Track: K-12 Education and Library Science
Fits, Starts, and Headway: The Implementation of ArcView GIS in Beginning and Advanced High School Geography Courses
Steve WannerJoseph Kerski , Naomi Salaman
The incorporation of GIS technology and methods has been an intensive but valuable component to new and preexisting lessons in the geography program at Boulder High School, Boulder, Colorado. Enhanced learning in local and international lessons resulted from making more variables available and from increased inquiry. Important ingredients of success included the integration of local and real-time data sets, networking with the USGS and the City of Boulder, and applying GIS to lessons that had previously been tested. Other key success elements included the participation and interest of the computer laboratory manager and the tenacity of the content teacher.
Steve Wanner
Boulder High School
1604 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO 80302
USA
Telephone: 303.442.2430
Fax: 303.442.5317
E-mail: wanner@bvsd.k12.co.us