Geo spatial
This portal as a mobile bag for the innovative teacher
The United Arab Emirates is located in Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. Also, it situated between 22°30' and 26°10' north latitude and between 51° and 56°25′ east longitude.
A geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyse, manage, and present all types of spatial or geographical data.
Welcome to the website:
The UAE leaders have considered 2015 to be the year of innovation and encouraged all government institutions to foster further the culture of innovation in their work environment. Therefore, Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) is taking the initiative to revise the existing school curriculum toward a more innovative learning environment. As a result, significant efforts have been devoted to reengineer the high-school curriculum, pedagogies and technologies to support ideas germination.
ADEC role in empowering Geo-spatial Science at 11 and 12 grades Curriculum. According to Dr. Amal Al Qubaisi CEO of ADEC “The development of the third episode is an essential part of the development of the educational system, which is essential and important step to complete the development of education project initiated by the Council, and it also responds to the proposals and strategies, developed by workers in the field of education as part of a forum drafting future” (ADEC, 2015).
ADEC has recognized the importance of geospatial sciences and Geographic information System (GIS) in analyzing real-life spatial phenomena. ADEC is empowering the educational skills outcomes of high-school curriculum by devoting additional chapters in GIS and GPS Applications. As a result, ADEC will need to train existing human staff in the field of Geography on using ArcGIS software and other geospatial programs.
The importants of Geo-Spatial science:
ADEC initiative in Geo-Spatial science:
The website objective:
1- To create an annotative program that will guide the geography teachers to develop their skills and knowledge in using GIS.
2- To support ADEC in enhancing GIS in Geospatial curriculum for high schools.
