The Geographer Tool Box - Educational Web Site

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The Geographer Tool Box - Educational Web Site

• Dalit Gasul
• Department of Geography
• University of Haifa

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Project Objectives

• To create a tool box for geographers that would
  categorize and arrange basic concepts, glossary,
  models and formulas for the use of students of
  all degrees and stages, teachers, researchers and
  amateur geographers.
• To create a Hebrew gate of knowledge in
  various fields of Geography for the purpose of
  searching relevant data in on- line information-
  bases and search engines by defining focused key
  words.

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Motivations

• Lack of Hebrew geographic information web sites
  is the primary motivation for the current
  proposal.
• The interdisciplinary, complex and derivative
  nature of Geography requires geographers,
  especially students, to master a great variety of
  concepts and expertise in the various branches of
  Geography.

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Motivations

• Swift introduction of new curricula based on
  internet- technologies, such as web- based
  learning and Distance Education.
• The Information Highway, which creates an
  obstacle for students, due to their lack of
  expertise in sorting the information by quality,
  reliability and relevance. This brings up the
  need to develop focused search by geographical
  key-words, in order to produce relevant
  information from various information sources.

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Innovative aspects of the proposal

• By proposing to develop a Hebrew web site for
  Geographers to consolidate data that has been
  edited and reviewed by academic faculty this
  project is innovative in its field.
• There is no Hebrew site available today to
  organize basic concepts of Geography in the wider
  sense on a high academic level.

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Project participant list and roles
Project Coordinator Mrs. Dalit Gasul
Technical Team
Scientific Team
Scientific Editors Dr. Ammatzia Peled Mrs. Dalit
Gasul
Technical Assistant
Graphic Designer
Research Assistants Anat Yahav- Zafrani Sharon
Wise
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work plan

• Stage 1- Mapping and evaluation of the
  Cartography and Mapping Tool Box components.
  Definition of the concepts, formulas, models,
  skills and tools that need to be included in the
  site.
• Stage 2- Establishing the framework and basic
  format of the site, including definition of the
  graphic interface of the site and building high
  quality graphic templates in HighLearn
  environment.
• Stage 3- Developing basic and general
  toolsSearch toolsOnline list of recommended
  literature for Cartography Educational software
  for learning Cartographic measuring instruments
  and skills (maximum of five modules).
• Stage 4- Collecting and editing Cartography and
  Mapping data a glossary of terms, basic concepts
  and models, links to preferred sites and key-
  words for focused search in databases of the
  subject. The data will be prepared and edited by
  the scientific editors, assisted by research
  assistants.
• Stage 5- Uploading subject contents into the site
  templates.
• Stage 6- Publishing the site and receiving
  feedback, improvements and corrections from the
  Geographic academic community in Israel.

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Project framework

• Site Environment

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HighLearn portal Virtual Haifa
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The advantages of HighLearn environment

• The software already exists and works in the
  University of Haifa, including servers and
  support systems.
• The software is well known and has been purchased
  by other universities in Israel.
• The software is relatively easy to operate.
• The software includes a built- in key- words
  search engine.
• The software has been successfully tested in
  about 150 course- sites at the University of
  Haifa.
• The site will be developed in Hebrew and will be
  available on the net without password
  restrictions.

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Project framework

• Site Design and components

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Geographers Tool Box
Geographic Fields
General Tools
Search Engine
Cartography
Key Words
Links
Formulas
Glossary of Terms
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How to search the web Self Learning educational
computer programs
Self Learning educational computer programs for
MS Office software
General Tools
On- line list of recommended books
Educational software for learning geographic
field measuring instruments and skills
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Geographic Fields
Glossary of Terms
Key Words
Links
Formulas
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Project stages accomplished

• Collection of Self Learning for basic computer
  skills MS Office software, searching skills
• Glossary of terms
• On-Line book list
• Self Learning modules for Basic cartography
  skills Completed Total Station, Map scale
• in progress Azimuth, Map orientation, compass

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Further development

• Establishing the framework and basic format of
  the site, including definition of the graphic
  interface of the site and building high quality
  graphic templates in HighLearn environment.
• Uploading of data to the site.
• Publishing the site April 2003.