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2015 High School
Counselor Workshop
Danielle Ayan, PMP, ICP, GISP
URISA 2012-2015 Board of Directors
Associate, Booz | Allen | Hamilton
Project Lead @ CDC’s Geospatial Research, Analysis Services Program (GRASP)
“’Mapping’ a Path From
K-12 to Higher
Education and/or
Workforce Readiness:
A Real and Ongoing Georgia Case
Study Founded in Geography –
Beneficial for Students, Schools,
Community and Economic
Development”
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Intentions
• Touch on multiple/most aspects of the Conf
agenda (Science, Technology & our Society:
Educating Tomorrow’s Leaders), through the
“Lens of Geography”
• Show how Geography and geographic
information systems (GIS) are essential to
the core of modern life
• Vignette w/GA K-16 graduate, Gina Perleoni
• Discuss pathways, lack of pathways, and
inspire
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Intentions
• Case Study (UNG + Hall Co
K-12 students + community
benefactors)
• Audience Interaction
Intentions:
• Will be sprinkled
throughout via a
call-out box like
this
– How many used a digital map to
get here this morning?
– How many of you are familiar
w/the term GIS?
• Biggest Challenge: To provide
rich and well-documented
information without
overwhelming!
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Terms and Meaning
• “Lens of Geography”
– Geography / Applied Geography /
Geographic Information Science
/ Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) / Geospatial /
Geospatial Information Science &
Technology (GIS&T) / Geospatial
Intelligence / Geovisualization /
Location-Based Information /
Location-Based Services (LBS) /
Spatial Science / Geotemporal /
Digital map / Digital
Infrastructure
Audience
Interaction:
• Who here has
heard of GIS?
• Who used a map
to get here this
morning?
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Terms and Meaning
• “Geospatial intelligence is fundamentally
about exploration, understanding the world
around us” -- Keith Masback, CEO, US GIF
– Arbor School, OR (2:45 – 7:43)
– The Geospatial Revolution
• “Every bit of our energy that can be put into
training and educating people to take part in
this remarkable new world, and to have the
technical skills to be competent actors, to be
able to impact and not react, to be able to
invent and not just receive, is so critically
important.” -- Masback
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Terms and Meaning
• The Geospatial Approach = Using PLACE as
a common denominator
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Cross-discipline
Visualization
Qualitative
Quantitative
Analytical/Predictive Modeling
Examples …
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Why Geography/GIS?
• 75% of people think
visual/spatially
• 45% uses both visual/spatial
thinking and thinking in the
form of words
• 30% of the population strongly
uses visual/spatial thinking
• 25% thinks exclusively in
words.
45%
Visual/
Spatial &
Words
30%
Visual/
Spatial
25%
Words
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/511664#ixzz31bs2gxiv
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Visualize Tabular Data
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Context
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Visualize Tabular Data
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Visualize Tabular Data
Source: New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/06/weekinreview/20110306-happiness.html
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Visualize Tabular Data
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Relate Variables Across Geography
http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/diabetes/
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Ask Spatial Questions
• Where can I find a house?
– With 4 bedrooms (attributes)
– On one acre of land (area)
– Within a 15-minute walk to a grocery
store
– Within public schools that exceed state
standards
– Within 1 mile of a stream or park
• Where are sites suitable to
construct a new school?
– Forest and agriculture better than
residential housing
– Flat slopes
– Near recreation sites
– Far from existing schools
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Model in 2/3D
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Integrate
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GIS&T Industry Facts
• Geospatial technology is among the top
three high-tech technologies, high-growth
industries in the country (Presidential High
Growth Job Training Initiative)
• A 15% growth rate in new geospatial industry
jobs is projected over the next decade (U.S.
DOL)
• >850,000 current geospatial workers with an
additional 350,000 needed by 2018 (U.S.
