Contains resources from our ISTE 2011 Geospatial Technology: New Dimensions to Curricula presentation

1. Integrating Geospatial Technologies New Dimensions to Curricula

2. Dr. Elizabeth LangranDr. Marsha AlibrandiFairfield University In this presentation, we discuss geospatial technology skills and products developed by in-service teachers and library media specialists in a university-museum partnership. Resources for pre- and in-service education will be included in this session with recommended sequences for developing understandings of enhancing the spatial dimensions of any discipline.

3. Increasing Opportunities for Geospatial Tools Across the Curriculum

4. University-Museum Partnership

6. Geotagged digital images

7. Digital Historic Maps

8. Geographic Information Systems: Online ("IGIS"); State, National Agency, ESRI; Desktop (ArcGIS)

9. Google Maps

10. Google Earth

12. Week 1 (online): Students filled out online survey, read Fun with GPS, (D. Cooke), online discussion. Week 2 (online): students viewed online videos about geospatial thinking; completed required reading; shared links to online readings/videos/podcasts related to geospatial tech; posted to online discussions; posted a photo of an historical, cultural, or environmental physical feature with an accompanying description. Week 3 (on-campus and various locations near campus): Day 1: Introduction to spatial cognition/spatial thinking; mental mapping; hands-on with Google Earth Day 2: Geocaching activity in local historical cemetery; community mapping; Google Earth mashups Day 3: Hands-on with GIS Day 4: Walking tour conducted by local historical society with handheld devices such as GPS units, digital cameras, and Flip video recorders; hands-on primary source integration Day 5: Hands-on with online GIS tools; wrapup Week 4 (online): Submission of 2-week unit plan that integrates Geospatial technology

17. Student products - Evidence of: Geospatial technology skills Pedagogical Content Knowledge Situated learning/constructivist methodology

18. http://students.fairfield.edu/pmurray/md452web/map.html

19. Burning of Fairfield: Isabella Trubee July 2, 1779 – British General Tryon leaves New York with 2,600 troops. July 7, 1779 - 4:00 a.m. – Fairfield Coast Guard spots 4 British ships off the coast Isaac Jarvis fires a warning shot from Black Rock Fort then a fog sets in over Fairfield William Wheeler and his father move their cattle to Toilsome Hill 10:00 a.m. – The fog lifts and the British ships are seen off McKenzie’s Point 3:00 p.m. – Tryon and his men come ashore, near South Pine Creek Road and their troops march east 4:00 p.m. – Tryon and his men near the spot called The Pines British troops march east on Fairfield Beach Road and then march up Beach Road 5:30 p.m. – British reinforcements arrive, led by General Garth and begin to march over Sasco Hill The Fairfield militia wait at Round Hill Some of the militia march to the Fairfield Green and fire upon the British The militia also destroy a bridge at Ash Creek 6:30 p.m. – The first houses are burned near the Fairfield Green. One of them is the home of Isaac Jennings That night, there was a thunderstorm that cracked and flashed

20. Teacher Action Research

21. Resources: Digital Historic Maps Library of Congress Panoramic Map Collection: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/panhome.html Texas: http://www.birdseyeviews.org/ David Rumsey Map Collection: http://www.davidrumsey.com/ Rumsey Maps draped onto Google Earth/Google Maps: http://rumsey.geogarage.com/http://www.davidrumsey.com/view/google-maps Perry-Castenada Collection: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ Philadephia: Mapping W.E.B. DuBois: http://www.mappingdubois.org/http://venus.cml.upenn.edu/UPennSD_PhilaNegro/

22. Resources: National Election Maps 2008: Hartnett (NYTimes) http://www.wmhartnett.com/2008/11/10/county-level-2008-election-results-as-3d-maps/ 3D Election maps: http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/JAVA/election2004/ 2010 Election Maps: Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/2010-race-maps/house/ NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130514037 Politico.com (nice clicker for Senate, House and Governor by state) http://www.politico.com/2010/maps/ Fox News Maps: http://www.foxnews.com/interactive/politics/election-map-2010/

23. Resources: Digital Maps (US) National Agency/Press: NYTimesInteractive April Tornadoes Map:http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/04/28/us/map-of-the-tornadoes-across-the-south.htmlUS Immigration Interactive Map (NYTimes):http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.htmlPew: “The States of Marriage & Divorce”http://pewsocialtrends.org/assets/flash/marriage/Sexual orientation & gender identity data and measures:: http://www.gaydata.org/

24. Resources: Digital Maps (World)) Japan earthquake and Tsunami http://www.esri.com/services/disaster-response/earthquakes/latest-news-map.html ECAI: Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative:Silk Road Routes: http://ecai.org/silkroad/routes/index.html (Mongol Video)Globalis: http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/New Harvard WorldMap: http://ec2-184-73-229-41.compute-1.amazonaws.com/WorldMapper: http://www.worldmapper.org/HyperCities Mapping Social Movements through Social Media: http://egypt.hypercities.com/Interactive World Heritage Maps: http://whc.unesco.org/en/254Interactive Biosphere Reserves Directory: http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/bios1-2.htmUnited Nations Cartographic Section: http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm

25. Resources: Content Area Maps Social Studies (& Math) Social Explorer: http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/maps/home.aspx US Unemployment: http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal.html National Historical GIS: http://www.nhgis.org/ National Register of Historic Places: http://www.nr.nps.gov/nrloc1.htm Science: GLOBE Student Climate Change Project: http://www.globe.gov/html/climatechange NASA Climate Change 1880-2009: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/decadaltemp.php Foreign Language: Modern Language Association: http://www.mla.org/map_tour106

26. Resources: Where do we go from here? GIS DAY! November 16, 2011 http://www.gisday.com/about/index.html Each year, On the Wednesday of Geographic Awareness Week (A week and a day before Thanksgiving) On GIS Day, your local GIS Agents are encouraged to work with schools to introduce their services and careers ESRI: ArcGISonline: http://resources.esri.com/arcgisonlineservices/index.cfm?fa=content Downloadable FREE Digital Globe: ArcGISExplorer(aka “AGX”):http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/summer09articles/arcgis-explorer-900.html http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/explorer/index.html

27. Fairfield Museum & History Center Resources http://www.fairfieldhistoricalsociety.org/educator-resources.php

28. Our contact information Elizabeth Langran: elangran@fairfield.edu Marsha Alibrandi: malibrandi@fairfield.edu Slides available at http://www.slideshare.net/elangran