Agenda
National Summit on GIS in K-12 Education
Sponsored by the National Center for Rural STEM Education
James Madison University,
Harrisonburg, VA 11-13
July 2008
All Conference Events will be held in the ISAT/CS building
10 July Thurs
7 pm Reception, Room 259
11 July Fri. - GIS in K-12 Learning and Teaching: Mapping a Difference
9:15 - 10:15 am Keynote #1 – GIS-based Student Projects
– Margaret Chernosky, Paul Rittenhouse, and Jay Ruffa, Room 159 View Presentation
10:15 - 10:30 am Sessions Introduction 10:30 - 10:45 am Break 10:45 - 11:45 am Paper Session #1 (Submitted presentations)
A. GPS, GIS, Geocaching and Making Connections – Bob Jones, Hannibal, NY Schools, Room 150 View Presentation
B. Finding, Using, and Creating Georeferenced Historic Maps – Shannon White, Florida Center for Instructional Technology, Room 148
C. Education and geosciences faculty collaboration at West Virginia University to integrate geospatial tools into preservice and inservice teacher education. – James Rye and Rick Landenberger, West Virginia University, Room 348 View Presentation12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 pm Paper Session #2 (Submitted papers)
A. Curriculum – GIS in History Project – Tammy Campbell, Madison County, VA Schools, Room 150
B. Working with Rasters – Kathryn Keranen, James Madison University, Room 343
C. Building a Community College GIS Program – Michael Krimmer, Northern Virginia Community College, Room 148 View Presentation2:15 - 3:15 pm Paper Session #3 (Submitted Papers)
A. Colonial Heights Crime Project – Bill Ryan (and students), Colonial Heights, VA Schools, Room 150
B. The next generation of GIS tools – Charlie Fitzpatrick, ESRI, Room 148 View Presentation
C. Using GIS to Show the Relationships Between Geology, Landforms, and Landuse – Martin Schmidt, McDonough School, MD, Room 348 View Presentation3:15 - 3:30 pm Break
3:30 - 5:00 pm Computer Sharing Session - Open Labs
5:00 - 6:00 pm Poster Session/Reception
Lobby near ISAT/CS 1596:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner
.12 July Saturday – Where do we go from here: Discussion of the role/use of GIS in K-12
8:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast 9:00 - 10:00 am Paper Session #4
A. Making Student Projects Happen in the Classroom – Jon Pruess (and Students), Loudoun County, VA Schools
B. Remote Sensing: Adding another dimension to GIS – Fred Hoffman, Roanoke Valley Governor's School View Presentation
C. The Rural STEM Activity Collection – Barbaree Duke, James Madison University View Presentation10:00 - 10:15 am Break 10:15 - 11:15 am Paper Session #5
A. Gearing up for GIS: Using a Systemic approach to infuse spatial thinking related to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed in Middle School Science. (30 mins.) – Linda Chin and Diana Harazin, Room 148 View Presentation
B. Bringing GIS to Page County (30 min) – Tara Huffman and Tracy Shifflett, Page County, VA Schools
Bringing High Precision GPS to the classroom (30 min) - Bill Ryan, Colonial Heights, VA Schools, Room 150
C. Project OVERSpace – Chris Carter, Virginia Space Grant, Room 348 View Presentation11:30 - 12:15 pm Keynote – Dr. Cathlyn (Cat) Stylinski -
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Room 15912:15 - 1:15 pm Lunch 1:15 - 1:30 pm Intro to Breakout Sessions, Room 159 1:30 - 2:45 pm Breakout Session #1 (by grade level)
A.Middle School, Room 148
B. High School, Room 159
C. Community College and University, Room 1503:00 - 4:15 pm Breakout Session #2 (by discipline)
A. Life Science, Room 150
B. Earth Science, Room 148
C. History/Social Studies/Geography, Room 348
D. Mathematics, Room 350
E. AP Environmental/IB, Room 1594:15 - 4:30 pm Recap of Morning Sessions, Room 159 4:30 - 5:00 pm Conference Wrap-up, Room 159 6:00 - 7:30 pm Conference Picnic
