nearc gis educator's day
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Notes from Seth Dixon's keynote address at NEARC's GIS Educator's Day delivered in Nashua, NH on Sept 29, 2013.TRANSCRIPT
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Geospatial Education in the 21st Century
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The truth…if you always lived in San Diego
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The truth is often scale dependent
World
Realms
Regions
Neighborhoods
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Globalization has made the world ‘flat’
• Geography has been conquered• Place is increasingly less relevant
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Not the future of thematic maps…
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Place still matters
Distance and Time
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What does 21st century geospatial education look like?
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Geography and geospatial education is not…
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How can we help 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
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2. Teach geographic concepts
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3. Use data, maps, and geospatial technology
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Students more fully “own” the knowledge when they’ve worked with the data
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Geospatial Education
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ELA and the Common Core
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Earth Sciences, Landforms
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Mapping facilitates exploration and discovery
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A spatial perspective is not just for geographers
spatial mapping map projections
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How can we help 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