Friday, August 14, 2009

GIS Training for Neighbor Island Teachers Coming Up!

Mapping Our Future: Using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) for Place-based Inquiry

This is a professional development opportunity for educators grades 5 -12 on the ArcGIS 9.3 software which was recently licensed for K12 Hawaii. Receive GIS curriculum, Hawaii lessons and data on a jump drive, and a GPS unit! Instructors are Diana Papini Warren, Project Manager at Women in Technology and Joseph Kerski, Education Manager from Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Education Team.

Requirements: This is for neighbor island teachers only. Limited funds available for non-Maui teachers’ travel. Previous experience with GIS, either via a training, work experience, or self-taught.

Oct 6-9 – Kihei, Maui 9:00 – 4:00 Daily
Live Online Follow up Sessions: 10/22, 11/19, and 12/3 3:30 – 5:00 PM

See attached flyer for more details!

REGISTER ONLINE TODAY!:

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Citizen Science Project on Butterflies and Moths


Do you have a GPS and a camera and an interest in Butterflies or Moths?

Check out this collaborative geographic inquiry project:

Butterflies and Moths Project
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/
You or your students can submit your own data or just research existing spatial data at this site!!

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Community Atlases by Students

Students are mapping their own communities with GIS!

Visit the ESRI Community Atlas program webpage to learn more:
http://edcommunity.esri.com/commatlas/

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GIS for History of Slavery

Are you a social studies teacher wondering how GIS might be useful in teaching US History and Slavery? Are you curious to see some powerful visual representations of slavery data?

Visit this website to learn more:
http://tcla.gseis.ucla.edu/divide/teachers/lausd_jordan.html

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Summer Workshop Series - Intro to GIS


Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

A Two-Day workshop for Teachers and Students of Grades 6-12.

Please see the attached flyer for more information.



IntroGIS_flyer_2009_ALL.pdf

REGISTER ONLINE TODAY!

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Geospatial Revolution Trailer MUST SEE


A short, compelling video on the Geospatial Revolution Project!

http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Map of the Economic News




GeoCommons Map of the News tool presents current economic news in an online map tool.


The Obamameter
http://news.geocommons.com/obamameter

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Thursday, February 26, 2009

GIS Curriculum for Middle School Math & Science


This site has curriculum and accompanying data files ready for download!

James Madison University STEM Geospatial Technology
http://www.isat.jmu.edu/stem/curriculum.html

Even better, they provide versions for both AEJEE and the full ArcGIS software.. you choose.

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Monday, February 9, 2009

NEW! Online Course - Intro to GeoTech

Intro to GeoTech: GPS, GIS, and Remote Sensing
April 9 - May 28, 2009
Eight Thursdays from 2:30 - 4:00 PM


Learn how to integrate GeoTech into the classroom!
Receive a stipend of $100 OR a GPS Handheld!
Receive two GeoTech related books with standards based curriculum and community service project ideas.
Discover the benefits of interactive, online learning!

See attached flyer for more information.

JOIN THE WAIT LIST Space was limited to 22 participants, and
the class has filled up. However, you are welcome to register to be on the wait list.

Intro_GeoTech_flyer_2009.pdf

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Climate Change Imagery & Data for Hawaii


Want to see a model for the possible effects of climate change on Oahu and Maui? The following website provides imagery and information about the data that created it!

Flooding the Islands of Hawaii
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/hmrg/FloodingOahu/index.php

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Monday, January 26, 2009

GPS Waypoints to AEJEE


Do you have ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education (AEJEE) installed on your computer? Do you have GPS waypoints that you want to add to an AEJEE map project?

See the attached file for the steps to manually transfer GPS waypoints to AEJEE.

TIP: Don't forget the negative symbol for the Hawaii longitude coordinate... we are West of the Prime Meridian! (-x, y = longitude,latitude)

7_GPStoGIS_AEJEE_handout.pdf

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Hawaii Math Teachers are Using GPS!


At the Hawaii Council of Mathematics Teachers T3 Conference held on January 16 & 17, 2009 on Oahu, math teachers learned to use GPS! We calculated the circumference of the Earth, looked at how the latitude and longitude mapping system is based on mathematical coordinate systems, and learned to connect GPS to GIS with Google Earth!

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Friday, January 16, 2009

GIS Training for Maui EAST Students


Congratulations to the students from Baldwin HS, Maui HS, and King Kekaulike HS who completed the two day GIS Training this past December!

