Presentation for Encouraging Innovation and Technology: HHLib 9 Online Conference. Feb 27, 2014. Margot Hanson & Michele Van Hoeck, California State University Maritime

1. Globetrotting and Trendspotting:
Research Mapping with Google Maps Engine
Encouraging Innovation and Technology: HHLib 9 Online Conference
Feb 27, 2014
Margot Hanson & Michele Van Hoeck
California State University Maritime

2. Incident Map Assignment

3. Poll: Your perspective on annotated
bibliographies as a learning tool?
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They’re useful for teaching information
literacy concepts
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They have some value for certain students
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I find them tedious and ineffective

4. Freshman view...

5. Enter the Annotated Map

6. Inspiration from...

7. Inspiration from...

8. Poll: Have you used mapping apps in
class?
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I haven’t used mapping tools at all
I plan to in the future
I’ve tried a tool such as Google Maps or
ZeeMaps
I’ve incorporated mapping into my teaching
repertoire
I am ArcGIS certified

9. Learning Outcomes
1. News Research:
Students will locate relevant news stories on a
current issue in their major in order to select the
most significant and reliable sources of
information.
2. Synthesis and Mapping:
Students will create an annotated map in order
to synthesize and organize information
spatially.

10. News Research Competencies
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Identify types of news articles: daily news,
investigative news, opinion pieces, press
releases
Evaluate search results for significance &
relevance
Use filter tools of LexisNexis and
CountryWatch

11. Incident Map Assignment
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Identify a topic you would like to illustrate with a map.
Identify four significant events related to your topic. These events should
have occurred in different places within one country or region of the world.
For many topics, Lexis/Nexis or CountryWatch will help with this.
Create a map using Google Maps and mark the location of your four events
using pushpins. Annotate each pushpin with date and brief summary (2
sentences) of each event in the description.
Create APA citations for your sources and add them to their relevant
descriptions.
Change the settings in your map to share with anyone who has the link
(otherwise I won’t be able to see it), and email a link to your Google map.

12. Grading Checklist
___ Are incidents significant and all related to
topic?
___ Are incidents located accurately on map?
___ Are incidents described clearly and
concisely?
___ Are sources reliable and cited correctly?

13. Handout online: http://bit.ly/OnxxDe

14. Examples of Student Work

19. Let’s go for a test drive
https://mapsengine.google.com/map

33. Poll: If you’ve used mapping in a class,
what have you tried? Please share...
Free text response

34. Assessing this assignment
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Students had trouble limiting topic to one
region of world
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Annotations too brief
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Selected articles not always well-focused
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Google maps platform not intuitive, always
changing

35. Assignment revisions to try:
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Teach “who what when where how why”
checklist for annotations
Introduce hypothetical audience for map
Check-in and vet topics earlier or more
explicitly in class
Emphasize value of regional focus

37. Thank you!
Questions?
mhanson@csum.edu
mvanhoeck@csum.edu
Globe image from Flickr user ToastyKen