Geo-computational thinking in the K-12 curriculum

Tuesday, 14 January 2020

• Slides available 
  • Note that some of these are recycled from an earlier presentation (Hammond, T.C., Oltman, J.L., & Manfra, M.M. (2019, November). Geo-Computational Thinking in the Third Grade: Making Computational Thinking Truly “For Everyone, Everywhere”. Paper presented at 27th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems Workshop on Geo-Computational Thinking in Education (GeoEd 2019), Chicago, IL. -slides, paper)
• Links used in the presentation
  • Lehigh Valley settlement pattern – I'm having permissions issues, so I can make all of the data visible without a Lehigh log-in. Sorry!
  • Parks and waterways
    • Allentown – see a Story Map that walks through the concept.
    • Austin – here's a sandbox ArcGIS Online map. Note that I made multiple layers of the parks to highlight those that are cemeteries or golf courses.
  • Civil War, eastern theater battles – data layers available via ArcGIS Online. Don't forget to try the 'Cluster' tool
  • Computer science challenges
    • Birthday coordinates = concept from National Geographic
    • Database of Public Schools from the National Center for Education Statistics

For exploration after the presentation: See a wiki page that lists a running record of instructional materials and suggestions for integrating social studies and computational thinking.