1. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
DEMOGRAPHICS SYSTEM (SDDS)
GOES MOBILE!
NCES STATS-DC 2012 – July 12, 2012
Presented by Tai Phan & Robert Winterbottom
NCES, Sanametrix, Blue Raster

2. PRESENTATION OUTLINE
 The School District Demographics System
(SDDS) Goes Mobile!
 Introduction
 Overview of Mobile Computing
 Brief Overview of new technologies incorporated in
Mobile Map Viewer
 Live Demonstration of Mobile Map Viewer
 Summary/Q & A

3. INTRODUCTION
 Mobile devices are
revolutionizing the way our
nation consumes information.
 The School District
Demographics System (SDDS)
map viewer is now available
for use on tablet devices(iPad
and Android).
 This session presents an
overview of current efforts to
bring the SDDS to mobile
devices and some technology
incorporated into it.

4. MOBILE COMPUTING
 Mobile Computing
has been growing
exponentially over the
past few years.
 More and more people
are turning to mobile
devices to accomplish
their daily tasks.
 Wi-Fi, 3g, 4g, and
other networks provide
access to information
any time anywhere in
the world.

5. WHY ARE MOBILE DEVICES SO POPULAR?
 The ability to
access information
in an instant.
 You can also
access some of
your home and or
work files by using
cloud storage or
remote desktop.
 They are just plain
fun.

6. STATISTICS ABOUT MOBILE DEVICES
 Byearly 2012, users began ditching their
feature phones and purchasing smart phones.

7. HOW DOES IT LOOK IN THE FUTURE

8. WHO’S USING ALL THESE DEVICES?

9. WHAT ARE THEY USING THEM FOR
 Huge increases in health information and general
reference as user’s perform more research on mobile
devices.

10. BIG NAMES IN MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
 TheTwo that are
used the Most
 Apple
 iOS 5.1
 iPad & iPhone
 Android
 Ice Cream
Sandwich
 Jelly Bean
 Large Selection of
devices

11. BIG NAMES IN MOBILE TECHNOLOGY

12. WHO’S WINNING AT THE MOMENT?

13. WHY IS MOBILE SO IMPORTANT?
 By 2015, the majority of internet access will be
done from some sort of mobile device instead of a
PC.

14. MOBILE DEVICES COMPARED TO PC’S
 This chart shows the difference in slope between PC’s
sales and mobile device sales.

15. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
 We are in a mobile digital world now days.
 Businesses and websites need to change and
adapt to how consumers are using the internet

16. ADAPTING TO THIS MOBILE WORLD
 Build mobile friendly
website
 Build Native application
 iOS – Objective-C
 Android - Java
 iOS/Android - HTML5/PhoneGap
 Build a universal web
application
 Uses HTML5 and JavaScript
which is supported on desktop
computers, tablet devices, and
smartphones

17. GOOD EXAMPLES
 Some websites that are mobile friendly
 FEMA
 www.fema.gov
 m.fema.gov
 EPA
 www.epa.gov
 m.epa.gov
 Smithsonian
 www.gosmithsonian.com
 State Government
 http://georgia.gov/
 NCES
 http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/index.aspx

18. RESPONSIVE DESIGN
Desktop version Mobile version

19. THE SDDS MAP VIEWER
 The SDDS Map Viewer
 http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/ed/index.asp

20. THE SDDS MOBILE MAP VIEWER
 http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/ed/mobile/
 Shows new data sets.

21. THE SDDS MOBILE MAP VIEWER
 Data can be viewed on the National level and
on the State level

22. TECHNOLOGY USED IN THE MOBILE MAP VIEWER
 Web friendly HTML: runs on both desktop and mobile browsers
 System is deployed on Amazon EC2 Cloud Servers (Part of the Geocloud
program)
 Latest Esri Technologies:
 JavaScript API version 3.0
 ArcGIS Server 10.1 – released June 12, 2012

23. TECHNOLOGY USED IN THE MOBILE MAP VIEWER
 Uses retina-quality
images that look good
on a regular tablet and
look good on the new
retina-display iPad.
 Since this web app
was written with
HTML5, JavaScript,
and CSS, it will run on
any 10” tablet device
that supports
JavaScript.

24. WHAT THIS TECHNOLOGY MEANS FOR THE USER?
 Since it is using the
newest ArcGIS
Server, 10.1, it
allows for a lot of the
applications work to
be done on the
server and not on
the actual device.

25. WHAT THIS TECHNOLOGY MEANS FOR YOU?
 You can select different ways to distribute the data
to help you see the differences between school
districts, counties, and states all with the touch of a
button.

26. WHAT THIS TECHNOLOGY MEANS FOR YOU?
 Mobile SDDS offers five new base maps from ArcGIS.com

27. WHAT THIS TECHNOLOGY MEANS FOR THE USER?
 You can add optional layers to see even more data by
simply selecting a checkbox.
New Optional
Layers

28. WHAT THIS TECHNOLOGY MEANS FOR THE USER?
 Has the ability to be saved to the users home screen so
they can view it in full screen as if it were a native
application.

29. NEXT STEPS
 Continuing development on Mobile Map Viewer
 Working to insure the map stays up to date with all the latest
data
 Contact Tai Phan, NCES for more details
 Email: Tai.Phan@ed.gov
 (202) 502-7431
 Visit SDDS at:
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/

30. Q & A TIME…

31. FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Robert Winterbottom
rwinterbottom@blueraster.com
703-875-0911
www.blueraster.com
blog.blueraster.com

32. CITATIONS FOR IMAGES AND CHARTS
 All Charts from Business Insider (If Business Insider got the charts from
someone else those citations are on the graphs)
 http://www.businessinsider.com/the-future-of-mobile-deck-2012-
3?utm_source=twbutton&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sai#-1
 Apple vs Android Image on Slide #7
 http://monkeybrandz.com/todays-news-apple-vs-android/apple-vs-android-hd-funny-picture/
 Kid jumping for joy on Slide #5
 http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-year-in-review-2010-12?op=1
 Guy Texting on Motorcycle Slide #15
 http://therebelchick.com/when-stupid-motorcyclists-live-up-to-the-stereotype/
 Retina Icon vs Regular Icon on Slide #23
 http://blog.geekpress.com/2012/06/macbook-retina-display.html

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