{"id":10101,"date":"2022-01-03T07:33:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T07:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/?p=10101"},"modified":"2022-02-10T06:31:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T06:31:41","slug":"singapore-esri-young-scholar-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/2022\/01\/03\/singapore-esri-young-scholar-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore ESRI Young Scholar Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/01\/Noah_Zhang_2022-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Mr Noah Zhang, MSc in Applied GIS candidate from the Department of Geography, has won the Singapore ESRI Young Scholar Award for his project titled: A guidance for using GIS to teach Geography: What does spatial thinking look like in a classroom?<\/p>\r\n<p>This nation-wide competition, run annually by ESRI , celebrates excellence in geospatial study, and more specifically, the creative use of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology \u2013 or smart mapping technology \u2013 to solve commercial and community issues.<\/p>\r\n<p>Noah&#8217;s project aimed to<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Unpack the merits and challenges of using GIS in the classroom<\/li>\r\n<li>Develop a set of guidance for school teachers on how GIS can be used more effectively for teaching and learning<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>His MSc project was supervised by Associate Professor Feng Chen-Chieh.<\/p>\r\n<p>Noah&#8217;s project generated the following:<br \/>(1) A repertoire\u00a0of GIS webapps for teaching and learning in the Singapore classroom.<\/p>\r\n<p>(2) A set of guidance for teachers when deploying GIS in the classroom.<\/p>\r\n<p>Noah&#8217;s project has equipped teachers with the practical know-hows of using geospatial technologies in the classroom to deepen students&#8217; learning and enhance their learning experiences.<\/p>\r\n<p>To learn more about Noah&#8217;s project visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443\/wis\/clicktime\/v1\/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fstorymaps.arcgis.com%2fstories%2fecce5ae18edc42c99760c10b23d429fc&amp;umid=328f38a5-c03e-443c-9000-0139eb86a8be&amp;auth=8d3ccd473d52f326e51c0f75cb32c9541898e5d5-a9761acefae262d4b6b776d7ed0b56cae221a877\">https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/ecce5ae18edc42c99760c10b23d429fc<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Noah received this award during a virtual meet with Jack Dangermond at the 2021 ESRI User Conference in San Diego, California, earlier this July, alongside with other Young Scholar winners from around the world.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Noah Zhang, MSc in Applied GIS candidate from the Department of Geography, has won the Singapore ESRI Young Scholar Award for his project titled: A guidance for using GIS to teach Geography: What does spatial thinking look like in a classroom? 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