PolicyMap has introduced some new resources. Read their announcement here:<\/p>\n
\nIntroducing Curriculum Resources<\/h3>\n
An increasing number of college and graduate classes in social sciences, health sciences, and other disciplines are using PolicyMap as a way to bring data and spatial analysis to students. In Sociology, it\u2019s being used to show the relationship between toxic waste sites and lower income minority neighborhoods. In Public Health, it\u2019s being used to identify populations with elevated health risks. In Public Policy, it\u2019s being used to find ways to increase resilience in communities at risk of natural disasters.<\/p>\n
One thing we\u2019d heard from professors was that it would be helpful to have resources available for them to introduce PolicyMap to their class, like handouts with basic instructions, or ideas for integrating PolicyMap into their syllabus.<\/p>\n
So we created a new section of our site, Curriculum Resources<\/a>. It has four major components:<\/p>\n
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- Assignments, papers, and syllabi<\/a> from colleges and universities around the country that have made use of PolicyMap<\/li>\n
- Sample exercises<\/a> that professors can give to students, or rewrite to fit the context of their classes<\/li>\n
- Short videos<\/a> showing how PolicyMap has been used to teach concepts in classes<\/li>\n
- Webinars<\/a> in which professors have discussed how they\u2019ve taught data and spatial analysis concepts using PolicyMap<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
We\u2019ll be adding new useful content to this resource on an ongoing basis. If you\u2019ve used PolicyMap in your class or for a paper and want to be featured, or if there\u2019s anything more you\u2019d like to see here that you think would be helpful, please let us know<\/a>.<\/p>\n