This document outlines an agenda for a session on mobile mapping and survey tools. It introduces key concepts like geospatial literacy and using maps to foster student inquiry. Attendees will learn mapping and inquiry terminology, participate in a sample survey, view sample student projects, and try creating their own survey using Survey123. The document promotes using mobile mapping to engage students in questioning, observation, and data collection about their community. It provides examples of survey questions and emphasizes that the Survey123 tool is free for K-12 schools to use.

1. GETTING MOVING AND INTO
YOUR COMMUNITY WITH
MOBILE MAPPING
Elizabeth Langran, Marymount University
Slides available at
slideshare.net/elangran

2. SESSION AGENDA
• Mapping terminology and concepts
• Inquiry terminology and concepts
• Be a participant in a survey
• View survey results
• View student examples
• Brainstorm questions
• Try your hand at Survey123
• How to get access to this online service (spoiler alert: it’s free for US K-12 schools!)
• Test out your survey & Q&A

11. GEOSPATIAL LITERACY
Use maps to provide
opportunities for students
to see patterns, make
connections, & create their
own meaning

12. A GREAT MAP TELLS A GREAT STORY
• It starts with a question

13. Photo by elangran

14. WHAT DO I SEE? WHAT DO I THINK?
WHAT DO I WONDER?
Questioning
&
Wondering
Reading &
Learning
Looking &
Listening
Analyzing &
Interpreting
Sharing &
Planning
Based on John Dewey. Logic: The Theory of Inquiry. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1938

15. QUESTIONING & WONDERING
• Teach students how to ask questions; model see/think/wonder
• Use primary sources, community observations
• Use mind (thinking) maps & journals
• Try open questions (rather than yes/no) with discoverable answers
• Curiosity
Questioning
&
Wondering
Reading &
Learning
Looking &
Listening
Analyzing &
Interpreting
Sharing &
Planning
What do I see? What do I think? What do I wonder?

16. https://goo.gl/ezxCP7
Take the survey

17. https://goo.gl/J3KeRH
Results

18. EXAMPLES
High School Geography class (mostly grades 11-12); students do observations in 2 different communities
Question: How do these two communities differ?

19. EXAMPLES
High School science class (but appropriate for younger students as well) – can be done on school grounds
Question: What are the trees like on our school grounds?

20. EXAMPLES
• What evidence of globalization do I see in my
neighborhood? How is my community a “global
village?”
• What examples of flooding or storm damage do I
see in my neighborhood?
• Where do I see litter (can be done on school
grounds or in the neighborhood)
• What kinds of animals are here?
• What historic monuments do I see? (good for
field trips)
• Monitor E. coli concentrations in Four Mile Run
and Tripps Run for the Virginia Department of
Environmental Quality (examine data trends over
time, and identify and calculate impervious
surfaces in the city using spatial imagery,
connecting with study on stormwater)
Other questions that can be used for data
collection

21. EXAMPLES
Other questions that can be used for data
collection
Your turn!

22. LET’S TRY SURVEY123
You are welcome to try this on your own.
If you don’t yet have a school account, you
can use a free trial account
http://www.esri.com/arcgis/trial
We will create the survey at
http://survey123.arcgis.com/

32. HTTP://WWW.ESRI.COM/CONNECTED
It’s free for all US K-12 schools and youth-serving clubs!

33. ESRIURL.COM/USK12GIS
Does your school already have a school account?

34. TWEET A LINK TO YOUR
PRACTICE SURVEY
Make sure it’s public
(see the collaborate tab)
Publish and get the link
@elangran
#VSTE17
Go out and
survey! (and/or
stay here for
Q&A)
Slides available at
slideshare.net/elangran