Online work to complete between June 27 and your July session

Owned by Tom Hammond
Last updated: Jun 30, 2019
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Readings: Download this zipped folder and then choose one or more articles to read

  • Carrigan, J., Bodzin, A., Hammond, T., Rutzmoser, S., & Farina, W. (2019, April/May). Investigating urban trees. The Science Teacher, 27-35.
  • Hammond, T.C., Oltman, J., & Salter, S. (2019). Using computational thinking to explore the past, present, and future. Social Education, 83(2), 118-122.
  • Kangas, S., Hammond, T.C., & Bodzin, A. (2018). The promise of geospatial learning for English learners. TESOL Journal. DOI: 10.1002/tesj.422
  • (Still-in-process manuscript on the Zoning & Built Environment portion of the SESI project)
  • Hammond, T. (2014). Transforming the history curriculum with geospatial tools. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 14(3), 266-287
  • Kerr, S. (2016). Integrating geospatial technologies into existing teacher education coursework: Theoretical and practical notes from the field. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 16(3).
  • Edelson, D.C., Smith, D.A., & Brown, M. (2008). Beyond interactive mapping: Bringing data analysis with GIS into the social studies classroom. In A.J. Milson & M. Alibrandi (Eds.), Digital geography: Geospatial technologies in the Social Studies (pp. 77-98). Charlotte, NC: Information Age.


Resources: Use these as needed!

  • Sample Story Maps
  • How a Story Map is built
    • Log into ArcGIS online.
    • Create a new web map. To do this, you can either click “Map” on the ArcGIS Online navigation bar at the top of any page, or click the “Create Map” button on the ArcGIS Online My Content page.
    • Author your web map. Choose the BASEMAP you want to use, adding data layers, choosing symbols for these layers, configuring pop ups for layers containing features that you want to use to be able to get more information. Pop Ups are important because they will give your audience text, images, graphs, etc. about specific features on the map. To configure POP UPS, click the layer’s menu in the CONTENTS window and choose “Configure Pop Up.”
    • In your web map, ZOOM to the extent you want your users to see when they first launch your storymap, and click SAVE!

    • On the SAVE MAP dialog box that appears, add a title, some tags, & a summary about your map. Title will be in the header & summary will appear as subtitle. Leave SUMMARY field blank if you do not want a subtitle.

    • SHARE your web map publicly or within your group. CLICK the “Create a Web App” button.
    • In the gallery of application templates that appears, browse to STORY MAP BASIC app, select it, and CLICK “Create App.” You can accept the defaults. We recommend adding additional tags Story Map and Basic too. Click “DONE.”
    • The Builder for configuring your story map appears. This lets you change some layout options, choose a color scheme, & customize a logo that appears at the top of your story. Using your own logo is important because it adds authority to your story & shows people who created it. Be sure to specify a URL that your readers will be taken to when they click your logo so they can find out more about your organization. Click “SAVE” and then “CLOSE.” Congratulations! Your story map is now operational.
    • To access & manage your story map & the web map that it displays, go to “My Contents” in ArcGIS Online or your organization’s ArcGIS portal. To make further changes, click the small menu next to it in “My Content” listing & choose “View Item Details.” Make sure to click “SAVE” anytime changes are made!
  • You may also be interested in this book: GIS for Teachers (Bunin, Esposito, Duke & Palmer, 2017)


(Interact with your working partner! Support each other as you work on your projects!)


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