Jun 292014
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In the next two days, you will gain a good understanding of how you can integrate GPS activities and GIS resources into your instruction. This is a primer course – if you’d like to REALLY get into this topic, sign up for CMAP – a 5-day, 3-credit course next summer. The permalink above will always get you back to this page for the class resources and links. Go to sedcclint.com under the GPS tag for all of my related resoruces.
Day 1 Resources:
- Class Syllabus
- Class Agenda
- Geocaching Classroom Ideas
- GPS In The Classroom Presentation – find it on YouTube
- Example puzzle-type cache – Chemistry Test
- Garmin GPS Drivers, Garmin Web Updater & Garmin Communicator Plug-In
- Garmin BaseCamp download
- Google Earth download
- Sample activity: St. George Scavenger Hunt
- GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife, optional)
- Google Earth Tours (.kml files from class)
- GPS & Geocaching Apps:
- Geocaching.com app: iOS ($9.99) & Android ($9.99)
- MotionX GPS – iOS only ($0.99)
- Tap Forms Lite (free for 10 entries)
- Google+ for iOS and Android – great for posting photos online to be used in your maps
Day 2 Resources:
- Park Map Group Assignments
- Review: Making Maps with Google Earth (YouTube)
- Park Map V2: Using ArcGIS Online Mapping
- ArcGIS Story Map Gallery
- Learn how to make your own Story Maps (YouTube playlist)
- Mapping from the Classroom: What If???
- Planet Conversions
- Geocaching Printable Logs
- Geocaching containers and other products
- Lexicon of Geocaching – get ‘hip’ to the cachers lingo and abbreviations.
- Example map that the 2012 class created of the St. George City Park,
- If needed, layers are in instructors’s Dropbox (Public/SG-GPS)
- Extreme example of a community mapping project
- Creating a Virtual Tour in Google Earth
- Sample Google Earth Virtual Tour (.kml file)
- Class Registration Form
- UEN Lesson Plan Tool – please send me your lesson plan within 2-3 weeks.
- Class page from 2013
- Class page from 2011
- All GPS related articles on sedcclint.com
Reference Files from 2013 Class:
- Park Map – Group .kml Files
- Park Map – Photos of Art
- Group Map: St. George City Park Amenities Map (Google Earth .kml)