osm in high school: Cape cod
Shawn Goulet
Cape Cod Commission / Maptime Cape Cod
Thank you!
OpenStreetmap uS
Barnstable Public Schools : Social Studies
Hilary Mueller (AP Human Geography Teacher) &
Ginny Turner (Social Studies Curriculum Coordinator 6-12)
Mashpee Public Schools : Social Studies
Celeste Reynolds : AP Human Geography Teacher
Who am i?
GIS Analyst by trade
some Editing (and a lot of promoting OSM) since 2013
2nd SOTMUS Conference
Believe in the power and value of OSM as a geo & digital ed platform
opportunity for impactful U.S. education enhancement : geo ed & digital ed
there's 15 high schools in my county
Tagul.com
AP HUMan geography
2010 - present
The College Board (over 6,000 worldwide educational institutions)
Built upon the National Geography Standards (dev 1994 & rev 2012)
1st objective for students upon completion: "interpret maps and analyze geospatial data"
barnstable high school (2014-2015)
Section 1
Section 2
10 female students
8 male students
9 female students
10 male students
mashpee high school
Senior who excelled at AP HuGe freshman year
Developing a plan for integration in 2015/2016 for senior project
Meetings and correspondence throughout the school year
capenews.net
Why might you listen to me?
You enjoy giving back
You view OSM as a platform
for modern day geo & digital ed
Unsure if pre-University-Aged OSM
mapping is productive or you are against it
The future of OSM mapping is important to you
some day, your job could be less burdensome
take-homes
format for teaching osm editing
to u.s. secondary ed level
What has been challenging?
What i suggest could possibly help
what has happened?
timeline
March 2013 : Idea Born
April 2014 : My 1st SOTMUS Conference & OSM Introduction
June 2014 : 1st OSM edits
Fall 2014 : OSM Intro & 1st Edits (3 meetings)
Winter 2014/2015 : Lots of snow
June 2016 : Re-introduction & 3 weeks of editing
Northwestern University TimelineJS
format
Maptime HQ's intro: maptime.io/osm-101/#0
&
Mele Sax-Barnett's intro: pdxmele.com/FOSS4G_OSM_workshop.pdf
Intro to OSM
Most beginners need to learn by starting, letting go of any fear
field papers
Prior to iD editing, following intro
assign grids
PRACTICAL,
assessable &
SCALABLE
utilize google docs
If not a "Google School", easy to make accounts
Free
Easy to access, organize, track, produce products
OSM Journal
osm map features
Subtitle
all questions about how to edit specific features
Tie OSM Map Features into the course sections
2014/2015 AP Human Geography, The College Board
challenges
1. Need progressive, motivated educators
2. OSM is not part of the curriculum or any initiatives
3. Need to be flexible
4. Support from the OSM community
5. Learning to teach
suggestions
find a passionate program head and/or teacher
practice patience
thoughts from OSM vets
Ramp up involvement & dedication for on-boarding/TeachOSM
am I doing this "right"?
what is the "right" way?
In the future
when the time is right
Advanced editing
OSM data & GIS software excercises
Leverage OSM data to develop simple apps
