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Future Fieldwork GIS for Beginners

Future Fieldwork GIS for Beginners. GA Conference Saturday 14 th April 2007. Objectives. Explain what GIS is, and what it can be used for Introduce a range of GIS software Experience using GIS software

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Future Fieldwork GIS for Beginners

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  1. Future FieldworkGIS for Beginners GA Conference Saturday 14th April 2007 Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  2. Objectives Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  3. Explain what GIS is, and what it can be used for Introduce a range of GIS software Experience using GIS software To provide a range of ideas and resources for immediate use & give you the motivation to use GIS in your schools Collect data and produce an outcome Think of how you might be able to use GIS in your geography teaching… What are we going to do ?What are you going to do ? Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  4. What is GIS ? • “GIS has the ability to store, retrieve, manipulate and analyse a range of spatially related data” • The user can: • ask questions of data related to the map • search for patterns and distributions • investigate the underlying relationships between different sets of data • Article in Geography Review: March 2007 Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  5. Who are we ? Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  6. Spatial Understanding Enquiry learning Identifying relationships Vocational element Motivation (Thanks to Tom B) Potential benefits of GIS Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  7. Perceived complexity Cost of software/availability of hardware Time Access to data in appropriate formats School level issues Lack of compulsion Limited evidence of impact (Thanks to Tom B) Barriers to GIS use Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  8. Referred to specifically in the new PoS New National Curriculum Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  9. Referred to specifically in the new PoS New National Curriculum Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  10. GIS an optional unit in Year 11 of Pilot GCSE Can e-mail some documents produced by Rob Clemens of West Exe Technology College for recent day for 3rd cohort centres for GCSE Pilot OCR Pilot GCSE Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  11. One of sections involved in the criteria for meeting the Quality Mark (see other SPC workshop…) GIS @ Conference Teacher to Teacher sessions Exhibitors Quality Mark / Conference Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  12. Continuums FREE EXPENSIVE Often web based COMPLICATED EASY TO USE BASIC SOPHISTICATED Sometimes a ‘cut-down’ version Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  13. Web based Mouseprice Maplecroft Maps OS GIS Zone MAGIC Google Earth Version 4 Dakini Project Commercial packages AEGIS3: “an educational GIS” Digital Worlds Infomapper High end ESRI ArcGis / ArcVoyager Some suggestions Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  14. Environmental Quality Index (EQI) Mobile phone reception: Sitefinder Noise levels Pedestrian counts Many more at site of King Edward VI 5 Ways Data ideas Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  15. This will involve: AEGIS GPS Visualiser / GE Graph Web based ‘GIS’: Infomapper Over to Tom and Alan… ACTIVITY Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  16. Some ideas from Fred Martin… Also try new Google Maps feature (FREE) Next steps… Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  17. Feedback on activity Ongoing concerns / barriers to use Ideas for further development ? Plenary Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  18. GA GTIP Page http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/gtip/gis/ http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/gtip/thinkpieces/gis Other sources Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  19. RGS GIS Page http://www.gis.rgs.org Other sources Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

  20. To take away Delegate Packs Infomapper: spatial filing system (not a true GIS, but very interesting…) – go for a demo with Charles Worth and ask about a special deal… Check out the full details at http://www.geographypages.co.uk/conf07.htm Presented by the GA Secondary Phase Committee

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