Elementary Course in Using GIS in Geography Curriculum ??????????????????

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Elementary Course in Using GIS in Geography
Curriculum??????????????????

• Pui Ching Education Centre

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Thank You for Your Co-operation
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Course Objectives

1. Introduce to teachers the basic concepts and
   techniques in using Geographic Information System
   (GIS)
2. Equip teachers with the knowledge and skills in
   using GIS in learning and teaching of geography

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Course Contents

• Session 1 (3 hours)
• 1. Introduction to GIS
• Functions and Application of GIS to
• Geography curriculum
• 2. Map creation demonstration and practice
• manipulation of map layers
• adding data on maps, changing
• symbols

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• Session 2 (3 hours)
• 3. Creating a map with data manipulation
• Choropleth maps
• Map with chart or graphs
• Creating buffer zone
• Session 3 (3 hours)
• 4. Geographic data provided in Hong Kong
• Data conversion and correlating data
• among layers
• Consolidation of GIS skills

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• Session 4 (3 hours)
• 5. Presentation of homework assignment
• lesson plan using GIS for learning and
• teaching geography
• Comment and feedbacks by instructor
• Q. A. on implementing GIS in
• geography lessons
• Summary and Conclusion

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Geographic Information system
What is
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• A GIS is an organized collection of computer
  hardware, software, geographic data, and
  personnel designed to efficiently capture, store,
  update, manipulate, analyze, and display all
  forms of geographically referenced information.
• Environmental Systems Research Institute, 1990

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• GIS is a computer system for capturing, storing,
  checking, integrating, manipulating, analyzing
  and displaying data related to positions on the
  Earths surface.
• Stanford University

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• A GIS is an organized collection of computer
  hardware, software, geographic data, and
  personnel designed to efficiently capture, store,
  update, manipulate, analyze, and display all
  forms of geographically referenced information.
• GIS is a computer system for capturing, storing,
  checking, integrating, manipulating, analyzing
  and displaying data related to positions on the
  Earths surface.
• More definitions of GIS
• Google / Yahoo search engines
• ( see handout p.2 )

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GIS has 5 integrated components

• 1. People computer staff, GIS experts
• 2. Data spatial, temporal or attribute
• 3. Engines for data storage, retrieval,
• analysis, reporting and
• communication
• 4. Interfaces e.g. Microsoft Windows
• 5. Hardware workstations, networks,
• disk storage, digitizers

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GIS Geographic Information Systems

• GEOGRAPHIC tells us where things are
• (location)
• INFORMATION tells us what these things are
• (what details at this location)
• SYSTEMS are computers, software, data and people
  using the system to analyze and combine
  geographic information to create geographic models

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Thematic overlays (GIS model)
GIS is a stacked set of (thematic) map layers (
see handout p. 7 )
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Hardware and Software of GIS

• GIS hardware
• computers
• data storage - disks, tapes
• data input paper maps , aerial photos,
  
• GPS (Global Positioning
  
• System) coordinated
• data, satellite images
• data output printers, plotters

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Major GIS software packages

• Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)
  1969, makers of ArcGIS (serving 300,000
  organizations worldwide)
• MapInfo Corporation, founded in 1986, makers of
  MapInfo
• Clark Labs, founded in 1987, makers of Idrisi
• Golden Software Inc., founded 1983, makers of
  Surfer, Grapher, Didger
• and others
• ( Config. setup handout p. 5 )

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Why GIS matter ?

• During the past three decades, a powerful
  technology has quietly changed the way people
  view and live in the neighborhoods, towns and
  cities GIS available to be used by people to
  solve real problems.
• Jack Dangermond (ESRI
  founder/chairman)

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Geography Matters To You Every Day

• GIS touches all Our Lives, Every Day, beginning
  at 600 a.m.
• http//esri.com/company/gis_touches/everyday.html

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General Applications of GIS

• Urban planning
• Public safety
• Natural resource management
• Environmental analysis
• Utilities management
• Hazards management
• Emergency planning
• Transportation forecasting
• Government / municipalities (landuse)
• .

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Implementing GIS into school curriculum may
encourage students to examine data and their
inter-relationships from a variety of fields /
inter-disciplinesemphasize the value of
spatial thinking in geography gtgt THINK
SPATIALLY(spatial patterns spatial
interaction spatial association spatial
analysis)
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• How can we get GIS into the
• geography curriculum?
• ?How can GIS help meet geography
• curricular goals?
• IT should be used only where it really adds
  value to the learning of geography.... Avoid
  using IT simply for the sake of using IT.
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  HKCDC

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Examples of GIS in Education

1. 3D analysis of a watershed
2. Examining Pacific Ring of Fire
3. Determining of ecological relationship of a local
   pond
4. Studying impact of local rivers
5. Analyzing tree species
6. Examining history of mining
7. Managing park resources

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How does GIS apply to the learning and teaching
of geography?

• GIS provides techniques and opportunities to
  further students geographical learning by
• Overcoming mechanical aspects of mapping
• Improving students visualization of landscape
  through overlays on maps or 3D imagery

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• Enabling access to up-to-date locational data on
  the internet
• Enabling students to work with cartography by
  choosing colours, graphical techniques to present
  data on maps
• Allowing more time to achieve higher level
  thinking, manipulate digital maps, display and
  interpret spatial patterns and relationships

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Some impediments to the introduction of GIS into
schools

• Low levels of computer literacy
• Poor knowledge of GIS potentials
• Scarcity of curriculum materials
• Fears of technology
• Cost of purchasing hard/software,
• in-service training and time

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Mapping of GIS application of New Senior
Secondary Geography Curriculum(see handout p.6
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A GIS Journey ???????? ?? the WOW of GIS
gtgtgt Geography is FUN

• http//video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/s
  cience/technology-sci/gis_journey.html

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Demonstration of using GIS software

• gtgt learning basic tools of ArcMap
• gtgt practical exercise on manipulating
• GIS layer data and creating
• charts
• gtgt case study 2 ( handout p. 19 )
• Pearl River region and its
• industries

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Practical exercise to be done by teacher
participants

• 1. Complete the climatic graphs of
• a. San Francisco (California)
• b. Miami (Florida)
• c. New York C P (New York)
• 2. Browse selected websites of GIS

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