GIS, Analyzing Our World in MS/HS Earth and Social Science: Learn how to use GeoInquiries to bring excitement to learning! GeoInquiries are short, standards-based mapping activities that use a geographic inquiry process to introduce earth and social science concepts to middle and high school students. GeoInquiries use ArcGIS Online technology (free to schools!) to uniquely […]
Riding the waves of the sea change occurring in the world of GIS and geospatial technology is both exhilarating and exhausting. However online learning has made this task not only more manageable, but also enjoyable. I recently signed up for the MOOC,”Skills for the Digital Earth”, offered through Elmhurst College. I see this as a […]
Who will win your state, your county, your city, your precinct? Using public data and free online mapping tools anyone can analyze an election. Steps to analyzing an election: 1. Map boundaries: States; townships, precincts 2. Election data –possible sources include: –county websites; –US Census http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/socdemo/voting/ –United States Election Project http://www.electproject.org/home/voter-turnout/voter-turnout-data –Esri Open Data http://opendata.arcgis.com/ […]
The open data movement is for everyone, by everyone. Open data provides a rich source of freely available information to make good decisions and understand the world. The key to this movement is crowd-sourced data – data gathered from a “crowd”. The crowd could be everyone in the world or a local group. It’s exciting […]