Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

6-2007

Abstract

This talk will present the results of a partnership between university and middle school students who will learn basic techniques for representing demographic and political boundary data with GIS software, and then create one or more projects focused on encouraging and facilitating the use of public information by the local community. GIS, in combination with Web 2.0 tools, will be used as a medium for communicating the data that serves as the basis for political representation and policy decisions.

Goals and objectives will be to increase political awareness, dialogue, and participation among both (university & middle school) groups of students. Emphasis will be on promoting political dialogue informed with public data wherever possible, such that constituents are not only an audience to communication media, but producers of media content as well (as in Web 2.0 supported maps and commentary).

Comments

ESRI Education Users Conference in San Diego, California.

Publisher

Environment Rating Scales Institute

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