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Ethics in the Information Exploitation and Manipulation Age
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Snow, Richard; Snow, Mary – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to elaborate the need to educate and encourage students to seek an ethical realm in which the researcher not only accurately analyses and documents a problem, but also actually advocates involvement to mitigate negative impacts. Design/methodology/approach: Geographic information systems (GIS) applications are…
Descriptors: Cheating, Scientific Methodology, Integrity, Information Systems
Using Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology to Enhance Elementary Students' Geographic Understanding
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Shin, Eui-kyung – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2007
Using a qualitative approach, this study investigated how the use of GIS technology affected fourth graders' geography learning and understanding of place. For this study, a GIS module was developed and implemented. The data gathering included transcripts from video and audio recordings of classroom instructions, interviews with the students and…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Geography, Thinking Skills, Map Skills
Mapping where We Live and Play with GPS Technology
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Gentry, Deborah J. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2006
As a result of technological advances such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Geographic Information System (GIS), mapping practices and applications have become far more sophisticated. This article suggests family and consumer sciences students and professionals consider using GPS technology to map their communities as a strategy to…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Consumer Science, Satellites (Aerospace), Map Skills
An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems: Linking Maps to Databases [and] Maps for the Rest of Us: Affordable and Fun.
Franklin, Carl; Hane, Paula – Database, 1992
Discusses the impact of computerization of maps on access to business and government information that may be geographically referenced and the emergence of a new field, Geographic Information Management (GIM). Applications of hypertext/hypermedia in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are described, and software available for workstations and…
Descriptors: Atlases, Cartography, Computer Software, Computer System Design
Maps and Map Learning in Social Studies
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Bednarz, Sarah Witham; Acheson, Gillian; Bednarz, Robert S. – Social Education, 2006
The importance of maps and other graphic representations has become more important to geography and geographers. This is due to the development and widespread diffusion of geographic (spatial) technologies. As computers and silicon chips have become more capable and less expensive, geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning satellite…
Descriptors: Maps, Spatial Ability, Social Studies, Map Skills
A Fifth Grader's Guide to the World
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Purcell, April D.; Ponomarenko, Alyson L.; Brown, Stephen C. – Science and Children, 2006
The challenge for today's elementary teachers is not "whether" but rather "how" to use computers to effectively teach students essential skills and concepts. One exciting way of meeting this challenge is to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS), computer software that captures, manipulates, analyzes, and displays data on specialized layered…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Software, Plate Tectonics, Information Systems