"In Tribal GIS: Supporting Native American Decision Making, tribal leaders tell their stories about implementing and using geographic information systems (GIS) to address their unique challenges as sovereign Nations. This book covers applications in natural resources and the environment, transportation, cultural and historical preservation, economic development, health, education, public safety, and agriculture. Showing how tribal governments responsible for the stewardship of their land and resources and the health and well-being of their People use enterprise GIS to make decisions, Tribal GIS supports tribes new to GIS and those with GIS experience.
Folks: Be assured that we included several chapters on education in this book. I think you will find these, and the other 30 + stories in this book, inspiring."
"(1) A collection of essays entitled “Essays on Geography and GIS, Volume 4”, written by academicians and scientists, including Edelson, Goodchild, Dangermond, Artz, and others, dealing with trends in geography, geospatial matters, and GIS, is now available here:
http://www.esri.com/library/ebooks/essays-on-geography-gis-vol4.pdf
(2) I have created 7 videos (90 minutes of content, total) in a series entitled “Teaching Geography with ArcGIS Online” on the channelhttp://www.youtube.com/esriedteam, beginning here:This series began with an idea I had for a workshop I taught at the Geographical Association conference. The first 3 parts deal with “why and how can I teach geography with web-based GIS, specifically, ArcGISOnline” (www.arcgis.com) While they each give practical examples, parts 4 through 7 focus on in-depth examples, including global demographic analysis (birth rate, life expectancy, population change, by country), neighborhood deprivation and poverty, and lack thereof (using the UK as an example), plate tectonics (earthquakes, plates, volcanoes, including how to bring in real-time data into the analysis), and how to bring in your own data (by digitizing features on your computer screen, from the field via GPS and smartphones, adding real-time data, and how to add multimedia (video, photographs, sketches, text) to your maps."
Explore the effects of a tornado using pre and post imagery of the Harrisburg 29 February 2012 Tornado. Joseph J. Kerski, Education Manager at ESRI, presents the following tornado lesson and data set: |
| Esri Screenshot of Exploring 10 Landscapes |
"In this lesson, you will use ArcGIS Explorer Online to investigate 11 topographic map features and their surrounding landscapes.Objectives: Work with topographic maps, including features, elevation, measurement, and other aspects of these maps to understand physical and cultural processes and the results of those processes.Requirements: Web browserLevel: 5 Questions for 11 landscapes = 55 questions total.Students need to be familiar with topographic maps and some basics of physical and cultural geography to most effectively use this lesson.Landscape 1: Sand DunesLandscape 2: KarstLandscape 3: EskersLandscape 4: Plate TectonicsLandscape 5: SwampLandscape 6: GlaciersLandscape 7: RiversLandscape 8: Railroad-Influenced TownsLandscape 9: Modified CoastlinesLandscape 10: VolcanoesLandscape 11: Protected Areas - Waihe'e -MAUI !Activity: Students can work independently or in groups through each of the 11 activities. They could choose one of the 11 areas featured to construct a written report and/or an oral presentation to the class about the area they select.Revised 19 August 2011 with improvements and answer key. Updated: 11 May 2012."
Joseph J. Kerski, Ph.D., Education Manager with ESRI, presents an easy and quick GIS educational opportunity for students:
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