GIT+Ahead

=GIT Ahead Institute= Cayuga Community College & Hobart William Smith College July 7-11, 2008

This was a great workshop and I learned a lot. My brain was full after the first day.

Tags: [|GITahead], [|GIS], [|GPS], [|mappingdata]

GIT Ahead Resources

GIS applications are one of those open-eneded software applications where students can start with a blank slate (map) and construct their understanding or build a model to try to understand more.

**GIS Applications**
New features - data sets need to be activated, within data sets data can be layered
 * ArcView**

http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/about/arcexplorer-education.html
 * ArcExplorer Java Edition for Educators (AEJEE)**

Google Earth
 * [|http://earth.google.com]**

GIS Data & Map Resources
GPS Visualizer Pull in topographical maps and more into Google Earth (.kml files) ovelayed using latitude/longitude coordinates**
 * [|http://www.gpsvisualizer.com]

Microsoft Live Maps
 * Use [|Microsoft Live Maps] to examine locations of interest or inquiry**

Our Lakes Data bouys from several central New York lakes.**
 * [|www.ourlake.org]

Project Ideas
Driving Questions:  Spatial Thinking
 * How does water quality reflect land use?
 * Concepts of Space
 * Tools of Representation
 * Process of Reasoning

"All you know is as much as you need to do what you want to do."

GIS Answers 5 Basic Questions:**
 * What is at?
 * Where is?
 * What has changed?
 * What patterns exist?
 * What if?


 * "All you need to know is enough to do what you want to do."
 * Scalability - GE -> ArcExplorer -> AEJEE -> ArcView (ArcMap)
 * Spreading the word about geospatial technology in education
 * NEED for common space to share and collaborate on projects, photos, maps, videos, discuss and reflect on teaching and learning with geospatial technology
 * making international connections to Australia/UK STiS (Spatial Technology in Schools)