James Madison University

 

Agenda

2nd National Summit on GIS in K-12 Education- June, 2009

Sponsored by the National Center for Rural STEM Education
James Madison University,
Harrisonburg, VA 26-27
June 2009

26 June Friday

1:00 – 2:00 pm

Check-in and Registration
2:00 – 2:15 pm Introduction
2:15 – 3:00 pm

Dr. Danny Edelson, Vice President for Education, National Geographic Society – GIS and Geo-Literacy
3:00 - 3:15 pm

Break
3:15- 4:15 pm

Paper Session #1 (Submitted papers)
A. Melvina Adolf – Making Fire Hydrants More Accessible in Rural Arizona due to Youth Community Mapping
B. Amber Agee-Dehart and Lisa McCray - Beyond the Intimidation Factor … Strategies for Incorporating Geospatial Technologies across the Curriculum”
4:30- 5:30 pm

Paper Session #2 (Submitted papers)
A.  P.J. Dempsey - What can GIS Do for you?
B. Chris Bunin - Enhanced Lessons for the History Classroom
C. Shannon White – Internet Resources to Assist GIS in the Classroom
6:00 – 7:00 pm

Dinner
7:30 – 9:30 pm

Computer Workshops Margaret Chernosky - Georeferencing Historical Maps of Your Community

27 July Saturday

8:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 - 9:45 am

Keynote – Dr. Bob Coulter, Director, Litzsinger Road Ecology Center, Missouri Botanical Garden - Augmented Reality and GIS/GPS
9:45 - 10:00 am Break
10:00 – 11:00 am

Paper Session #3
A. Fred Hoffman - Remote Sensing Imagery as Another Data Layer
B. Robert Jones - Going Spatial K-12 Hannibal School District
11:15 - 12:15 pm Paper Session #4
A. Dee Porter - Finding Geography
B.Michael Pratte & Cherise Hodge - Teaching IB Environmental Systems using the Geospatial Technologies 
C. Michael Krimmer - On-line GIS Lessons & Data: A Survey of Free GIS Resources Available via the Internet
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:45 - 2:45 pm Paper Session #5
A. Jon Pruess - Creating a High School GIS Course: School-to-Career Connections
B. Brian Vagts - Quick and Dirty GIS Lessons for US History and Government using the National Historical GIS Website
3:00 -3:45 pm

Keynote #3, Dr. Diana Sinton, Director of Spatial Curriculum and Research, University of Redlands - How can we reap the greatest educational benefits from our work with GIS?
3:45 – 4:00 pm

Conference Wrap-Up
4:00 - 5:30 pm Computer Sharing Session
6:00 - 7:30 pm Conference Picnic