Introduction
Welcome to the day! We are going to examine the range of tools that I recommend to teachers who are getting started with spatial technologies. All of your resources for the day can be found here so it is worth bookmarking this page.
Firstly, your booklet for the day can be found here.
My presentation at the start of the day can be found below.
Resources
Geospatial Revolution - a great starting point
Spatialworlds - Australian Geography Teachers' Assoc president's geo blog
Australian Curriculum: Geography - you will get to know this very well
Destination Spatial - Australian career information
Geographical Association - online GIS professional development (free)
Online Spatial TechWelcome to the day! We are going to examine the range of tools that I recommend to teachers who are getting started with spatial technologies. All of your resources for the day can be found here so it is worth bookmarking this page.
Firstly, your booklet for the day can be found here.
My presentation at the start of the day can be found below.
Resources
Geospatial Revolution - a great starting point
Spatialworlds - Australian Geography Teachers' Assoc president's geo blog
Australian Curriculum: Geography - you will get to know this very well
Destination Spatial - Australian career information
Geographical Association - online GIS professional development (free)
Online GIS tools are a great way for you and your students to start using spatial technologies. These tools tend to be intuitive and easy to use and they usually contain specific datasets that are themed. Our Links page has a regularly updated list of some of the best interactive maps and informative websites that can help you introduce spatial technologies to your students and fellow staff.
Resources
Geoscience Australia bushfire mapper activity
Geographical Association's online spatial resources
Resources
Geoscience Australia bushfire mapper activity
Geographical Association's online spatial resources
Google Maps
Google Maps is a great tool that allows you to create simple maps and save those maps for later use. Today we will focus on creating your maps and adding additional content such as text, images, hyperlinks and video.
Resources
View our YouTube playlist on using Google Maps in the classroom.
Classroom example one: Catchment management field trip and litter around the school.
Classroom example two: Measuring water quality in your waterway.
Resources
View our YouTube playlist on using Google Maps in the classroom.
Classroom example one: Catchment management field trip and litter around the school.
Classroom example two: Measuring water quality in your waterway.
Google Earth
Google Earth is a ground-breaking tool that is an excellent way to view data and begin understanding spatial concepts. Although not as powerful as an industry-level GIS package such as ArcGIS, Google Earth allows you to conduct rudimentary analysis of data. You can import data via Google Maps or by opening a kml or kmz file (Google Earth default filetype) or you can create your own data from within Google Earth.
View our YouTube playlist on Google Earth in the classroom.
Resources
Google Earth lessons
Unofficial Google Earth blog
Official Google Earth for Educators
Google Earth is a ground-breaking tool that is an excellent way to view data and begin understanding spatial concepts. Although not as powerful as an industry-level GIS package such as ArcGIS, Google Earth allows you to conduct rudimentary analysis of data. You can import data via Google Maps or by opening a kml or kmz file (Google Earth default filetype) or you can create your own data from within Google Earth.
View our YouTube playlist on Google Earth in the classroom.
Resources
Google Earth lessons
Unofficial Google Earth blog
Official Google Earth for Educators
