AbstractDesigning GIS Tools to Address the Needs of Educational Users Track: Educational Research and Teacher Education Author(s): David Smith, Matthew Brown, Danny Edelson, Eric Russell The GIS implementation rate in K12 classrooms remains frustratingly low. Prior efforts to address this low rate have focused on curriculum and professional development. The NSF-funded My World GIS Project is investigating a third approach: software design. We are investigating three categories of challenge for educational use of GIS that might be addressed by software design:
David Smith Northwestern University Education 2120 Campus Drive Annenberg Building room 330 Evanston, IL 60201 US Phone: 847-467-5272 E-mail: dasmith@northwestern.edu Matthew Brown Inquirium 1235 W. Norwood St. Chicago, IL 60660 US Phone: 773-743-0679 E-mail: matt@inquirium.net Danny Edelson Northwestern University 2120 Campus Drive Annenberg Building Evanston, IL 60208 US Phone: 847-467-1337 E-mail: d-edelson@northwestern.edu Eric Russell Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy 2120 N. Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208-2610 US Phone: 847-467-1013 E-mail: eric-r@northwestern.edu |