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Free Online Mapping Tools

GoogleMaps
http://maps.google.com

National Geographic Map Machine
http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine

The National Atlas
http://www.nationalatlas.gov

Pacific Disaster Center
http://www.pdc.org

UH SOEST Coastal Imagery & Maps
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/coasts/data

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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

What is Remote Sensing?


This Kids Geography website puts remote sensing into easy to understand terms:

check it out

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

GIS Day is TODAY!

Happy GIS Day 2008 to Hawaii Educators!

We hope you are finding ways to celebrate GIS Day with your students today - November 19, 2008. For more ideas, the official GIS Day website is: http://www.gisday.com/.

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Monday, November 3, 2008

Free Online Map Tools

Free Online Map Tools -- If you are interested in getting your kids to visit free, online map tools just to get their feet wet with GIS, here are a couple of fun websites to try:

GeoGreetings
http://www.geogreetings.com
Idea: Have students spell their names or write a "GeoGreeting" message and learn where each letter comes from!

GoogleMaps
http://maps.google.com
Idea: Have students find the street where they live! Then check out one of the new additions from the left side menu, such as 'real-time' earthquakes around the world!

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Presidential Election ArcLesson by ESRI

The fabulous education team at ESRI develops lessons for educators that work with AEJEE and other ESRI GIS software. ArcLessons are available for download AND they come with all necessary AEJEE axl files, data layers, and lesson plans in a 'zip' file.



Try out this beginner level social studies lesson as an example:
2008 Presidential Election
http://gis.esri.com/industries/education/arclessons/search_results.cfm?id=388

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ArcLessons from ESRI

The fabulous education team at ESRI develops lessons for educators that work with AEJEE and other ESRI GIS software. ArcLessons are available for download AND they come with all necessary AEJEE axl files, data layers, and lesson plans in a 'zip' file.

Try out this beginner level social studies lesson as an example:
2008 Presidential Election
http://gis.esri.com/industries/education/arclessons/search_results.cfm?id=388

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Thursday, October 2, 2008

New AEJEE lessons available

James Madison University Center for STEM Education and Outreach have announced the publication of the Rural STEM GIS activity collection for AEJEE and ArcGIS.  This collection of 12 activities (authored by Barbaree Ash Duke, edited by me and classroom tested by teachers around the country) focuses on middle school science and social studies.  Each activity comes with student instructions and worksheet, teacher notes, an answer key and all relevant data.  The activities are referenced to relevant national standards.  Each activity can also be easily modified for younger or older students.  Each activity can be used by itself or in conjunction with one or more of the other activities.  We hope teachers in a variety of settings will find these activities of use.

All the activities can be accessed at http://www.isat.jmu.edu/stem/curriculum.html

We've categorized the activities into three groups by GIS experience:

Level 1 – suitable as a first-time GIS experience
Bats in the Neighborhood: Friend or Foe?
Hunting for the Best Cabela's Location
Invasive Species: Attack of the Animals
Invasive Species: Attack of the Plants

Level 2 – best after a prior introduction to GIS
We are the World: A Look at Demographics
Production and Consumption: The Give and Take of Energy
Disaster Strikes
Should You Drink the Water?
Watersheds: Why bother?

Level 3 – best after more than one experience with GIS
What’s Your Carbon Footprint?
Can You Grow Money?
Survivor: The Agricultural Challenge

This work is supported the Center for Rural STEM Education at James Madison University and funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Mark Your Calendar for GIS Day 2008!

Mark Your Calendar for GIS DAY! -- You may already have big plans for Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day. If not, this could be the perfect opportunity to introduce GIS to your students! Mark the week of November 16 -22 and, specifically, November 19 for GIS Day.
For ideas on activities, both high and low tech, visit the following websites:

ESRI - Tenth Annual GIS Day
http://www.gisday.com/

My Wonderful World - A National Geographic-led Campaign
http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/gaw.html

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Monday, September 15, 2008

Online Election Map (GIS) Tools

If you are interested in having your kids follow the elections while also introducing them to various online GIS tools, here are a couple of interesting websites to try:

Google Elections '08 Map Gallery
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/elections/

National Public Radio 2008 Election Map
https://gw.medb.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.npr.org/news/specials/election2008/2008-election-map.html

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