Teach MO Maps!

Lindenwood University has a proven track record of K12 geospatial outreach and support to our Missouri educators.

• Esri Support Grants (2017, 2018, and 2019) - Awarded by  Esri  in order to conduct K-12 professional development workshops for integrating the use of ArcGIS Online into classrooms.
• Trex GeoSeed Grant - Integrating GIS and VR technologies for classroom learning -  GEOZOO Whitepaper  
• Chair of the USGIF Saint Louis Area Working Groups's K12 subcommittee
• Education Chair for the Missouri GIS Advisory Council (MGISAC)
• Member of the GeoFutures Talent Initiative
•  GeoEdC  certified instructor
•  T3G  (2016) Alum

• X amount of $$$ for Geospatial Technology Equipment
  • Wifi
  • iPads
  • Chromebooks
  • PCs
  • Drones
  • 360 cameras

PACE - GIS in the Classroom Courses (3 workshops/6 weeks/online)

Each 2 week online course is designed to give educators a functional GIS skillset and confidence with the Esri ArcGIS products to get them on the fast-track to teaching with the technologies in their classroom.  Emphasis is not on teaching the button clicks of GIS, but on using the GIS toolset as a way to analyze, capture, visualize, and communicate lessons and projects for student learning and engagement.

Weekend at Lindenwood University to work (and have some fun!) with Lindenwood instructors, students, and peer teams to write curriculum that integrates geospatial technologies into Missouri classrooms, aligned with Missouri teaching and learning standards, written by Missouri teachers for Missouri teachers, and can be shared in an Open Educational Resource repsitory on the Missouri Spatial Data Information Service.

The weekend will conclude with a showcase event where the teacher teams will demo the curriculum to Lindenwood students, faculty/staff, alumni, regional geospatial professionals, school administrators, family and friends.

Compete to go to the Esri EdSummit in San Diego, CA

• Team should consist of 2-4 educators from the same building.
• Teams must teach at the high school level (grades 9-12)
• School must agree to sign-up for and deploy the  Esri K12 bundle  (free)
• Teams must be STEAM oriented:
  • Social Studies and Science
  • Math and Geography
  • English and Technology
  • Art and Engineering
  • or some similar type of pairing
• Teams must pledge to complete the 6 week microcredintal training (funding for courses provided) in order to attend Map Camp and compete for the trip to the Esri Ed Summit.
• Team must save the dates and be willing to travel to Stl for the Map -a-thon. (travel stipend provided)
• Team must keep calendar open for possible travel to Esri Ed Summit in San Diego, CA. (travel stipend provided)

Teacher teams must complete the 6 week online microcredential workshops.

Upon earning their Geospatial Educator microcredential the cohort will then move on to the Map-a-thon. During the Map-a-thon teacher teams will be tasked with creating three geospatial open educational resource activities that they can integrate into their own classroom, and also share widely with educators across the state. All lessons/activities must be aligned with Missouri standards and learning outcomes.

1. The 1st activity must be created using tools that require no logins, using completely open access tools.
2. The 2nd activity should focus on teaching a concept using geospatial technologies for a single discipline, meaning one that is specific to World History, Mathematics, Earth Science etc...
3. The 3rd activity requires the teacher teams to create a geospatial lesson that bridges disciplines - Think teaching about the pyramids for history, and then using imagery to teach how to calculate the volume of the pyramids for mathematics.

Having created the activities/lessons required during the Map-a-thon the teacher teams(cohort) will then present their work at a Showcase event. This event will allow the teams to present the curriculum they have created to Lindenwood GIS students, faculty, alumni, regional GIS professionals, school administrators, friends and family. A group of "judges" made up of Lindenwood students, faculty, alumni, and regional GIS professionals will then judge/provide feedback to the teams about the curriculum they have created.

Once scores are tallied from the judging, it will be announced which team (or teams) will be awarded the opportunity to attend the Esri Ed Summit in San Diego, CA.

Pre-service teachers in the College of Education can apply for and be awarded scholarships to go through the GIS Educator Accelerator. These students upon selection must perform all the same cohort outcomes as the teacher teams. For the Map-a-thon, the students will be paired with and join a teacher team in order to write the lesson/activity deliverables. This provides our students with mentorship and guidance from educators already in the classroom and gives them the opportunity to start building their own professional network.

Lindenwood GIS students will be selected as interns for the accelerator and will act as a tech support/resource for the teacher teams through the microcredential workshops and Map-a-thon. Each teacher team will be assigned their own intern. Interns will be responsible for checking-in with teacher teams, helping to troubleshoot issues, test lessons/activities, provide feedback on lessons/actvities created, and communicate with the program director about status of team outcomes and morale. This will also count at their class internship credit needed to earn their GIS Certificate.

One pre-service teacher and one intern will be awarded the opportunity to attend the Ed Summit in San Diego. There can be seperate judging critera developed for this and will be included as part of the judging for the Showcase.

IT staff may be tapped to help teacher teams set-up their Esri K-12 bundle.

Faculty testimonials can be embedded within the microcrendial workshops attesting to how GIS is being used in their fields and how they use GIS in their classrooms.

Selected faculty will be asked to act a judge for the Showcase.

Like faculty, Alumni testimonials can be embedded within the microcrential workshops, sharing with educators their Lindenwood GIS journey and speak to how the skills have forwarded their career and how they use geospatial tools in their day to day work. Selected Alumni will also be asked to be a part of the judges panel for the Showcase.

We can use Story Maps as I have here, to create the "website."

Here you can see the application that was created using ArcGIS Survey123 and embedded into the Story Map. This allows for extra "tracking" and archiving of participants.

• Grow statewide network of geospatial educators
• Create and curate geospatial open educational curriculum repository for the State of Missouri
• Lindenwood GIS is established as the leader in geospatial education for the State of Missouri
• Lindenwood GIS is top of mind as an undergraduate GIS certificate program
• Achieve USGIF GEOINT accreditation for the Lindenwood GIS Certificate
• Grow geospatial educator microcredential offerings