iceri 2016 - 9th annual international conference of education, research, and innovation
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Incorporating Spatial Analysis and Geographic Information Systems in Social Work Curriculum
Erich PurpurGIS LibrarianUniversity of Nevada, Reno
[email protected] 682 5706
9th Annual International Conference of Education, Research, and Innovation
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Where is Reno?
-Western United States
-City of about 400,000
-3.5 hours from San Francisco
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University of Nevada Reno
-Founded in 1874
-About 21,000 students
-Strong engineering school
-41 doctoral programs
-trying to become Carnegie ranked research 1 school.
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What is GIS?-A computer system capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, analyzing, and displaying geographically referenced information.
What does this mean?-GIS is a data visualization tool
-The output is a map but the power lies in the data behind the image
-GIS skills are a literacy
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Evidence Based Practice in Social Work
-Social Workers need data too
-Data influences social work practice
-Show work to stakeholders
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Reno Homeless Project
-Class studying local homeless population in Reno, Nevada, USA.
-Data gathered by going into field and surveying local homeless population
-Local social work agencies get money based on number of homeless people in area
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Teams were given zones to look for local homeless, depicted here in Google Earth
Example map teams had while in field
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Data Gathered and assembled into spreadsheet
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What GIS tool to use for analysis?
ArcGIS, QGIS, Google Earth didn’t meet criteria for use
ArcGIS Screenshot
QGIS Screenshot
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Class able to analyze and present dataExample screenshot from final assignment showing veteran population in city
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Summary-Social work students introduced to new and potentially valuable technology to incorporate into their practice
-Tools were low barrier to entry
-Students able to visualize data for display or internal use purposes