Presented to the State of the Map US 2012 in Portland, OR. Liberal credits to Aaron Racicot's (@reprojected) GIS Apprenticeship presentation: https://github.com/reprojected/reprojected.github.com/blob/master/presentations/gis_apprentice_2012/GISApprenticeship_final.pdf?raw=true

1. GIS
Appren*ce,
Aaron
Racicot
OSM
&
K-­‐12
Ed
SotM
US
Portland,
OR
13
Oct
12
Jeff
Meyer
jeff@gwhat.org

2.
Thesis
The
OSM
infrastructure
has
much
to
offer
K-­‐12
educaHon.
Roadmap
• K-­‐12
trends
• Teacher
Needs
• Student
Needs
• OSM
role
• Brainstorming

3.
K-­‐12
Trends:
Standards
• Sweeping
the
naHon
:
)
• STEM
drives
the
train
• NoHce
social
studies?

4.
K-­‐12
Purchase
Size
Reality:
Spending
Decision
Speed

5. Why
OSM?
• OSM
price
is
right:
free!
• OSM
is
universally
available
through
a
browser
• Maps
engage
the
mind
• OSM
complemenets
mulHdisciplinary
project-­‐
based
acHviHes
• OSM
supports
map
creaHon
&
collaboraHon
• Students’
contribuHons
make
a
difference
• It’s
easy
to
use
;
)

6.
Map
of
the
United
States
by
Eliza
S.
5th
Grade
Map
found
on
the
web.
Learning
Ordway,
1829
David
Rumsey
Map
Collec*on
by
Doing
is
Good
• Map
creaHon
supported
by
OSM
can
promote
long-­‐
term
retenHon
• Map
making
collaboraHon
supported
by
OSM
encourages
development
of
social
interacHon
Map
the
World
by
Heart,
FableVision
Example
of
OSM
members
skills
Learning
collabora*ng
to
build
a
map
together.

7. GeQysburg
map
made
using
TileMill
GeQysburg
map
from
A
House
Divided
and
OpenStreetMap
data.
History
EducaHon
Present-­‐day
maps
reflect
the
past

8. History
EducaHon
Tuning
maps
to
support
visual
learning
Seige
of
Ft.
Sumter
drives
pushes
Virginia,
Tennessee,
Arkansas,
and
North
Carolina
to
secede.
(hbp://geocommons.com/maps/157204)

9. “Watching”
the
secession
can
complement
reading.

10.
OSM
&
Project
Based
Learning
• Using
GIS
tools
doesn’t
imply
studying
geography
• Beyond
place
name
pair
memory
• Human
impact
Global
World
History
ATlas
• MulHdisciplinary
High
school
junior
Sarah
using
OSM
and
QGIS
for
Tiananmen
Square
learning
Massacre
research.
She
assembled
a
Hmeline
and
used
OSM
to
idenHfy
locaHons
of
key
events
and
universiHes
where
the
protesters
studied.

11. Simple
OSM-­‐based
EducaHonal
Tasks
#1:
Basic
GIS/OSM
Training
Sequence
• Step
1:
Draw
a
map
of
your
school
on
paper
• Step
2:
Map
your
school
on
OSM
• Step
3:
Ask:
what
was
there
before
your
school?
• Step
4:
Look
at
historic
maps
to
answer
#2:
Adopt
a
locaHon
&
fill
it
out
• Maybe
a
nearby
pond
or
waterway,
then
idenHfy
locaHons
of
animal
habitats
• A
locaHon
far
away,
near
a
school
in
another
country
–
invite
a
cultural
exchange
or
support
humanitarian
relief
– See:
hbp://hot.openstreetmap.org/
• Map
locaHons
of
–
and
build
maps
for
–
ancient
villages
– See:
hbp://pleiades.stoa.org/
-­‐
ancient
places
gazeteer

12.
Other
uses
of
OSM:
Physics
/
Math
/
GPS
• Grade
level:
5+
• What
is
GPS?
• What
are
tracks?
• What
are
the
data
formats?
• Uploading
tracks
to
make
a
map!
• Why
aren’t
the
GIS
Appren*ce,
Aaron
Racicot
tracks
consistent?

13. Missing
Gaps
/
Next
Steps
For
Improving
OSM
Support
of
K-­‐12
• IdenHfy
opportuniHes
to
integrate
OSM
support
into
lesson
plans
– Standards
-­‐>
objecHves
-­‐>
tasks
– Find
related
lessons
plans,
improve
them,
share
them
• Build
class
&
grade-­‐specific
stylesheets
– TileMill
can
help
here
– Publishing
examples
on
Mapbox,
gerng
feedback
• Provide
classroom-­‐specific
planets
– Hosted
environments
with
blank
slates
surfaces
where
students
can
draw
their
own
maps
– Set
up
opportuniHes
for
students
to
collaborate
for
creaHng
villages,
larger
areas
with
other
students
• Get
more
help!
jeff@gwhat.org

14. Other
Background

15. • Aaron
R’s
GIS
ApprenHceship
– hbps://github.com/reprojected/reprojected.github.com/blob/master/
presentaHons/gis_apprenHce_2012/GISApprenHceship_final.pdf?raw=true

16. Wall
maps
are
good
• Projectors
just
cannot
provide
the
sheer
volume
of
pixels
as
a
wall
map
• OSM
&
digital
map
creators
need
to
keep
in
mind
that
digital
maps
really
encourage
“looking
through
a
straw”
• Building
good
digital
maps
to
support
Map
Stories
requires
careful
design.

18. 1
9600
x
7200
Wall
map
takes
35
projectors
35

19. Even
an
unlikely
4
projector
setup
radically
reduces
the
amount
of
informaBon
that
can
be
displayed.

20. Showing
only
¼
of
the
map
(on
1
of
those
4
projectors)
can
change
the
context
and
perspecBve
of
the
map
significantly.