Geo-computational thinking in the K-12 curriculum
- Tom Hammond
Owned by Tom Hammond
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.