Abstract
Development of Sustainable GIS Use by NASA Explorer Schools Teachers
Track: Designing Curriculum for Schools
Author(s): Sam Jenkins, Steven Moore
This paper will present implementation examples and formative evaluation findings from the Visual Instruction Support for Inquiry-based Odysseys in NASA Explorer Schools (VISIONES) project, a professional development opportunity funded by the NASA Explorer Schools program. The goal of the project was to develop GIS literacy in teachers and students and sustained use of the technology at participating NES schools. This paper will review lessons learned from working with a single cohort of 30 teachers and students as they constructed community mapping projects with ArcExplorer-Java Edition for Education over a one year period. A focus of the paper will be the barriers teachers experienced in implementing GIS as an instructional technology and how the project worked to help teachers overcome those barriers.
Sam Jenkins
CIPE
PO Box 13750
Tucson , AZ 85711
US
Phone: 520-322-0118
E-mail: samj@evisual.org
Steven Moore
CIPE
PO Box 13750
Tucson , AZ 85732
US
Phone: 520-322-0118
E-mail: stevem@evisual.org