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The third volume in the Our World GIS Education series promotes inquiry-based learning in world geography and other disciplines through the use of GIS technology, which combines interactive mapping software and geographic data with students’ natural curiosity about the world. Analyzing Our World Using GIS combines the open-ended exploration inherent in GIS with the structure of nationally standardized course content, classroom activities, teacher notes, student handouts, and assessments. GIS novices as well as experienced users will be able to conduct far-ranging geographic exploration with this book and supplemental materials including a resource CD and one-year trial of ArcGIS Desktop 9.2 software DVD.
About the authors:
Roger Palmer is co-founder of GISetc, based in Dallas, Texas. Roger Palmer has been a high school chemistry, physics, and environmental science teacher for fifteen years. Convinced of students' multiple learning styles, Roger incorporates a good mix of hands-on laboratory work, group projects, problem solving, reading sources, student competition, and fieldwork into his classes. Together with his wife, Anita, their company has offered teachers from California to Pennsylvania, Florida to North Dakota, GIS workshops in this approach.
Anita M. Palmer is an educational technology consultant based in Texas. She is the co-author of Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators and Community Geography: GIS in Action Teacher's Guide.
Lyn Malone is a consultant specializing in the educational application of spatial technologies. She is based in Rhode Island. She is the co-author of Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators and Community Geography: GIS in Action Teacher's Guide.
Christine L. Voigt is a technology coordinator in Texas. She is the co-author of Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators and Community Geography: GIS in Action Teacher's Guide.
ISBN: 978-1-58948-182-4 2008 200 pages $49.95
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