Introduction to an ICT based cross curricular resource
for PGDE Geography
St Andrews Building, University of Glasgow
19th
January 2017
Anne Robertson
EDINA, University of Edinburgh

EDINA: serving research & education across the UK
• @ the University of Edinburgh

Other Digimap(s)

Digimap for Schools – Key Features
• Online mapping service designed for schools
• Print maps anywhere in GB at many different zoom
levels
• Historic mapping 1890s and 1950s
• Aerial photography
• Pupils can annotate maps by adding labels, markers,
photos, graphs, uploading points from a file
• Measure areas and distances
• Creating buffers around points/lines
• Annotations can be saved and retrieved
• Create print A3 & A4 print files
• Create image files for use in ppt/docs

Digimap for Schools set up
• Online service, no software installation or data
management
• Browser based – PC, laptop, iPad, Smartboard
• One login per school – limitless number of users per
school
• Can be used out of school (e.g. at home or outdoor
learning centre)
• Easy online registration process with immediate
access
• Annual subscription charge

Service uptake
2642 schools across GB
•174 Scottish secondaries
•983 English secondaries

Our key messages
• Superb resource for Geography Nat
and 5 Value Added Units
• Relevant to many broad areas within
the Curriculum for Excellence
- Numeracy (measurement)
- Social Studies (Geography History)
- Sciences (Biology)
- Outdoor Learning
- Health & Well Being (Walk a Mile)
- Innovative learning through ICT

Experiences and Outcomes
• SOC 3-14a I can use a range of maps and geographical information
systems to gather, interpret and present conclusions and can locate a
range of features within Scotland, UK, Europe and the wider world.
• SOC 4-05b I can evaluate the changes which have taken place in an
industry in Scotland’s past and can debate their impact.
• SOC 4-10b I can explain the development of the main features of an
urban area in Scotland or elsewhere and can evaluate the implications
for the society concerned.
• SOC 4-14a I can use specialized maps and geographical information
systems to identify patterns of human activity and physical processes.
• MNU 3-11a I can solve practical problems by applying my knowledge of
measure, choosing the appropriate units and degree of accuracy for the
task and using a formula to calculate area or volume when required.

What you can do with Digimap for Schools
Measurement, presentation of data & change over time

Use at Barrhead Academy
Looking at land use change

Planning/Decision
Making
• Relief
• Landscapes
• Land use
• Measuring

Rural Land Use
Mapping

Rural Land Use
Mapping
Urban Land
Use Mapping

Calculating
Building
Density

Flow line
maps

Proportional
circles

Map based presentation of information

CforE resources

You can use it!
• You can access it during your studies to familiarise
yourself with the service and plan lessons
• You can use it when you go into schools on
placement
• Use it at the front of the class on smartboard or with
pupils accessing it themselves on pcs/laptops
• If the school you are placed show an interest in the
service, ask them to contact EDINA to find out about
subscribing
• Demo then exercise
http://digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk/schools/Resour
ces/flyers/DFSActivities.pdf