Developing Web-Based Gis Career Awareness Modules For High School Students.pdf

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Developing Web-based GIS CAREER awareness modules

for high school students

Paper Session : Developing Resources

Ming-Hsiang (Ming) Tsou, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Geography, San Diego State University

E-mail: mtsou@mail.sdsu.edu

San Diego State

University 2007 ESRI Education User Conference

June 19, 2007 10:15am -11:30am.

NSF- ATE ( Advanced Technological

Education) Program) 2004 Award – 3 years +

one year extension

http://geoinfo.sdsu.edu/hightech/

for high school students and teachers.

• Help high school students assess their interest in

and aptitude for GIS-related careers ,

• Form an on-line community and portal for

GIS-education research and related projects.

San Diego State University

Mesa College (Community College) San Diego School District (High School)

Develop a Web-based GIS Career Awareness

Program for High School Students

Student Learning Outcome (SLO)

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the learning modules, the

student will be able to:

1 Understand the value of GIS skills and the potential of GIS

career (module 4).

2 Explain the fundamental GIS concepts , coordinate

systems, and the idea of Digital Globe (module 1).

3 Describe at least two GIS applications in various

industries and careers (module 2).

4 Identify at least two new directions of future GIS research

(such as mobile GIS, multimedia, visualization, and

participatory GIS (module 3).

Complete Four Learning Modules 

Issue the Certificates to Students

• The learning module ONE: The Digital Earth - Virtual Globes and

Computerized Maps (create interests and funs for high school students by using Google Earth and Google Maps Introduce

latitudes/longitudes and coordinate systems). 

• The learning module TWO: How Can GIS Help Us? - GIS

Applications in Various Fields (criminal justice, business and

marketing, environmental protection, etc.)

• The learning module THREE: The Cutting Edge and Future of GIS

Including Mobile GIS, Multimedia GIS Visualization, and

Participatory (Collaborative) GIS applications (Mapping Where You Want to Visit in the World in Web-Based Community Maps)

• The learning module FOUR: Putting It All Together: Our Future

with GIS Submit an GIS Career essay (three pages around 500 words) about their learning results from three modules and their future GIS career plan

Version 1.0 (October 2006) and

Version 2.0 (March, 2007)

Difference between 1.0 and 2.0

Plug-In is incompatible with Mac OS) Replaced by Google Map Exercise in Version 2.0.

Earth 4.0 with new Sketch-up functions and new user interfaces.

Version 1.0 instructions have both answer sheets and instructions in a

answer sheets from the exercise instruction (Easier for teacher to use and print-out).

learning modules.

Learning Module ONE: The Digital Earth - Virtual Globes and Computerized Maps (2.5 hours)

Learning Module TWO: How Can GIS Help Us? - GIS Applications in Various Fields (1.5 hours)

Learning Module THREE: The Cutting Edge and Future of GIS (1.5 hours) (Collaborative GIS works)

Learning Module FOUR: Putting It All Together:

Our Future with GIS (1 hour) Submit an GIS Career Essay

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Web-based GIS Learning Module Advantages

for high school teachers and students

• Avoid the complicated (and often expensive)

• Students can utilize a Web browser to access

maps and GIS from anywhere (schools, homes, or libraries)

• Combine with Multimedia (sounds, animation, and 3D) in an integrated Web environment.

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