gis in k 12 education (2)
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GIS in K-12 Education
SCARC 2014Will AndersonAudrey Brady
Outline
• Who is Richland School District Two?
• GIS in Administration
• GIS for student Achievement Academically
• GIS in Classrooms
Where is Richland County?
Where exactly is Richland School District Two?
Student Distribution
41 Schools
Magnets• Academy for Civic Engagement (ACE) • Academy of Exercise Physiology and
Sports Medicine • Center for Achievement (CFA)• Center for Inquiry (CFI)• Center for Knowledge (CFK)• Center for Knowledge (North) • Conder Arts Integrated • Convergence Media (CavPlex) • Discovery • Environmental Fitness (eFIT) • Explorations • Forest Lake Technology • Horizon• iLink• Institute for Allied Health Sciences
Institute for BioHealth Sciences • International Baccalaureate Candidate
School (Elementary, Middle, & High)
• iRed • Kelly Mill, Inc. • Killian, LTD • Leadership Academy at Wright (LAW) • Longleaf Engineering and Arts Program
(Leap)• Montessori School• Palmetto Center for the Arts (PCA)
Scholars Academy • School for Zoological and Botanical
Studies • School of Entrepreneurial Leadership• Spears Creek Road Montessori• STEMS• The Learning Collaborative (TLC) • The STEM Institute of Design and
Innovation (SIDI)• TWO Academies
History of GIS in Richland Two
History of GIS in Richland Two
• Intern– Paper to digital
History of GIS in Richland Two
• Intern– Paper to digital
• Contract– Redrawing attendance lines and projections
History of GIS in Richland Two
• Intern– Paper to digital
• Contract– Redrawing attendance lines and projections
• Full Time staff
How do we use GIS in Administration?
• School Zone Locator
How do we use GIS in Administration?
• Routing Software
How do we use GIS in Administration?
• Attendance Lines
How do we use GIS in Administration?
• Projections– Yearly enrollment projections– 10 year facility study
• Grants– The ability to spatially analyze data to target for
grant
How do we use GIS to improve student achievement?
Maps to schools
Special Needs
Data Analysis
Able to provide data to schools
GIS in Classrooms
Common Core state standards– Integration– Geo-literacy• Interaction• Interconnections• Implications
– Story Maps
GIS in Classrooms
• Is it possible? Do we have the resources?
GIS in Classrooms
• Is it possible? Do we have the resources?– All students in grades 3-12 have a device
– Computer labs/media centers
GIS in Classrooms
• Pockets and Small Scale use
– Geocommons mostly
– Importing excel tables, creating basic choropleth maps, comparing/contrasting different regional maps, critical thinking and drawing conclusions.
GIS in Classrooms
• Future
– Summer Institute– Continuing Education Credits– A resource of information– Relevant and Meaningful
Credits• Paper Toss Intern image - http://www.apppicker.com/reviews/1006/paper-toss-2-simple-addictive-hilariousPockets and Small Scale use• iPad image - http://www.mhric.org/ipad/• Chrome book image - Samsung Chromebook | Image Courtesy of Google
Questions?