Using GIS in the Classroom to Investigate Energy
The National Educational Technology Standards for Students called for a classroom that is student-centered, with collaborative work in a multisensory, multimedia-based information exchange, where active inquiry-based learning and critical thinking are fundamental (International Society for Technology in Education [ISTE], 2000).
The purpose of this session is to illustrate how a Geographic Information System (GIS) can be incorporated into the classroom to support science and geographic inquiry and promote spatial thinking skills. According to the National Research Council (2006), spatial thinking is the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind to use concepts of space, tools of representation, and processes of reasoning in order to structure problems, find answers, and express solutions to those problems. › Continue reading