tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106439802011-04-21T15:22:05.328-07:00Woeldersnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10643980.post-1107627722150331272005-02-05T09:12:00.000-08:002005-10-02T21:32:18.410-07:00<span style="color:#ff0000;">October 6, 2005</span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">ESRI Conference</span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">GIS in the Elementary Classroom</span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">V. Woelders</span> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/1600/childrenglobe.gif"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/400/childrenglobe.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Welcome to the ArcView and ArcCanada GIS Session. Why use ArcView GIS in the elementary classroom? It can meet the provincial curriculum learning outcomes; allows integration; makes kids present their maps in attractive ways and students feel successful, no matter what level of ability. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span><p><br /><span style="color:#333333;"><strong>1.</strong> </span><strong>Introduction to ArcView</strong> <strong>and ArcCanada</strong> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/1600/GIS%202%20007.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/400/GIS%202%20007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />ArcView and ArcCanada was created by <a href="http://www.esricanada.com/english/home/default.asp"><span style="color:#3333ff;">ESRI</span></a> </p><p><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span> </p><ul><li><a href="http://k12.esricanada.com/onlinetraining/index.html"><span style="color:#3333ff;">ESRI Coursework</span></a> [username (bctraining) and password (educator)] </li></ul><p></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>2.</strong> <strong>Mapping 101 </strong><br />The Recipe of Steps<br />Making a Map<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/1600/Picture%20009.jpg"></a></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>3.</strong> <strong>Curricular-based Elementary Classroom Examples</strong> </p><p>Throughout the Kindergarten to Grade 7 </p><ul><li><a href="http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/spring04articles/kings-school.html"><span style="color:#993399;">ArcNews Australian school K-12</span></a></li></ul><p></p><ul><li>(Santa Claus is coming to our Country) <span style="color:#3333ff;"></span><a href="http://www.noradsanta.org/"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Map of Claus</span></strong></a> </li></ul><p></p><p align="justify"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/1600/Picture%20001.jpg"></a></p><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify"></p><p align="center">Gr. 4 (Inuit) <a href="http://www.athropolis.com/map-nunavut.htm"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">N</span></a><a href="http://www.athropolis.com/map-nunavut.htm"><span style="color:#3333ff;">unavut Map</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"> </span></strong></p><p align="justify"><strong></strong></p><strong><p><strong><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/1600/GIS%202%2000.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/400/GIS%202%2000.jpg" border="0" /></a></strong></p></strong><p><strong></strong> </p><p><strong>This is an example of a student who is working 3 years below his grade level in his written output. </strong><strong>He completed this map, however not successfully. There were many mistakes.</strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/1600/GIS%202%2000.jpg"></a></strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/1600/GIS%2033.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/400/GIS%2033.jpg" border="0" /></a></strong></p><p><strong></strong> </p><p><strong>This is the same child who did the first map, however this is wonderfully presented and is legible.</strong></p><ul></ul><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center">Gr. 7 (Silk Road) <a href="http://www.silkroadproject.org/silkroad/map.html"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Detaile</span></a><a href="http://www.silkroadproject.org/silkroad/map.html"><span style="color:#3333ff;">d Map of the Silk Road </span></strong></a></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/1600/GIS%202%200062.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/400/GIS%202%200062.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/1600/GIS%202%200052.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/400/GIS%202%200052.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><ul><li></li><li></li><li></li><li><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/1600/GIS%202%200052.jpg"></a></li><li></li><li></li><li></li><li></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/1600/GIS%202%200052.jpg"></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center"> </p><p align="center">(Terry Fox) <a href="http://www.terryfoxrun.org/english/marathon/timeline/default.asp?s=1"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Terry Fox's J</span></a><a href="http://www.terryfoxrun.org/english/marathon/timeline/default.asp?s=1"><span style="color:#3333ff;">ourney</span></strong></a></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/1600/Picture%20006.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1861/832/400/Picture%20005.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><strong></strong></p><p align="center"><strong></strong></p><p align="center"><strong></strong></p><p align="center"><strong></strong></p><p align="center"><strong></strong></p><p align="center"><strong></strong></p><p align="center"><strong></strong></p><p align="center"><strong></strong></p><p align="center"><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Interesting Websites with examples</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/winter0405articles/high-school.html"><span style="color:#993399;">Arc News Career Preparation</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/winter0405articles/arkansas-students.html"><span style="color:#993399;">Arc News Emergency Services Study</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/spring04articles/grove-high-school.html"><span style="color:#993399;">Arc News Community History</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/summer02articles/earthquakes.html"><span style="color:#993399;">Arc News Natural Disasters</span></a><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/"><span style="color:#3333ff;"> </span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.gisday.com/"><span style="color:#993399;">GIS Day</span></a><span style="color:#993399;"> </span></li><li><a href="http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/winter0405articles/gisday-2004.html"><span style="color:#993399;">Arc News Articles and Photographs</span></a></li><strong></strong><li><a href="http://www.smus.ca/campus/extension/ed_inst_gti.html"><span style="color:#993399;">St.Michaels Geotechnology Institute</span></a><span style="color:#993399;"> </span></li><li><span style="color:#993399;"><a href="http://imgs.intergraph.com/education/"><span style="color:#993399;">GIS Online training</span></a><span style="color:#993399;"> </span></span></li></ul><p><span style="color:#993399;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Teaching Aids</strong></span></span></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/omc_intro.html"><span style="color:#993399;">Online Map Creation</span></a><span style="color:#993399;"> </span></li><li><a href="http://www.mapquest.com/"><span style="color:#993399;">Locating a Place</span></a><span style="color:#993399;"> </span></li><li><a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.org/xpeditions/atlas/"><span style="color:#993399;">Printing Maps </span></a></li></ul><span style="color:#993399;"><p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Colophon</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#000000;">The image of the children around the globe is from the Center of Innovations in Education:</span> <a href="http://www.cise.missouri.edu/images/childrenglobe.gif">http://www.cise.missouri.edu/images/childrenglobe.gif</a><br /></span></p><br /><br /><strong></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10643980-110762772215033127?l=gispro-d.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Woeldersnoreply@blogger.com