part of Its Evolution... Providing a Context for Understanding

25 The Geographic Approach A Framework for Understanding and Managing Our Earth Creating Measuring Organizing Analyzing Modeling Geographic Knowledge Holistic Comprehensive Systematic Analytic Applying Visual Planning Designing Deciding Managing Acting Integrating Geography Into How We Behave

26 GIS Applies the Geographic Approach Providing Tools, Methods, and Workflows That Support Collaboration and Action Integration Measuring Storing Analyzing Work Flow Visualizing Spatial Analysis Collaboration Acting Better Decisions Greater Efficiency (Money/Time/Resources) More Effective Communication... Improving the Way We Do Things

27 GIS Is Being Used to Build Information Systems Supporting Many Workflows and Application Domains Business Analysis System Cartographic Information System Image Information System Cadastral Information System Facility Management System Information Systems for Natural Resources Land Use Planning Transportation Logistics Land Management Business Analysis Geospatial Intelligence Defense Visualization Scientific Analysis Public Safety Imagery Cartography Asset Management

28 The Web Provides a New Pattern for Implementing GIS Becoming a New Platform Supporting Collaborative Computing Service Integration (Mashups) User Contributed Content Distributed Data Management Map Services Distributed Collaboration GeoWeb Web 2.0 Many Participants Interconnected Interoperable Integrative Dynamic Web An Agile Framework for Collaboration & Integration of Systems

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30 In the Curriculum and Classroom The challenge - Embed in courses and exercises Using the technology Learning the technology Using GIS IT A pervading technology not just geography Biology map plants and species History Mathematics Statistics Resources

31 National Geographic Map Machine

32 National Geographic Map Machine

33 Geoscience Australia Making Maps

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53 The role of Local Governments Web sites Data Exercises and Projects Community Mapping

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57 Take a Deep Breath!!! Some idea of GIS and its Pervasiveness Large number of resources to do: Geography and other disciplines through on-line maps Static Interactive Projects involving spatial data both On the net Locally by downloading data (depends on local GIS s ware) Look now at more interactive situations (inot general education and skills)

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64 Transperth Journey Planner

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72 BLOGS web sites for commentary

73 BLOGS web sites for commentary

74 BLOGS web sites for commentary

75 Street View what is the potential???

76 Street View what is the potential???

77 SSI - Spatial Technology in Schools

78 SSI - Spatial Technology in Schools

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81 Careers Application of GIS Multiple Disciplines Many and Varied Geologist to Engineer Health Scientist to Planner Information Management Architect, developer, database, analyst

82 Bachelor of Property & Sustainable Development Bachelor of Information Technology Bachelor of Urban Development (Spatial Science) Bachelor of Applied Science (Forestry) Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Information Technology Associate Degree in Spatial Science Bachelor of Spatial Science Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science (Planning and Environmental Science) Bachelor of Science (Environmental Science) Bond University - Gold Coast James Cook University - Townsville Queensland University of Technology - Gardens Point Southern Cross University - Lismore The University of Queensland - St Lucia The University of Queensland - St Lucia University of Southern Queensland - Toowoomba University of Southern Queensland - Toowoomba University of the Sunshine Coast - Sippy Downs University of the Sunshine Coast - Sippy Downs

83 Before closing some thoughts/actions Build on efforts of SSI Spatial Technology in Schools Develop a community of teachers interested in spatial Consider setting up an education blog Involve other disciplines Identify local community projects

84 In closing The potential pervasiveness of GIS Ideas of how you might incorporate technology in the curriculum and classroom The sorts of resources available to you Support networks The Challenge Can we use GIS to have Geography permeate all parts of the school curriculum??

85 Visualizing the Atmosphere Water Vapor Carbon Monoxide Ozone

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