Future Fieldwork GIS for Beginners GA Conference Saturday 14 th April 2007

Objectives

What are we going to do ? What are you going to do ? Explain what GIS is, and what it can be used for Introduce a range of GIS software Experience using GIS software To provide a range of ideas and resources for immediate use & give you the motivation to use GIS in your schools Collect data and produce an outcome Think of how you might be able to use GIS in your geography teaching…

Explain what GIS is, and what it can be used for

Introduce a range of GIS software

Experience using GIS software

To provide a range of ideas and resources for immediate use & give you the motivation to use GIS in your schools

Collect data and produce an outcome

Think of how you might be able to use GIS in your geography teaching…

What is GIS ? “ GIS has the ability to store, retrieve, manipulate and analyse a range of spatially related data” The user can: ask questions of data related to the map search for patterns and distributions investigate the underlying relationships between different sets of data Article in Geography Review: March 2007

“ GIS has the ability to store, retrieve, manipulate and analyse a range of spatially related data”

The user can:

ask questions of data related to the map

search for patterns and distributions

investigate the underlying relationships between different sets of data

Article in Geography Review: March 2007

Who are we ?

Potential benefits of GIS Spatial Understanding Enquiry learning Identifying relationships Vocational element Motivation (Thanks to Tom B)

Spatial Understanding

Enquiry learning

Identifying relationships

Vocational element

Motivation

(Thanks to Tom B)

Barriers to GIS use Perceived complexity Cost of software/availability of hardware Time Access to data in appropriate formats School level issues Lack of compulsion Limited evidence of impact (Thanks to Tom B)

Perceived complexity

Cost of software/availability of hardware

Time

Access to data in appropriate formats

School level issues

Lack of compulsion

Limited evidence of impact

(Thanks to Tom B)

New National Curriculum Referred to specifically in the new PoS

Referred to specifically in the new PoS

New National Curriculum Referred to specifically in the new PoS

Referred to specifically in the new PoS

OCR Pilot GCSE GIS an optional unit in Year 11 of Pilot GCSE Can e-mail some documents produced by Rob Clemens of West Exe Technology College for recent day for 3 rd cohort centres for GCSE Pilot

GIS an optional unit in Year 11 of Pilot GCSE

Can e-mail some documents produced by Rob Clemens of West Exe Technology College for recent day for 3 rd cohort centres for GCSE Pilot

Quality Mark / Conference One of sections involved in the criteria for meeting the Quality Mark (see other SPC workshop…) GIS @ Conference Teacher to Teacher sessions Exhibitors

One of sections involved in the criteria for meeting the Quality Mark (see other SPC workshop…)

GIS @ Conference

Teacher to Teacher sessions

Exhibitors

Continuums FREE EXPENSIVE EASY TO USE COMPLICATED Often web based BASIC SOPHISTICATED Sometimes a ‘cut-down’ version

Some suggestions Web based Mouseprice Maplecroft Maps OS GIS Zone MAGIC Google Earth Version 4 Dakini Project Commercial packages AEGIS3: “an educational GIS” Digital Worlds Infomapper High end ESRI ArcGis / ArcVoyager

Web based

Mouseprice

Maplecroft Maps

OS GIS Zone

MAGIC

Google Earth Version 4

Dakini Project

Commercial packages

AEGIS3: “an educational GIS”

Digital Worlds

Infomapper

High end

ESRI ArcGis / ArcVoyager

Data ideas Environmental Quality Index (EQI) Mobile phone reception: Sitefinder Noise levels Pedestrian counts Many more at site of King Edward VI 5 Ways

Environmental Quality Index (EQI)

Mobile phone reception: Sitefinder

Noise levels

Pedestrian counts

Many more at site of King Edward VI 5 Ways

ACTIVITY This will involve: AEGIS GPS Visualiser / GE Graph Web based ‘GIS’: Infomapper Over to Tom and Alan…

This will involve:

AEGIS

GPS Visualiser / GE Graph

Web based ‘GIS’: Infomapper

Over to Tom and Alan…

Next steps… Some ideas from Fred Martin… Also try new Google Maps feature (FREE)

Some ideas from Fred Martin…

Also try new Google Maps feature (FREE)

Plenary Feedback on activity Ongoing concerns / barriers to use Ideas for further development ?

Feedback on activity

Ongoing concerns / barriers to use

Ideas for further development ?

Other sources GA GTIP Page http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/gtip/gis/ http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/gtip/thinkpieces/gis

GA GTIP Page

http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/gtip/gis/

http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/gtip/thinkpieces/gis

Other sources RGS GIS Page http://www.gis.rgs.org

RGS GIS Page

http://www.gis.rgs.org

To take away Delegate Packs Infomapper: spatial filing system (not a true GIS, but very interesting…) – go for a demo with Charles Worth and ask about a special deal… Check out the full details at http://www.geographypages.co.uk/conf07.htm