302: Teaching in Place: Mapping as a Path to Critical Understanding

Session Location: SIS Founders Room (T7)

Date: Wednesday, August 13

Time: 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM

Presenters: Jessica Breen (Program Director, Geospatial Research Support, University Library)

Session Description:

This interactive workshop introduces mapping as a flexible teaching tool that can help students across disciplines engage more deeply with course material. Participants will take part in a sketch mapping activity that encourages spatial reasoning and reflective thinking. We’ll explore how spatial thinking can help students understand relationships, power, movement, and place, and discuss simple tools (from paper maps to Google Maps to web GIS) for integrating mapping into your teaching. This session will also highlight how the library supports research and teaching with geospatial data, mapping tools, and spatial storytelling regardless of discipline.