GPS & GIS in the Classroom – 2015 WCSD Workshop

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Jun 152015
 
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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, participate in the  CMAP Workshop – a 5-day, 3-credit course next summer (or in Cedar City in two weeks!). 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:

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Previous Years:

 

GPS & GIS in the Classroom – 2014 WCSD Workshop

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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:

Day 2 Resources:

Reference Files from 2013 Class:

 

Mapping with Online Tools & Apps – CTE Conference at SUU

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Jun 112014
 

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Here’s the agenda for my sessions today, including notes, links to the sites, apps and services I’ll reference and any commentary I’ll add to the document during the day.

AM: Basic Session – getting started with ArcGIS Online, plopping points, base maps, etc.

  • Mapping with ArcGIS Online (AGOL) – PDF Document with links to tutorial videos
  • Start at www.arcgis.com/home
  • Browse the pre-made map gallery
  • Click ‘MAP’ to enter the mapping tool
    • 30-Day Free Trial vs. Organizational Accounts (SEDC, UEN, other service centers, etc.)
    • Email me if you’d like an SEDC Organizational Account and I’ll send an invite
  • Making a map
    • I’ll add to my SUU POI’s Map
    • Navigate to map area desired
    • Change the basemap
    • Add interesting data layers – you can find most all Utah GIS data through Add → Search for Layers → In: ArcGIS Online
    • Add ‘Map Notes’ – allows you to drop your own points, text, lines, areas, shapes, etc.
      • Dropping points
      • Give point context and meaning
      • Change symbols
      • Image URL? Image Link URL?

PM: Intermediate Session – going deeper with mapping and data collection. Including photos in maps, custom data fields, collecting map data with apps

  • Start at https://sedc.maps.arcgis.com – Sign in with your new SEDC Org account
  • Discuss different tools used to make maps and how do you bring it all together?
    • GPS – how to get points out in a usable format? Garmin Basecamp
    • Camera – photos must be hosted/posted online – use image URL for AGOL maps
      • Google Drive is a good solution, as well as Dropbox Photos folder
    • Field Data? Clipboard is a great tool, but how do you bring data from multiple students/groups together? Google Forms &/or Google Sheets
    • One tool that can combine all of this?
  • Custom Data Fields?
    • Edit .csv file from Basecamp in Excel or Google Drive/Sheets
    • Remove extraneous data
    • Add in the data you want. Each column is a new Data field in map points
    • Save back out as a .csv
  • Add layers via file demo
  • Tutorial of whole process (GPS → Garmin Basecamp → Google Sheets → ArcGIS Online map points) on YouTube here.

Want to see my map? Here it is! http://bit.ly/1xQ97Eu

 

GIS/GPS in the Classroom 2-Day WCSD Course

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Jun 252013
 
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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:

Day 2 Resources:

 

GPS & GIS In The Classroom for WCSD

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Jun 132011
 

Here’s the Dixie Art Scavenger Hunt GPS Activity.

Dixie Art Scavenger Hunt 2011.pdf

Here’s my handout of ways to integrate the GPS and Geocacihng into your instruction.

Geocaching_Classroom_Ideas.pdf

 

Garmin GPS Drivers and Garmin Web Updater. You’ll also probably need GSAK before too long…

UK Tour in Google Earth.

UK_Trip_Tour.kml

You can make your own tour of Historic Places in St. George, or anywhere else you like. Here’s a handout on creating Tours in Google Earth that you might find helpful.

Creating_a_Tour_in_Google_Maps.docx

Class credit information can be found here.

 

If you’d like to find the cache that we hid at the end of the day, view the cache page here.