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Trinity University

2007

Web 2.0

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Gis As A Web 2.0 Education Tool, Jeremy W. Donald Jun 2007

Gis As A Web 2.0 Education Tool, Jeremy W. Donald

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This talk will present the results of a partnership between university and middle school students who will learn basic techniques for representing demographic and political boundary data with GIS software, and then create one or more projects focused on encouraging and facilitating the use of public information by the local community. GIS, in combination with Web 2.0 tools, will be used as a medium for communicating the data that serves as the basis for political representation and policy decisions.

Goals and objectives will be to increase political awareness, dialogue, and participation among both (university & middle school) groups of students. …