GISIn the Danish High Schools

Who are we?

Casper Warnich18 years old, Århus

Benjamin Kaas-Hansen17 years old, Galten

Langkær Gymnasium & HF

Focus Areas

•Why do we need GIS?

•How did we get started?

•How do we use it and what have we done?

•Future opportunities with GIS

Why do we need GIS?

•Alternative teaching

•Better understanding

•Hands on

•Future knowledge

How did we start out?

•Guides at GOGIS.dk

•Received a CD with data and ArcView 3.2

Only educational use

•Good conditions at home and in school

How do we use GIS?

In school...

•Examples shown by the teacher

•Use of guides developed to teach both GIS and geography

•ArcView 3.2 installed on school computers

60 new computers with ArcGIS 8.2

at home...

•GIS - homework along with regular geography homework

•All data from CD or GOGIS.dk

•Home/School border – Firstclass

•Use of guides developed to teach both GIS and geography

GOGIS.dk?

•What is GOGIS.dk?

•Student-friendly guides?

•Do they teach you geography?

Show-time!

What have we done?

•Distance measuring of Copenhagen

•Local area surrounding our school

•Geological development of the Earth

•Projects – earthquakes and hurricanes

•GPS-data

•2nd year field trip to Italy

Future opportunities

•PDA and smartphones will bloom

•The community will cooperate to create more and better data

•High School Reform 2005 – cross subjects

•Students take an active role in geography, as well as in other subjects and projects

Wrapped up

•The ability to use GIS is depending on materials from school and community

•It can easily be incorporated in high school

•It will evolve

GIS in the Danish High Schools