Online GIS teaching resources

If you are doing some teaching in the classroom and some online and you are finding "blended teaching" overwhelming, this task is designed for asynchronous self study.

This task was initially given to Grade 10, 11 and 12s in Lockdown Level 4 so they could create a map of their 5km exercise buffer. The idea is that they digitse their home and local communities on OpenStreetMap (OSM), see the cheat sheet before they begin. Please feel free to watch these movies and make your own.

1. Projections https://youtu.be/Kda_U1Lta7M
2. How to bring in an OpenStreetMap (OSM) layer into GIS https://youtu.be/R6V0XGaruBM
3. How to add a vector point layer https://youtu.be/fax0S2qO_tc
4. Geoprocessing task: How to add a buffer to QGIS https://youtu.be/f3gKgmHaV9A

Students must download QGIS first, it's free and open and works on all devices except for iPads.
How to download QGIS, thank you Brandon Louw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDDbZmqm-80 or go straight to https://qgis.org.

Compiled by Bridget Fleming

Links to articles pertaining to GIS in secondary education.

Geography Needs an Urgent Transformation

School GIS links - Documents that may be of Interest.

National Curriculum Statement Grades 10-12 (General) Geography

Maximising the potential for GIS to Enhance Education

GIS in the geography curriculum
Deon Scheepers, Ashton Secondary School and University of the Western Cape

Presentation to the ESRI User Conference 2003
The next step with GIS in the curriculum: Approaching the question of GIS and classroom pedagogy.

Using GIS to Create an Exhibit for the Escondido (CA) Children’s Museum: “Your Community,” Putting GIS into Young Learner's Hands

'Map Aware' for those who don't have computers the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has a number of teaching aids.