Educational Technology

May 9, 2015

Turn Your Students Into Data Sleuths With Geographic Information Systems

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:39 am

By Brittni Brown, Edudemic

Geographic information systems are essentially large databases that are able to connect entered data to a geographical reference point. More than that though, the program can be used to display data visually, which allows scientists and GIS specialists to quite literally see connections that were previously hidden in the data. It isn’t just a classroom tool used to aid in teaching the subject matter; GIS professionals can be found in almost every modern industry ranging from police departments using map data to find crime hot spots, to epidemiologists tracking diseases like Ebola in Africa, to insurance companies determining natural disaster risk. Integrating GIS into a STEM curriculum enables students to learn professional job skills before ever graduating.

http://www.edudemic.com/data-sleuths-geographic-systems/

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