DOL)
– Ex., >440 geospatial experts at Booz Allen
Hamilton
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GIS&T Industry Facts
• $5B industry in 2001 grew to $30B in 2005,
including $20 billion in the remote sensing
market and $10 billion in the GIS market
(Gaudet, et. al)
• IT/GIS professionals average salary of
$61,540 in 2010 (URISA)
Intention:
• See Sessions III, V,
IV
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GIS&T Industry Facts
• Professional
Framework
– GIS&T BOK |
2006 | Being
revamped
– US DOL | GTCM
| 2010 | Updated
2014
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GIS&T: Applied
http://www.gislounge.com/the-components-of-gis-evolve
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GIS&T: Applied
• GIS in Local, Regional, State, Federal and
International Government entities
– Ex., City of ATL Enterprise GIS
– Ex., GA Association of Regional Commissions GIS
– GDOT GIS; GaDNR GIS (ex. Digital Flood
Insurance Rate Maps); GaDCA GIS; etc.
– 37 States with a Geographic Information Officer
(GIO) or Statewide GIS Coordinator
• GA just now hiring a GIO!!
– CDC GIS; USDOT GIS; US Census; FGDC; etc.
– National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
(NGA)
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GIS&T: Applied
• Senate GIS Working Group
– “I’ve always been optimistic about the
future of our government and the role
technology can play. GIS is increasingly
imperative to improving the way we
govern.” – Dan Pollock, New Media
Director for Senator Richard Blumenthal
(D- Connecticut)
• The Joint Board of Geospatial
Information Societies (JBGIS)
Intention:
• See Session I
• United Nations Committee of Experts
on Global Geospatial Information
Management (UN-GGIM)
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GIS&T: Applied
• “Information about the nation’s
infrastructure is absolutely essential for all
kinds of activities - Former two-term Governer
Geringer (WY)
– Getting ambulances to emergencies faster and evacuating
people in the path of natural disasters
– Monitoring and treating public health and environmental
issues
– Responding to the need for jobs, health care, foster
homes, and other social services
– Planning the location of schools, shelters, retail stores, and
promoting economic growth
– Managing traffic flow, and expansion of mass transit and
utilities .. and much more”
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GIS&T: Applied
• Broadband : the 21st century transportation network
:: GIS : the 21st century world
• BB enables telemedicine, online education, telework,
global commerce, etc.
• Where is Broadband? National BB map
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GIS&T: Applied
http://cogo.pro/uploads/COGO-Report_Card_on_NSDI.pdf
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GIS Impacts Us All
• Senators / Representatives / Policy Makers
– Savannah Area GIS (SAGIS)
– The Coastal Regional Commission of Georgia
recently saved 10 coastal counties over $5 million
in local tax dollars by acquiring and processing
regional elevation data which significantly
improved floodplain maps and models
Intention:
• See Session I, II,
IV
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GIS Impacts Us All
Intention:
• See Session I
https://www.georgiaspatial.org/giscc/documents/ggac-2010-georgia-geospatial-audit-status-report-recommendations-document-date-2010
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GIS Impacts Us All
http://map.georgiadfirm.com
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GIS Impacts Us All
• United States Army
– Army Geospatial Center | Enterprise-wide
– Jobs: Geospatial Engineers | Geomatics
Technicians
– Army Geospatial Platform
Intention:
• See Session III
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GIS Impacts Us All
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GIS Impacts Us All
• University systems
– GIS Impact Survey
Intention:
• See Sessions V, VI
• The USG and GA State Legislature are on record as
being committed to providing its citizens with the
means to compete in a technology driven future.
Therefore, Geographic Information Systems
technology at colleges and universities across the
state should not only be maintained, but fully
supported as a viable academic and practical tool for
learning, research, analysis, and innovation
– GIS for Asset and Facilities Management
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Work Order Management | Compliance
Lease and Property Management | Space Usage
Disaster and Business Continuity Planning
Green Buildings
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GIS Impacts Us All
– Some institutes more geospatially mature than
others (Ex., UGA, KSU)
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GIS Impacts Us All
• Athletics
– Using GIS for Sports Analytics | London Olympics
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GIS Impacts Us All
• State Departments of Education
– ESRI wins 2014 National Governor’s Association
(NGA) Public-Private Partnership Award
• Nominated by New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan for
improving Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
(STEM) education. Allows students in every public and
private school in the state unprecedented access to
Esri’s state-of-the-art GIS tools for education and
research
• Partnership also enables the NH Dept of Fish and Game
to support teachers to use GIS to gather, display, analyze
and share data about the state’s natural resources
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State of Geography
• Status of Geography Education in the United
States
– 17 states require middle school geography course
– 10 states require high school geography course
– Georgia?? Hmmmm??
