Tama Nunnelley | Lisa Keys-Mathews | Alabama Geographic Alliance

alabamageography.org

STORY MAPS:

AN ENGAGING TECHNOLOGY TOOL FOR STUDENT PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING

OBJECTIVES

• Introduce participants to opportunities for using Esri Story Maps as a learning tool

• Engage participants in the process of using a Story Map from the Story Map website

• Facilitate a discussion by participants as they brainstorm topics and Story Maps that they might use in their classroom

• Help participants increase their comfort-level with a geography technology tool and spatial analysis process to infuse geography into their history, economics, sociology, or any social studies class

C3 INQUIRY ARC AND GEOGRAPHIC SKILLS

• Asking a geographic questions

• Acquiring geographic data

• Organizing geographic data

• Analysis the geographic data

• Answering the geographic questions

Geographic Skills Index: http://education.nationalgeographic.com/geographic-skills/

Connecticut Social Studies Framework: https://ctssframeworks.wordpress.com/

• The power of Geography and maps to tell a story

• A combination of maps with narrative text and multimedia content that allows the creator to tell a story and allows the reader to understand the content

• Story Map Website: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/

WHAT IS A STORY MAP?

• Story Maps Gallery (Scroll down for the clickable link for the gallery) https://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/gallery/#s=0

• Searching for Story Maps (search box on the left side of the screen)

• Search for “history maya” (no quotes)

• Items of interest: Multiple pictures of archeological sites – click on the map numbers or on the picture bar at the bottom; music (upper left);

• Search for “abe lincoln” (no quotes)

• Note the use of historic maps tied to historic photos organized as a timeline

SEARCHING STORY MAPS (https://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/)

• Search for “Washington DC”• How does this Story Map present information?• How would this be useful in a class?

• Search for “Human Activities”• How does this Story Map present information?• How would this be useful in a class?

• Search on your own (move into groups as needed)

• Each group should report back one search term(s) and your findings

STORY MAP EXAMPLES

• How can Story Maps be used in a classroom?• Elementary• Middle • High

• Pair Off and Brainstorm Applications

• Report back to the group and discuss

BRAINSTORM IDEAS FOR THE USE OF STORY MAPS

• Getting Started with Story Maps (directions for creating a Story Map)

• https://learn.arcgis.com/en/projects/get-started-with-story-maps/

• Story Telling with Esri Story Maps• http://

www.josephkerski.com/data/storytelling_with_esri_story_maps_kerski_workshop.pdf

• Esri EdCommunity• http://edcommunity.esri.com/

OTHER RESOURCES

• Esri EdCommunity Resource Collections• http://

edcommunity.esri.com/Resources/Collections/

• Creative Curriculum Integration & GIS in Education• http://www.barbareeduke.com/

• Story Maps in the Classroom (research article supporting the use of Story Maps in the Classroom)

• https://www.esri.com/~/media/Files/Pdfs/news/arcuser/0313/storymaps.pdf

• Esri StoryTelling with Maps Contest• http://

www.esri.com/landing-pages/story-maps/contest-winners