Integrating ArcGIS Digital Technologies for Learning

This chapter presents three cases of high school science teachers collaborating with personnel at three different universities to design and implement innovative, curriculum-aligned geospatial lessons involving hands-on data collection, following the authors' Socio-Environmental Science Investigation (SESI) model. Each case is presented in the context of professional development activities conducted at each university, the curriculum of the collaborating teacher, the students' engagement with the instructional sequence, and the teacher's reflections following implementation. All teacher professional development, collaborative curriculum development, and classroom implementation were conducted using ArcGIS Online and its affiliated tools. Implications and conclusions for other teachers' and teacher educators' development of similar, geospatially-integrated instruction are discussed.