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:

Day 2 Resources:

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:

 

Geocaching and Education

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Dec 062011
 

Geocaching and Education

Welcome educators, group leaders and facilitators!

Geocaching is a cross-curricular activity that educators, leaders and facilitators are incorporating into their programs with great success. Geocaching combines outdoor play with team-building, problem-solving and other valuable educational outcomes.

This is a collection of our resources so you can combine geocaching and education in your classroom, camp, or seminar.

via geocaching.com

Excellent. Although I’ve been doing this sort of thing for years, it’s great to see Geocaching.com start to provide a clearinghouse of resources for educators.

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.

GPS & Google Earth Put To USE!

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Oct 042010
 
Thanks for inviting me to come to Lake Powell School today to work with you all on GPS and Google Earth. Here’s a few resources we may need, or that you can refer back to after our time together today:

 

GPS in the Classroom for Washington Co. School District, June 1-2, 2010

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Jun 012010
 

Here’s the links and resources you’ll need during our 2 days together of getting to know how to use a GPS to find locations, mark locations of your own, and integrating this technology to collect relevant data & create custom maps with your classes. Here’s a link to my GPS Blog for Education hosted at SEDC, and the class agenda is attached below. Another useful resource could be the Groundspeak Forum for GPS in Education.

Links and relevant resources, Day 1:

Links & Resources, Day 2

Links to Google Earth Layer Files:

    Here’s the assignment for the class to receive full credit:

    Assignment: Using the UEN Lesson Plan tool (optional), Google Docs or Microsoft Word, develop and implement a lesson that incorporates a GPS activity. You should include the following fields in your lesson plan: Summary, Curriculum Tie, Intended Learning Outcomes, Instructional Procedures, and Assessment Plan. Include with your lesson plan a reflective paper. In your paper:

    • Describe how you used the GPS in the classroom and how the activity benefited your students.
    • Evaluate your activity and describe its effectiveness incorporating the GPS as a learning tool.
    • Include the state core standard(s) the project is tied to, as well as a description of the critical thinking skill(s) from Bloom???s Taxonomy that your students will use when completing the activity.

    2-Day Washington Agenda 2010.pdf

    Dixie GPS Scavenger Hunt Participant.pdf

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    Engage Your Students with GPS! Links to Today’s UCET Presentation Resources

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    Feb 262010
     
    First let me thank you for taking your time and coming to my UCET presentation today. If you'd like to use or review the resources that I discussed today, just follow the links below:
    Session Summary:
    In Utah, 24% of the Class of 2011 were not proficient in Math portion on the UBSCT. In the SEDC (Southwest) region, some of the UBSCT concepts that??students??have done very poorly on are the understanding the concept & calculation of area, and solving one-factor equations. There is a need to present these concepts to many of our??students??in a new way. Global Positioning System Receivers (GPSr???s) can be an effective and engaging technology tool to help??your??students??understand these concepts and enable??your??students??to experience math in their world in a new way. We will cover how to use a GPSr to find the area and perimeter of a location, calculate the slope of a hill (& the distance up that hill!), and even how to figure out the volume of water fall on??yourschool campus during a rainstorm! Not a math teacher, that???s OK! I will show you over 50 ways to integrate??GPS??into??your??instruction in any classroom.