Abstract


Diving In: A Geospatial Technologies Course for Pre-service Teachers
Track: Educational Research and Teacher Education
Author(s): Kristin Alvarez

Inclusion of GIS and other geospatial technologies in the K-12 classroom has become an important priority among the geographic education community. Progress is being made in this effort, but little preparation is offered at the undergraduate level in teacher preparation programs. This session presents a new course just completed within the Geography Department at Keene State College in New Hampshire, entitled Geospatial Technologies for Teachers. The primary focus of this course is GIS skills and the associated, relevant pedagogy for K-12 classroom settings. Also included in the course is work with GPS, remote sensing, and web-based geospatial technologies. The presentation will provide an overview of the course syllabus as well as activities and projects the pre-service teachers will take into their future classrooms.



Kristin Alvarez
Keene State College
Geography/Education
229 Main Street
Keene , NH 03435-2001
US
Phone: 603.358.2511
Fax: 603.358.2897
E-mail: kalvarez@keene.edu