Geospatial Tools & Social Studies Workshop
25 May 2016
Google Earth (overview page)
What is it?
Why might you use it?
How to...
Create markup
Edit markup
Organize & save
GIS (geographic information systems)
(Any prior experience?)
How is this different from Google Earth?
Illustrative example: Start by looking at this Google Earth file: http://www.cwoodcock.com/Civil_War_by_Campaign.kmz
...and now see this dataset again in a GIS: http://arcg.is/1CPHCyY
Simple example of GIS in action
Again, I have an illustrative example I like to use, starting from two web pages I happened across one day: http://www.yadvashem.org/IMAGE_TYPE/8381.jpg and http://www.yadvashem.org/IMAGE_TYPE/8380.jpg
...I then organized this data into one, unified spreadsheet: Jewish demographics circa Holocaust -sheet 2.csv
...and then merged this data into a GIS: Jewish populations circa Holocaust ver01a.m3vz
Slightly more complex example, with more purposeful origin story
Driving question I pose to students: "Would slavery have ended on its own?"
Historical Census Browser from the University of Virginia
And now several layers merged into a GIS: Af-Am_pop_1790-1870_ver02.m3vz
And a super-complex example: Great Migration
Stop and consider: Why might you want to use this software?
Connection to existing curricular content?
Teaching strategy with this content: Same or different?
But how can you get your hands on this software? On this data?
ArcGIS.com
Get to know your provider: Esri, and specifically see their support for the ConnectED Initiative
Going hands-on
Log into your account
Make a new map
Select base layer
Add data by browsing what they already have
Add data by uploading a file or linking to a web-based file
Questions? Desired follow-ups?
(More geospatial tools: GPS units, augmented reality...I even sneak in some uses of interactive whiteboards)
Follow-ups
Watch this space? https://confluence3.cc.lehigh.edu/display/~tch207/Geospatial+Social+Studies
Email
Take Lehigh class: summer session, can also run winter session
Go to an Esri summer institute (http://edcommunity.esri.com/educational-roles/t3g-educators)
Arrange workshop?
Grant money from Esri: Can pay up to $250 for completing training