http://www.geo.txstate.edu/grosvenor/Publications/State-of-the-State-Standards/contentParagraph/00/document/MS_HS_Geography%20Report_2013.pdf
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State of Geography
http://www.geo.txstate.edu/grosvenor/Publications/State-of-the-State-Standards/contentParagraph/00/document/MS_HS_Geography%20Report_2013.pdf
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State of Geography
http://www.geo.txstate.edu/grosvenor/Publications/State-of-the-State-Standards/contentParagraph/00/document/MS_HS_Geography%20Report_2013.pdf
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State of Geography: Georgia
• 17 GA Career Clusters/Pathways
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Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources | Ex., GIS
Architecture & Construction
Arts, AV Technology & Communications
Business Management & Administration
Education & Training
Georgia’s K-12 STEM
Energy
Framework of Instruction
Finance
hasn’t traditionally included
Government & Public Administration
geography and the
Health Science
geospatial technologies that
Hospitality & Tourism
are now at the core of
Human Services
modern life
Information Technology | Courses
Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
Manufacturing
Marketing
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics | Courses
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
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State of Geography
• National Reform of H.R. 5 (Student Success
Act)
– Includes geography in 9 “Core Academic
Subjects,” however, no funds directly allocated
– House Education & Workforce Committee
Reauthorization of Elementary and Secondary
Education Act (ESEA) aka “No Child Left Behind”
• Amendment from Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC) to create
new grants programs for “education” -- specifically
including geography and GIS education. Defeated en bloc
(Lwell-rounded acking available funds)
• On the Senate side, Chairman Alexander’s current
discussion draft is silent on geography
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State of Geography: National
• Geospatial Data Act
– Mar 16, 2015 Hatch, Warner Introduce Bipartisan
Geospatial Data Act
• http://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/releases?ID
=701e18d2-6581-4a76-92b2-7d87599479cf
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State of Geography: Private
• Amazon Web Services
– AWS announced it will host more than
85,000 Landsat images in its public cloud through
a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey
and NASA
• Google Earth no longer supported; Google
partners w/Esri
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State of Geography: Georgia
• Currently establishing:
– Geographic Information Office (GIO)
– Georgia Geography Network (GGN)
• Georgia Association of Regional Commissions secured
and matched a grant from the U.S. Economic
Development Administration
• Georgia Technology Authority Geospatial Information
Office Task Force
• POLIS Center presentation of GIO sustainability report
• Geographic Information Office Sustainability Report
• Georgiaspatial.org
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Student Vignette
Gina Perliona
ORISE Fellow
Geospatial Research, Analysis and Services
Program (GRASP)
Division of Toxicology and Human Health
Sciences, ATSDR
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
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Student Vignette
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GIS Education Advocacy
• Resolution Supporting K-12 Geography
Education | American Association of
Geographers (AAG)
– Endorsed by 20 bipartisan incumbent governors;
25 Fortune 500 companies (ex., Nissan, Lockheed
Martin, and FedEx); four former U.S. Secretaries
of State; 14 retired four-star U.S. military officers;
and many others
• The Geo-Literacy Coalition Statement On
Geography Education | NatGeo
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GIS Inspiration for Educators
• Advancing STEM Education w/GIS
– A Road Map for Large-Scale Improvement of K-12
Geography Education | NatGeo
– The Geospatial Revolution for Educators
– The National Geographic Network of Geographic
Education Alliances
– GIS Day | Nov 19
• Ex., Ten 6th grade courses designed to introduce students
to spatial thinking through core geography and
mathematics or other disciplines (MI)
• Ex., Chantilly Career Academy (HS) joint enrollment GIS
course w/James Madison University (JMU)
– Note: Geospatial Technology identified in VA STEM
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GIS Inspiration for Educators
• Advancing STEM Education w/GIS
– Free book: “Advancing STEM Education With GIS”
– e-Course: Teaching With GIS: Intro to Using GIS in
the Classroom
– GIS Lounge
• References + tutorials on how to teach GIS to K-12
• GIS for K-12 Education Brochure
• Esri, the largest GIS software company, $1
billion product donation to all U.S. K-12
schools
– Supports President’s ConnectEd Initiative
– AAG GeoMentor Program
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From Backpacks to Briefcases
https://prezi.com/yfguikz1a9xk/bridging-the-gap-from-backpacks-to-briefcases/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
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From Backpacks to Briefcases
• Student Portfolios
– Living (digital!) doc that captures academic and
community contributions/achievements
– Ex., Marine Biology/GIS student
• Apprenticeships/Internships
– http://www.dol.gov/apprenticeship | Using maps
to communicate opportunities
– Registered Apprenticeship – College Consortium
• Meet-ups (physical and virtual)
• Student Memberships in Industry Orgs
– Monthly meetings; networking; project
competitions (awards)
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From Backpacks to Briefcases
https://prezi.com/yfguikz1a9xk/bridging-the-gap-from-backpacks-to-briefcases/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
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From Backpacks to Briefcases
• GIS Engagement through Social Media
– Ex., Kennesaw FB GIS Group
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From Backpacks to Briefcases
• GISCorps for K-12
• GIS crosses all disciplines!
