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ACS GIS Symposium, "Putting the Digital South to Work"
Associated Colleges of the South
February 28-March 2, 2003
Georgetown, Texas

Table of Contents

Faculty

General Info

  Agenda (.doc)
Directory of Participants
(.doc)
 

Introductory Materials

Carol Ekstrom,
David Kessler, Steve Ceccoli, Rhodes College; Bob Churchill, Middlebury College; Mike Kirby, Justin Starling, Rhodes College

Integrating GIS into the Liberal Arts Curriculum (.ppt)
Terminology: What is GIS? (.ppt)
Summary of GIS Software (.doc)
The Online GIS Textbook Table of Contents (.doc)
      and Example Chapter
Online GIS Resources and Sites of Interest (.doc)
Census Resources:
International   http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/census/intlcensus.html

 

Session I: Data Sources for GIS

John Blackburn, Instructional Technology
Hugh Blackmer, Science Librarian
Skip Williams, IT Research
The Digital South Project at Washington and Lee University
http://home.wlu.edu/~blackmerh/acsgis/28iihandout.html

(also available as .doc)
 

Session II: GIS Courses and Using GIS in Courses

David R. Bowne, GIS Specialist, University of Richmond What your students need to know: Core Concepts in GIS (.ppt)
John Bienvenu, GIS Work-Study, Rhodes College Project-based GIS: An Interdisciplinary Introductory Course (.ppt)
Syllabus for GIS 222, team-taught GIS introduction (.doc)
Mark Rush, Political Science, John Blackburn, Washington and Lee University GIS in the Politics Classroom: Using the Redistricting Process as a Case Study (.ppt)

Politics 295: Redistricting and Beyond, Syllabus
http://miley2.wlu.edu/redistw02/
Christine Drennon, Sociology and Anthropology, Sarah Grider, Trinity University The Potential Impacts of Garza, ISD: Assessment using GIS (.doc)
The Potential Impacts of Garza, ISD: Assessment using GIS (.ppt)
URBS-4391-3: Special Topic: Urban Studies and GIS
SOCI-3394-4: Seminar: Urban Studies and GIS
Urban Studies and Geographic Information Systems (.doc)
Lawrence Blumer, Biology, Morehouse College Using GIS in Case Study Learning (.ppt)

Bio 497 Environmental Biology Syllabus: Life in the City
Ebenezer O. Aka, Jr., Morehouse College Urban Studies 363 or 364: Urban Planning Workshop
Mike Dorcas, Biology; Bill Ringle, Anthropology Davidson College Imaging the Earth
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/dorcas (via courses link) or http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/midorcas/GISclass/gisclass.htm
David Harbor, Geology Washington & Lee

GIS and Remote Sensing
http://geology.wlu.edu/harbor/geol260/

Mike Harrison, Environmental Studies, University of Richmond

Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
http://www.colleges.org/technology/gis/harrison/syllabus.doc
lab1.pdf   lab2.pdf   lab3.pdf   lab4.pdf   lab5.pdf

Carol Ekstrom, Geology, Rhodes College Geology 214: Environmental Geology (.doc)
Mike Kirby, Rhodes College GIS Research Seminar 322 (.doc)
 

Session III: Training and Support ACS Tech Center

Carol Ekstrom, Geology, Rhodes College The Campus Community and GIS
David R. Bowne, GIS Specialist, University of Richmond Finding a University's Place in the Community:
Training Local Organizations in GIS
(.ppt)
Bob Churchill, Geography, Middlebury College Supporting GIS in the Liberal Arts (no handout)

Jon Evans & the
Impromptu Players

Pulse of the South Idea (.ppt)
 

Session IV: Next Steps

Suzanne Bonefas, Director, ACS Technology Programs Planning at the Consortial and National Levels:
The NITLE "5 Pronged Plan"
(.doc)

ACS Summer Workshop: Producing Digital Collections for Education and Research
http://www.colleges.org/techcenter/workshop/workshops.html
 

Additional Projects

John Bienvenu, Rhodes College Geocoding in ArcMap (.doc)
David Kesler, Rhodes College Kudzu in the Park Instructions (.doc)
Kudzu in the Park (.ppt)
Carol Ekstrom, Rhodes College Memphis Groundwater Instructions (.doc)
Memphis Groundwater (.ppt)
David Bowne, University of Richmond Acquiring Data for a GIS (.doc)
David Kesler, Rhodes College Creating a Map of Your County (.doc)
David Kesler, Rhodes College Latitude, Longitude, and Map Projects (.doc)
Steve Ceccoli, Rhodes College Admissions Project
Rhodes College Students Examples of Environmental Projects Using GIS (.ppt)
Brook Osterland, Rhodes College TN Voting Project (.ppt)
Ken Peterson, Furman University GIS at Furman (.ppt)

 

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