Amber McEnturff Ellison Sita Periathiruvadi Tandra L. Tyler-Wood, Ph. D. University of North Texas.
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Amber McEnturff Ellison Sita Periathiruvadi Tandra L. Tyler-Wood, Ph. D. University of North Texas
Transcript of Amber McEnturff Ellison Sita Periathiruvadi Tandra L. Tyler-Wood, Ph. D. University of North Texas.
Amber McEnturff EllisonSita Periathiruvadi
Tandra L. Tyler-Wood, Ph. D.University of North Texas
The Big PictureApplications growing faster than workforce.One of three technologies expected to grow
explosively.All three part of DoL job initiative.
High-Growth Jobs Initiative seeks to match technology development goals with a trained and skilled workforce that can make DoL's $30 million growth projections a reality.
Geospatial Industry (DoL) Defined
An information technology field of practice that acquires, manages, interprets, integrates, displays, analyzes, or otherwise uses data focusing on the geographic, temporal, and spatial context.
Why is DoL so Concerned About Geospatial Technology? WWII Era air traffic
network currently used. Billions of dollars in
wasted fuel. Upgrade has been in
planning stages for more than a decade, lacks workforce needed to run.
GPS and Environmental Issues
GPS Services offer gas finding options.Tracking of environmental disasters
such as fires and oil spills.Precise positional data from GPS can
assist scientists in crustal and seismic monitoring
Monitoring and preservation of endangered species
The Directionally Challenged
Outline
GPS vs. GISHow to obtain equipmentLesson plans & other resources
GPSSatellite-based
navigation system made up of a network of 24 satellites placed into orbit by the U.S. Department of Defense
Units start at about $100 and go up
Gets students out of the classroom
GIS• “Integrates hardware,
software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information.”
• Computer-based software (no field trip)
• Indoors• Often free
How to Obtain GPS Equipment
GPS unit grants: Best Buy, Toshiba, US DOE, etc
Check for grants within your districtRequest donations from businessesBorrow GPS units from parents/facultyGPS loaner programs
GISetc.com
How to Obtain GIS Equipment
Exhaust free resources!Google Earth free editionDo an internet search, suggested keywords
“GIS lesson plans”, “GIS resources”, “GIS education”, “Free GIS”
Grant for Google Earth Pro: http://earth.google.com/outreach/program_details.html
Geocachingwww.geocaching.comWorldwide treasure huntLetterboxing uses clues instead of
coordinatesEducational applications
Use an existing Cache for a class field trip and learn the basics of GPS technology
Create your own multi-cache to teach a lesson
Steps in Creating a GPS/Geocaching Lesson (Christie, 2007)Obtain GPS units (one per group of 3-4
students)Choose curricular focusTrain small group of students to use units
They mentor students in their groupsGather objects/clues that foster learning,
raise curiosity, and encourage discussion
Dr. Christie’s Steps, Cont.Put objects/clues in labeled
plastic containers and hide them
Record coordinates of each geocache
Divide class into groupsProvide brief GPS
instruction and identify the pre-trained mentors in each group
Send students outside to find geocaches
Facilitate discussion
Elementary School GPS Lesson National Corn
Growers Association Story featuring a boy
named David who is introduced to GPS uses in a farm setting.
Opportunity to integrate Language Arts, Music, Dance, Art, History, Math, Science & Geography
High School GPS Lesson
Southern California Integrated GPS Network Education Module
“Are GPS measurements accurate or precise?”
Math/Science focus – students conduct an experiment using marbles and discuss how what they learned relates to GPS, and what could cause errors in GPS measurement.
Google Earth IntroVersatile, free GIS
software, online community with lesson ideas
Did I mention, it’s free!!
Dallas World Aquarium
Grapevine, TX
Google Earth – Ciros Project
ANDRILL: (ANtarctic geological DRILLing) 200 scientists, students, and educators from
five nations (Germany, Italy, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States
“Drill back in time to recover a history of paleoenvironmental changes that will guide our understanding of how fast, how large, and how frequent were glacial and interglacial changes in the Antarctica region. Future scenarios of global warming require guidance and constraint from past history that will reveal potential timing frequency and site of future changes.”
GIS for History Free Lessons include:
Slavery in America: Agency of enslaved people
The Great Migration
The First Census: America in 1790
US ExpansionImmigrationNative American
Lands: The Black Hills
GIS for History Screenshot
Contact InformationAmber [email protected]
Sita [email protected]
Dr. Tandra [email protected]
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