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Selected approaches to using geotechnologies in teaching

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08-06-2024 07:40 AM
JosephKerski
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‎08-06-2024 07:40 AM

In this set of three videos, I describe selected approaches to using geotechnologies in teaching, including strategies, tools, modalities (face-to-face, online, and hybrid), disciplines, themes, and scales, including demonstrations of instruction that has been most effective in schools and in higher education.  Sometimes, videos are the most effective means to convey teaching techniques, and that is why I am using them here.  Certainly "one size does not fit all", and I recognize in these videos that those seeking to assist schools and institutions of higher education with implementing spatial thinking through geotechnologies first and foremost need to listen to the needs and goals of those they are working with.  

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Video 1 is here https://youtu.be/l1KzgigJZDY?si=JF2anpv4phY67YzJ and includes:

The Esri education team, our partnership with education, and selected approaches.
Modalities – face-to-face, online, and hybrid.
Real challenges educators and students face with geotechnologies and in education.
Living Atlas apps.
The NatGeo Esri MapMaker.
Geoinquiries and other ready-to-go lessons.

Video 2 is here https://youtu.be/99pIwAcs8vc?si=k3P51-qfeI1ftmg0 and includes:

Field data collection.
Mapping, analysis, and communication.
ArcGIS Online:  Examining wildfires, population density, and other phenomena.
Developing a healthy critical view of the data and methods:  Ethical discussions
Expression building.
Teaching mathematics, as an example, using interactive mapping.|
No sign in work vs signed-in work in ArcGIS.

Video 3 is here https://youtu.be/yk4b22DmAx8?si=_weFED9k49SejAYx and includes:

Starting a new map in ArcGIS Online > changing basemaps > adding content. 
Analyzing patterns, relationships, and trends. 
Student example:  Head cut erosion study on Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico.
Behavioral data analysis.
The action component to using geotechnologies.
Action and advocacy.
Why this all matters.
Resources for continuing the journey.

I do hope this is helpful and I look forward to your thoughts and reactions.

--Joseph Kerski

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About the Author
I believe that spatial thinking can transform education and society through the application of Geographic Information Systems for instruction, research, administration, and policy. I hold 3 degrees in Geography, have served at NOAA, the US Census Bureau, and USGS as a cartographer and geographer, and teach a variety of F2F (Face to Face) (including T3G) and online courses. I have authored a variety of books and textbooks about the environment, STEM, GIS, and education. These include "Interpreting Our World", "Essentials of the Environment", "Tribal GIS", "The GIS Guide to Public Domain Data", "International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning with GIS In Secondary Education", "Spatial Mathematics" and others. I write for 2 blogs, 2 monthly podcasts, and a variety of journals, and have created over 6,500 videos on my Our Earth YouTube channel. Yet, as time passes, the more I realize my own limitations and that this is a lifelong learning endeavor: Thus I actively seek mentors and collaborators.