Get ConnectED! Online Mapping for New England Educators

Resources and Links for Institute Participants

(ALLIANCE ArcGIS Organization)

October 3 (Saturday, Post-Institute):  

• ArcGIS Orgs For K12 Schools
• Quick-start-arcgis-online-organizations
• The ArcGIS Book
• SAMPLE MAP TOURS from RIC students
• ArcGIS Online Help
• GeoInquiries
• Upcoming Events:
  • NEARC GIS Educators Day (Nov 8th)
  • ConnectED Webinar from ESRI rough NCGE (Oct 7th)
  • T3G in Redlands CA (July 17-22)
  • GIS Day Nov 18 (part of Geography Awareness Week)
    

Monday (July 27):

• Great Web maps
  1. ChartsBin.
  2. Chicago Before the Fire.
  3. Interactive Wind Globe.
  4. MLA.
  5. NY Times Migration.
  6. Historic Topographic Maps.
• Using Web maps (GeoInquiries).
• CSV of participants for download.
  
• Creating Web maps (public accounts, saving web maps, creating a Basic Viewer WebApp).
• End of the day survey.

Tuesday(July 28):

• John Snow Map 
• Lyme Disease Map 
• Making a Map Tour (Map Tour Instructions). 
• Video Map Tours and other Story Maps.
• End of the Day survey.
  

Wednesday (July 29):

• GeoNews (Map and Presentation)
• Entering Spreadsheet data, service features and maps to answers questions.
• Homework: Explore ESRI tag and reading the “Speaking the Language of Spatial Analysis” article.
• Survey.
  

Thursday (July 30):

• Field Work activity (Word Doc)
• Editable CSV file for field work data.
• FINAL SURVEY!!!

 

Saturday (April 2):

• Story Map Journal Template.
• Lyn’s Storm Tools Google Drive Docs.

Resources for after the Institute

• PDF’s from ESRI on GIS’s importance: GIS in Education, GIS in Social Studies, GIS and Environmental Education, GIS and STEM, GIS and APHG, Mapping the Social Studies, New resources for StoryMaps.
• The ArcGIS Book (online textbook for educators using GIS)
• Posters: (Geographic Inquiry Process, Core Elements of GIS, Instructional Use of GIS)
• Esri’s GIS in Education blog
• Esri’s K-12 GIS Organization
• Map Journal App–Connecticut’s Changing Landscape, ESRI gallery.
• Other WebApps–The Real Pirates of the Caribbean,.
• Sample Map Tour Apps for geography teachers created by Seth Dixon.
• RIGIS homepage (state GIS repository).
• ArcGIS Online; Living Atlas of the World (within AGO)
• GIS Data Depot
• GIS Geography
• Stanford University Libraries
• Find GIS Data (NCSU libraries)  
• University of MD: How do I find GIS data?
• Data sources – e.g. ask Dept of Health for Lyme Disease data
• Web: CDC, UN, SIESEN (Columbia), WHO, World Bank
• ConnectED grant form–All participants must fill this out at the end of the Institute.

Description

Rhode Island Geography Education Alliance (RIGEA) and the Rhode Island Geographic Information System (RIGIS) are offering a 4-day summer GIS institute for teachers called Get ConnectED! Online Mapping for New England Educators. New England K-12 teachers from upper elementary through high school are invited to apply to the Get ConnectED! institute. The institute will be held at Rhode Island College from July 27-30, 2015. Each participating teacher will receive a stipend of $300.

Goals
As a result of completing the institute, participants will be able to
• create and share online maps using ArcGIS Online;
• integrate ArcGIS Online into their classroom instruction
• locate spatial data resources for their community and state, the United States, and the world;
• apply appropriate GIS skills and tools in thinking critically about real-world situations and problems, particularly those facing New England;
• describe real-world applications of GIS and career opportunities in the field;
• participate in the President’s ConnectED initiative to foster the development of 21st Century workplace skills by infusing teaching and learning with 21st Century technology

Costs
• Participants are responsible for transportation to and from Rhode Island College.
• Participants are responsible for their own housing if unable to commute to the institute.
• A very light continental breakfast as well as lunch will be provided daily.
• There is no registration fee. We will send invitations on the basis of successful applications.

Requirements
• Institute applicants should have good computer skills and experience in teaching with computers
• Instruction will be held in computer labs at RIC, but participants may choose to bring a laptop of their own as well (optional)
• If you have a smartphone or tablet capable of wireless connection, please bring it to the institute

During the Institute, July 27-30, 2015
A schedule for the week will be supplied to applicants who are invited to participate. Institute activities will run from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm on the Rhode Island College campus’ Alger Hall, in rooms 101 and 102. Participants can expect a wide variety of activities and topics, such as:
• Participating in hands-on exercises, demonstrations, and discussion;
• Practicing alternative instructional strategies for teaching with Esri GIS;
• Working with Esri web-based GIS on computers and mobile devices;
• Collecting and mapping local data;
• Working with a variety of spatial data formats

After the Institute, to be completed by Nov 15, 2015
• Request an ArcGIS Online organization account from Esri (this is free and available to all U.S. schools)
• Attend an optional one-day follow-up workshop on October 3, 2015. This workshop will review best practices for setting up and managing ConnectED organization accounts, share successful ideas and strategies, and address questions or problems that institute participants have experienced
• Post one or more student-created maps to the online RIGEA organization

To apply to the Get ConnectED! institute, complete the online application form.  Applications must be submitted by May 1, 2015. Invitations will be sent to successful applicants by May 15, 2015.