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Part 1

Welcome & introductions, quick spatial orientation (that is, where are the bathrooms?)

Game plan for the summer

  • When are we meeting? What to do in between? 
  • What are the deliverables?
  • (Do we need to spend time on WHY you might want to teach with maps & data?)

Quick tour of the technology

Quick tour of Esri's GeoInquiries–if this is your first time with this stuff, it's a good place to start!

  • What are GeoInquiries? "[S]hort, standards-based inquiry activities for teaching map-based content found in commonly used textbooks. Each activity is designed using a common inquiry model and can be presented quickly from a single computer and projector or modified for students’ hands-on engagement. Collections of 15-20 activities per topic complement your curriculum throughout the year."
  • See the full menu of GeoInquiries, or see...
  • Selected GeoInquiry: Climate change

And an example of a teacher-created map and dataset, using US geography


Part 2: You go hands-on!

So who wants to make a map?? Let's do this!!

  1. First, let's annotate a map, via 'Map Notes'. Make a map that shows 'Your Happy Place' – add a placemark, add a polygon, add a line, add a label (text)
    1. Save your map! 
    2. If you wish, share your map 
      1. Here's an editable Google Doc in which you can post your map URL
  2. Next, add someone else's data: Add >  Search for Layers > ArcGIS Online
  3. Finally, add some custom data: Download this spreadsheet and then Add > Add Layer from File


Part 3: Some examples and then we split into groups

Let's look at some materials created by teachers


Based on what you've seen, what do you want to do next? 

  1. "I need to review the basic how-tos"
  2. "I am ready to start building maps!"
  3. "I want to start building a Story Map!"
  4. ("I want to build a map that gets fed by students' data collection!")


Part 4: Wrapping up and getting organized for the next steps

  1. Re-state intros! And briefly describe what you worked on for the past hour
  2. Find a working partner (or two) 
  3. Preview the online materials to explore before the July session(s) and fill out the exit form


See you in July!


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