Joseph Kerski's blog

10 New Water-Based Activities using web-based GIS

Ten Ways to Teach and Learn About Water Using ArcGIS Online
 
Just in time for Earth Day, but suitable for use throughout the year in geography, earth science, environmental science, chemistry, social studies, and in other disciplines is a new lesson that invites students to learn about water using ArcGIS Online
 

Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS (T3G) Institute announced

Folks:

 

We are pleased to announce that Esri has opened the application period for its third annual Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS (T3G) Institute, which it will host at its headquarters in Redlands, California from June 12–17, 2011.

New Lessons focused on spatial thinking

Folks:

1.  http://edcommunity.esri.com/arclessons/lesson.cfm?id=539

The World War II Journey of the Pacific Clipper

GIS Is Enabling Rich Historical Investigations

GIS Is Enabling Rich Historical Investigations

One of my favorite types of books is those where the photographer visits the same spot a century after the original photograph was taken, such as John Fielder’s Colorado visits in 2000 to where William Henry Jackson had stood in 1879. In the same spirit, I created a movie in a West Virginia hardwood forest from the same point six months apart to document seasonal change. It is fascinating to compare the differences over a century, or a season, or just a day, as I did on the Maine coast.

Examine Daily and Seasonal Change through Photographs and Video

Examine Daily and seasonal changes:

What a difference 1 day makes in Maine with my video:
http://www.youtube.com/user/geographyuberalles#p/search/0/1a6govm2TAY

Siting Wind Farms Using GIS

Teaching From Videos from ESRI User Conference Plenary

The videos from the ESRI International User Conference plenary session are on:

A Day in the Life of a Spatial Thinker

Karl's excellent poster got me thinking again about how we can effectively communicate our message.  As we know from the NRC report, spatially literate people need to have the "habit of mind" of knowing where, when, how, and why to think spatially.

Analyzing the spatial distribution of 4 crops with GIS

What did you have to eat today? Where was your food grown? Where was the cotton in your shirt cultivated? An increasing number of books and research initiatives are aimed at helping students to reconnect with the importance of agriculture.

Analyzing the Spatial Distribution of Class Participants

Folks:

http://blogs.esri.com/Info/blogs/gisedcom/archive/2009/04/24/analyzing-the-spatial-distribution-of-class-participants.aspx

 

When beginning any new class, you seek to encourage the students to get to know each other so that they can start building learning relationships. An increasing number of GIS tools can help make this “getting to know” activity even more fun and geospatial at the same time.

Teaching spatial concepts about current weather using desktop GIS and current imagery

Folks:

 

I wrote a lesson on how to teach about current weather using new online imagery:

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gisedcom/~3/OYiTSWITpRA/investigating-the-earth-using-current-weather.aspx

 

Joseph Kerski

Teaching Spatial Concepts using Ski Areas and GIS

Folks,

 

I wrote a new article entitled "Hit the Slopes!  Investigate Ski Areas with GIS in this Downloadable Lesson" in ArcWatch, on:

 

http://www.esri.com/news/arcwatch/0309/hit-the-slopes.html