Discussion and milestone project

SCI 225 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric

Submit an outline of the Tools and Technologies portion of the final project.

The submission should include a description of the geospatial tools and technologies that could be used to explore or enhance your selected discipline and an evaluation of no-cost or open-source geospatial tools and technologies that you will use to create your map in Milestone Three.

Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:

A. Describe geospatial tools and technologies that could be used to explore or enhance your discipline. Consider tools you used throughout the course in addition to others that could be discipline-specific.

B. Apply these tools and technologies to your discipline. In other words, how can these geospatial tools and technologies be used to explore or enhance your discipline? Support your claims using your research of spatial awareness in your discipline.

C. Select no-cost or open-source geospatial tools and technologies to use to create a map that accurately represents an aspect of your discipline. Which geospatial open-source and no-cost tools and technologies will you use to create your map? Why? Examples of open-source and no-cost tools and technologies that you could use include ArcGIS Online, QGIS, Google Earth, MapStory, and Story Maps.

Guidelines for Submission: The format of this milestone will be a presentation with at least 10 slides. Your presentation should use PowerPoint or another comparable presentation tool, with speech notes.

Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Geospatial Accurately describes geospatial tools and technologies that could be used to explore or enhance chosen discipline

Describes geospatial tools and technologies that could be used to explore or enhance chosen discipline, but with gaps in accuracy

Does not describe geospatial tools and technologies that could be used to explore or enhance chosen discipline

30

Discipline Accurately applies geospatial tools and technologies to chosen discipline and supports claims with previous research

Applies geospatial tools and technologies to chosen discipline, but with gaps in accuracy or without support from previous research

Does not apply geospatial tools and technologies to chosen discipline

30

Open Source Selects no-cost or open-source geospatial tools and technologies to use to create map and supports selection with explanation for use

Selects no-cost or open-source geospatial tools and technologies to use to create map, but does not support selection with explanation for use

Does not select no-cost or open-source geospatial tools and technologies to use to create map

25

Articulation of Response

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

15

Earned Total 100%