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NEARC GIS Educator's Day
The document discusses the evolving nature of geospatial education in the 21st century, emphasizing the importance of geographic literacy and spatial thinking in understanding a complex, interconnected world. It highlights the need for using data, maps, and geospatial technologies to teach geographic concepts while encouraging students to engage actively with the material. Additionally, it stresses that environmental changes necessitate a holistic approach to education, integrating various subjects and fostering exploration.
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NEARC GIS Educator's Day
- 1. Geospatial Education inthe 21st Century
- 2. The truth…if youalways lived in San Diego
- 3. Truths can bespatially contingent Providence, RI San Diego, CA
- 4. The truth isoften scale dependent World Realms Regions Neighborhoods
- 5. Globalization has madethe world ‘flat’ • Geography has been conquered • Place is increasingly less relevant
- 6. Not the futureof thematic maps…
- 7. Site and SituationalFactors
- 8. Place still matters Distanceand Time
- 9. Regions are increasinglyinterconnected
- 10. Global News DemandsGeographic Context
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- 12. What does 21stcentury geospatial education look like?
- 13. Geography and geospatialeducation is not…
- 14. How can wehelp students understand a complex, interconnected world? Provide geographic information Teach geographic concepts Use data, maps, and geospatial technology Ask questions which encourage spatial thinking. Geographic Literacy comes by teaching WITH GIS
- 15. 1. Provide geographicinformation
- 16. 2. Teach geographicconcepts
- 17. 3. Use data,maps, and geospatial technology
- 18. 4. Ask questionswhich encourage spatial thinking.
- 19. Environmental changes require holistic,systemic thinking
- 20. Students more fully“own” the knowledge when they’ve worked with the data
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- 23. Spatial thinking integratessubjects
- 24. ELA and theCommon Core
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- 27. Mapping facilitates explorationand discovery
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- 33. A spatial perspectiveis not just for geographers spatial mapping map projections
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- 35. The spatial becomespersonal
- 36. How can wehelp students understand a complex interconnected world? Provide geographic information Teach geographic concepts Use data, maps, and geospatial technology Ask questions which encourage spatial thinking. Geographic Literacy
Editor's Notes
- #5 Truth is also dependent on scale.
- #6 World has changed and geographic factors aren’t what they used to be…Truth is both spatially AND temporally contingent. But different doesn’t mean irrelevant.globalization makes place increasingly important---many think that geography is being conquered by transportation and communications technologies in this era of globalization rendering geography increasingly irrelevant as we move forward. Nothing could be further from the truth.
- #10 Regions are artificial constructs that we make to group similar places together since we can't know everything about an infinite number of places. Far distant places are incredibly relevant to the daily interactions of many places.
- #11 global news does not make sense without geographic context
- #12 appreciation for cultural diversity is critical for global business
- #15 Don’t just teach GIS, the ArcGIS platform and what buttons to push.
- #17 Geographic thinking can unite and synthesize all the social studies
- #20 environmental changes require holistic thinking about place
- #24 The cultural is political. The demographic is economic. The urban and the rural are not mutually exclusive.