Module One
Experiential basis for the
acquisition of spatial
knowledge and spatial
analytical skills
Module Two
Mapping the experiences
of Community
Sample lesson
Inquiry questions
"Where we live"
How do I define my
community? How do I find
my way? How do I find a
place on a map?
"Beyond Borders"
Where does my food
come from? How does it
make to the store? Who
are the people who grow,
produce, deliver this food?
Sample lesson
Inquiry questions
Neighborhood
interviews and
oral histories
What is the meaning of
community to the
residents who live there?
Documentation of
neighborhood
change
What did my neighbor
hood look like when my
parents where my age, when my grandparents
were my age? Why does it
look the way it does now?
Technology /
software
Didactic components / activity
Excursions
Internet navigation,
2D computer
graphics (Adobe
Illustrator, digital
photography
Verbal and pictorial representations of
community. Working in teams, division
of tasks. Map reading and
interpretation, visual and graphic
association in map projection. Taking
field notes, collection of field
information.
Local neighborhood
walk
Internet web
browser. Word
processing, email
Retrieval of information of information
through a web site. Creating a
presentation, group presentation of
projects, learning about other world
contexts - the relation of local to global
contexts.
Local super market
and retail clothing
outlet.
Technology /
software
Didactic components / activity
Excursions
Digital video and
editing, word
processing
Interpersonal skills, forming interview
questions, documentation of
interviews with digital video and audio.
Summary transcription of interviews.
Documenting cultural heritage.
Neighborhood
visitations
Adobe Illustrator and
PhotoShop,
Microsoft FrontPage,
use of scanning
2D Computer graphics and layout,
map production, Introduction to Web
design and graphical interfaces.
Organizing group presentations,
introduction to spread sheets and
databases. "Then and now"
photographic documentation
collecting historical photos, maps.
Temple University
urban archives.
Module Three
Linking observations to
baseline cartographic
information, air photos,
and imagery
Sample lesson
Site
Documentation
and analysis
Creation of a
Community
Database
Module four
Developing Spatial
Databases from
Observed Phenomena
Sample lesson
Inquiry questions
Technology /
software
Didactic components / activity
Excursions
Adobe Illustrator
Microsoft FrontPage,
ArcExplorer
Interpretation of existing cartographic
information. Systems approach to
understanding and interpreting the
environment. Conceptualization of
environment as composite layers of
information. Production of a new
neighborhood map.
The City of
Philadelphia Office
of Information
Systems
Based on field
observation, what changes
do you observe compared
to existing aerial photos
and city maps?
PDA –handheld GIS,
Adobe Illustrator
Microsoft Excel and
Access, Microsoft
FrontPage
Site documentation and inventory,
including geometric area calculation.
"Ground-truthing" and physical
attribute verification, Introduction to
GIS through internet applications.
Introduction to website design, and
graphic presentation of information on
group website.
PACDC
Headquarters
Inquiry questions
Technology /
software
What are the differences/
changes observed
between existing City of
Philadelphia cartographic
baseline maps and aerial
photographs?
Didactic components / activity
Excursions
Methods of
community
environmental
quality
assessment.
How do I assemble the
information I collected? Is
there nature in the city?
Can a map have ideas?
ArcView, Microsoft
Excel and Access,
FrontPage
Urban infrastructures and
Environmental Quality. Database
creation and management with spread
sheets, Understanding relational
databases.
Visitation to
University of PENN
Urban Forestry Lab
at Morris
Arboretum
Landscape Quality
Assessment and
the aesthetics of
community
How can the assembly of
information improve our
community?
Adobe Illustrator,
ArcView, Microsoft
FrontPage
Environmental aesthetics and collecting
community ideas. Scenario writing,
website design, public presentation of
projects to Community.
Temple University
GUS (GIScartography)
computer lab
Module Five
Summer intensive
workshop at Temple
University
Sample lesson
Inquiry questions
Community
Planning with GIS
How does this information
help my community? What
does our community need
to make it a better place to
live?
Technology /
software
ArcView, Microsoft
Excel and Access,
FrontPage
Didactic components / activity
Developing problem statements and
community needs assessment.
Scenario writing as the formation of a
neighborhood strategic plan.
Application of GIS in community
planning projects.
Excursions
Residence on
Temple University's
Main Campus