Students develop and present proposals, representing different businesses and organizations, that support how G.I.S technology could benefit them. Speculate about the amount of information we receive each day and how we organize this information. Create and present proposals, representing different businesses and organizations, supporting how G.I.S technology could benefit them. Explore the positive and negative aspects of G.I.S. through opinion essays.
Students then share their answers.
Ask students to imagine that they are people working for their assigned type of business or organization in their community, and they are petitioning to get an advanced geographic information system to enhance the data organization systems that they currently use. Each group brainstorms three to five ways in which G.I.S. would be beneficial to their business or organization and writes a proposal defending their ideas. Help students to develop their ideas by sitting in on their group brainstorms. Come back together as a class and have each group share their ideas. Discuss what they think are the best uses of G.I.S. 4.