How did students benefit from the project?
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Students gained a sense of identification with the Ligon community
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Students exceeded their own and teachers’ expectations
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Students learned more advanced GIS skills in order to contribute to the
project
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As a result of creating their own data and linking it to maps, students
could analyze data in tables more effectively
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Because of the multi-dimensions of GIS, gifted students were challenged
while all students experienced successes
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Students knew the project was important because it will live on as part
of the community
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Field trips moved the project from the virtual to the actual
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In preparing for the exposition, suddenly the GIS project came alive in
an "AHA!" for the students
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All students learned to think spatially because GIS provided the framework
for the project.
Return to Exploring the Past to Influence the
Future
Background Information about the School | School
Connecting to the Alumni | School Connecting with
the Community
Background on the Collaboration | Community
Connecting with the School | Connecting Students
with Community Partners
Role of GIS in the Project | Sharing
the Project Products
...To Guide the Future