Abstract

Online Spatial Tools Tell Powerful Stories
Track: Teacher Education and Educational Research
Authors: Anita Palmer, Roger Palmer

As the world is firmly into the second decade of the 21st century, education is grappling with the most effective ways to integrate 21st century technologies into the classroom. This presentation addresses the use of cloud-based ArcGIS Online map tools to augment, and in some cases replace, the use of traditional atlases to teach geographic concepts to secondary students. It will explore student responses to the use of cloud-based geospatial tools and ways in which these instruments might make a difference.