{"id":72062,"date":"2018-11-07T15:13:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T23:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcwatch&p=72062"},"modified":"2018-11-07T15:13:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T23:13:19","slug":"ncge-honors-instructional-guide-for-the-arcgis-book","status":"publish","type":"arcwatch","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/ncge-honors-instructional-guide-for-the-arcgis-book","title":{"rendered":"NCGE Honors Instructional Guide for The ArcGIS Book"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":651,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"arcwatch_issues":[38142],"class_list":["post-72062","arcwatch","type-arcwatch","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","arcwatch_issues-august-2017","arcwatch_sections-the-headlines"],"acf":{"short_description":"GIS educators Kathryn Keranen and Lyn Malone talk about their award-winning book Instructional Guide for The ArcGIS Book.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":null,"file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":62522,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Instructional Guide for The ArcGIS Book<\/em><\/a>, written by GIS instructors Kathryn Keranen and Lyn Malone and published by Esri, has won the Geographic Excellence in Media (GEM) Award from the\u00a0National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE)<\/a>.\r\n\r\n\"The GEM Award honors media that [have] made extraordinary contributions to the promotion of geographic literacy. A panel of NCGE reviewers agreed unanimously to honor this innovative, well-designed resource,\" the announcement says. The award was presented on July 29, 2017, during the NCGE's annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico.\r\n\r\nMike Livingston from Esri Press recently interviewed the authors of the award-winning book.\r\n\r\nLivingston:<\/strong>\u00a0How did the\u00a0Instructional Guide for The ArcGIS Book<\/em>\u00a0come about?\r\n\r\nKeranen and Malone:<\/strong>\u00a0We are longtime GIS instructors, and Esri Press approached us about writing an instructional guide as a companion to\u00a0The ArcGIS Book: 10 Big Ideas about Applying Geography to Your World<\/em><\/a>. The idea was to give ArcGIS users hands-on lessons and activities that would help them better understand the concepts in\u00a0The ArcGIS Book<\/em>. All the activities and lessons would be scenario based and focus on the uniqueness of GIS to solve problems. The objective is for users to learn by doing GIS."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":62542,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Livingston:<\/strong>\u00a0What makes this book unique?\r\n\r\nKeranen and Malone:<\/strong>\u00a0The delivery of the data. Nothing needs to be downloaded or installed. Many of the lessons don't even require an\u00a0ArcGIS Online<\/a>\u00a0account\u2014the user can begin learning immediately. Another unique characteristic of this book is its versatility. It can be used as a self-tutorial for those who want to learn\u2014or learn more\u2014about web GIS, or as a collection of materials to use to teach GIS to others.\r\n\r\nLivingston:<\/strong>\u00a0How have instructors responded to the\u00a0Instructional Guide for the ArcGIS Book<\/em>?\r\n\r\nKeranen and Malone:<\/strong>\u00a0Instructors have been very receptive to the activities and lessons. They have commented on the ease of use and relevance of the lessons, along with the fact that they are using the analytical and problem-solving power of a GIS to address real-world issues\u2014not simply turning layers on and off. Instructor enthusiasm was a major factor in the decision this spring to make the update to\u00a0Instructional Guide for The ArcGIS Book<\/em>\u00a0available as a PDF [soon]."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":62562,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Livingston:<\/strong>\u00a0You have just finished\u00a0Instructional Guide for The ArcGIS Imagery Book<\/em><\/a>, which will publish this month. Are you now working to complete the companion to\u00a0The ArcGIS Book: 10 Big Ideas about Applying The Science of Where<\/em>, Second Edition?\r\n\r\nKeranen and Malone:<\/strong>\u00a0Yes. We have been asked to create an instructional guide for this new edition. Some lessons from the original\u00a0Instructional Guide for The ArcGIS Book<\/em>\u00a0will be part of that book, but at least half the lessons and activities will be new. 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