Issues in School web Atlas Use: The prototype atlas of Rio Claro — Brazil

Ramos, Cristhiane da Silva; Cartwright, William; Almeida, Rosângela Doin de

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“…This supports evidence found from other studies. Da Silva Ramos [38] found advantages in teaching from the students' reality in a local context and working up to a global scale. Semken's [51] research on place-based learning in the geosciences demonstrated that local context-what is familiar to students and instructors-gives relevance to global concepts and practices that might otherwise appear disjointed to students.…”

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“…The atlas was also developed to achieve the goal of national geography standards [36] for educators and students: to recognize the central importance of maps to the discipline of geography and to be able to construct arguments about the effects of spatial context. While maps or atlases from anywhere in the world can be used for this second goal, maps of the region where the students live are particularly relevant in linking local and regional context to national and global contexts [37,38]. The Wyoming Student Atlas is currently in its 3rd printing, with more than 12,000 copies distributed to classrooms across the state of Wyoming.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A trend in developing school atlases specific to a region or country has been noted [38], in particular a remarkable number of local atlases produced for education in Brazil. Studies have confirmed the efficacy of using local atlases, including a web-based prototype, as educational resources [38]. Benefits were also found in teaching from the students' reality in a local context and working up to a global scale.…”

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Digital Story Mapping to Advance Educational Atlas Design and Enable Student Engagement

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Webster

2018

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Abstract:Storytelling is recognized as a valid and important method of communicating information and knowledge gleaned from volumes of ever-accumulating data. Practices of data-driven storytelling in journalism and geovisual analytics have contributed to the development of geovisual stories; also called story maps. The benefits of student-focused multi-thematic atlases and digital storytelling methods in education can also be realized in story maps. An online, interactive version of the original paper version of the Wyoming Student Atlas was developed using story mapping technology. Studies on best practices for data-driven storytelling and web map interaction were used to inform the transition of the atlas from a traditional paper format to a collection of story maps. Evaluation of the atlas story maps for educational purposes was conducted by observing students from multiple classrooms as they used the story maps in a lesson. The students and educators responded to a survey after using the story maps. Results of the survey show positive responses to the atlas story maps, including ease of use and preference over a traditional paper atlas. However, certain types of interaction with the map resulted in increased negative or uncertain responses from students concerning their perception of the atlas story maps.

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