• Wide-Open Market
– Analysts | Data Scientists | User Experience (Ux)
Experts
• Students interested in a social science or
humanities with a hankering for technology
– Ex., They WANT to work on amazing projects
where they merge science with maps through
technology and solve problems .. i.e., the
geospatial approach
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Case Study
Institute for Environmental & Spatial Analysis
(IESA), University of North Georgia
http://ung.edu/institute-environmentalspatial-analysis
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Case Study
• Spatial Reasoning, data and community
service .. Right here in GA
• UNG (formerly Gainesville State College &
University)
– First to offer GIS-related degree (four-year degree
when Gainesville was a two-year school)
– Established campus-wide Institute for
Environmental & Spatial Analysis
• GIS core
• Taught GIS to K-12 students
– Target community benefactors for student projects
• Ex., IESA creates tool for Gainesville to drive economic
development
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Case Study
• 90% employment placement rate; 99% if
graduate school is factored
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Contact Info
Danielle Ayan, PMP, ICP, GISP
Associate, Booz | Allen | Hamilton
[email protected]
[email protected]
CDC | Geospatial Research, Analysis and Services
Program (GRASP)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielleayan
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Your Thoughts?
• Insert
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Resources
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GIS&T
• Certifications and Certificates
– GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) GIS Professional
(GISP) Certification
– US Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Professional Certification for GEOINT practitioners
– American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote
Sensing (ASPRS) GIS/LIS/RS certifications
– Technical Certifications (Esri)
– Academic Certificate Programs
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GIS&T
• Schools (University)
– University Consortium for Geographic
Information Science (UCGIS)
• Emphasizes multidisciplinary nature of GIS .. need for
balance and cooperation among ..
• Cartography + Cognitive Science + Computer Science +
Engineering + Land Surveying + Environmental Science +
Geography + Landscape Architecture + Law and Public
Policy + Statistics + Planning and many other disciplines
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GIS&T
• Schools (Technical/Two-year Colleges)
– National Geospatial Technology Center of
Excellence (GeoTech)
• NSF Advanced Technological Education
• Free GIS curricula
• Geospatial Education Program Finder
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GIS&T
• Schools (K-12)
– A Nationwide Analysis of the Implementation
of GIS in High School Education
– Geographic Education National
Implementation Project (GENIP)
– Defining a Highly Qualified K-12 Geography
Teacher
– National Geographic Society My Wonderful
World
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GIS&T
• Professional Orgs
– Urban Regional Information Systems Association
(URISA)
• GIS practitioners in public + private sectors
– American Society of Professional Remote Sensing
(ASPRS)
– National States Geographic Information Council
(NSGIC)
• All state Geographic Information Coordinators/Officers
– Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
• Over 19 Fed agencies coordinating GIS
– Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO)
• National Spatial Data Infrastructure Report Card C-
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Story Maps (Inspiration)
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Disconnect
http://www.shrm.org/research/surveyfindings/articles/pages/hiring2013collegegraduates.aspx
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Disconnect
http://www.shrm.org/research/surveyfindings/articles/pages/hiring2013collegegraduates.aspx
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