Planting the Seeds to Ensure GIS has a Future, and Collecting-Mapping-Analyzing-Communicating Fieldwork WorkshopPlanting the Seeds: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/briefings/5fb8020d636a42c6aad040e5b9367234 Collecting-mapping-analyzing communicating fieldwork workshop: https://community.esri.com/t5/education-blog/new-workshop-and-lesson-on-connecting-surveys-maps/ba-p/1419582
Fieldwork
Connecting Field Surveys, Maps, Dashboards, and Story Maps: A Workshop
Connecting Field Surveys, Maps, Dashboards, and Story Maps: A Workshop. Here is the final result: https://community.esri.com/t5/education-blog/how-walkable-is-your-community/ba-p/883382 Here are my slides: field_data_collecting_mapping_analyzing_communicating_jjk
The Importance of Outdoor Education
Why is outdoor education so neglected and yet so important in 21st Century teaching and learning? Outdoor education fosters community connection, teamwork, environmental sensitivity, sense of place, and problem-based learning. […]
A new Higher Education GIS Immersive Hands-On Workshop
Feel free to explore the hands-on activities, maps, apps, and resources I have created, here: univ_of_colorado_enviro_workshop_f19 –Joseph Kerski
2 Hour GIS Workshop for Educators: Syllabus
Here is a Syllabus for 2 hour GIS Hands-on Workshop that I conducted for educators in social studies, STEM, and other fields. Feel free to use or modify for your own workshops! […]
To the nth Degree – Exploration Article
I wrote an article for Earthzine that describes an unusual type of exploring the Earth. https://earthzine.org/2009/12/08/to-the-nth-degreeand-minute-and-second-confluence-hunting-on-planet-earth/
Add your view to this crowdsource story map
Add your view to this crowdsource story map. This was created with the story map tools. Story maps are web mapping applications based on ArcGIS Online from Esri.
A University Spatial Thinking and GIS Workshop
Here is the syllabus for the university GIS investigation and spatial thinking workshop: University GIS Investigation Workshop. Try some of these links and tools yourself!
GIS Workshop for Cherry Creek School District Feb 2017
I conducted a 2 day workshop on GIS, spatial thinking, and geotechnologies for the Cherry Creek School District. The syllabus is here: Cherry Creek Schools GIS Workshop Syllabus with links […]
Isn’t That Spatial? Teaching about the Environment, Examining Field Data, and Telling Your Environmental Story with Web Mapping Technology
I gave a presentation and workshop for the North American Association for Environmental Education (www.naaee.org) entitled “Isn’t That Spatial? Teaching about the Environment, Examining Field Data, and Telling Your Environmental Story […]
My Earthcache: Gazing Across the Plate Boundary
An EarthCache is a type of geocache that is a special geological location people can visit to learn about a unique feature of the Earth. EarthCache pages include a set of educational […]
Pointed Journeys: The Degree Confluence Project
I am rather passionate (some might say “obsessed”) about visiting latitude-longitude line intersections, named “Confluence Points.” In fact, I have visited nearly 400 of them over 15 years. See these […]
BioBlitz Workshop: Colorado State University
Syllabus: BioBlitz Workshop: Colorado State University Author: Joseph J. Kerski, Ph.D., GISP Goals: Through this workshop, you will: (1) Learn what GIS and spatial analysis are and why they matter […]
St Vrain Schools GIS Professional Development Day
Spatial Thinking and Geotechnologies Workshop: St Vrain Valley School District One-day workshop led by an Esri education manager and geographer on integrating spatial thinking and geotechnologies (GPS, remote sensing, Geographic […]
Community Mapping and Crowdsourcing
Community mapping is a part of crowdsourcing and citizen science, one of what I consider to be 5 trends that are having a great impact on the field of Geographic […]
Using a Smartphone and ArcGIS Online to Teach Accuracy, Precision, GPS, and Critical Thinking
Now that it is easy to gather tracks and waypoints on a smartphone and map them in a GIS, it provides a good opportunity to remind students about the importance […]