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DESCRIPTION:A project called "Cool Geography Lesson" was launched in Estoni
 an schools to promote geography education in 2016. It was conducted by the
  University of Tartu geography students' association EGEA-Tartu. The initi
 ative ran for seven years (until 2023) and reached over 10\,000 students a
 ll over Estonia. The project featured interactive workshops on seven diffe
 rent geography-related topics. Two of these workshops introduced students 
 to geoinformatics with the help of QGIS. \n\nThis presentation will share 
 insights from the experience of how to teach hands-on geoinformatics to se
 condary school students (ages 14–17) who often have no prior exposure to
  QGIS. Participants in the workshops either developed a basic 3D model of 
 Tallinn's city center or created a choropleth map of Estonia using QGIS so
 ftware. The workshops also included a theoretical component\, showcasing t
 he importance of geoinformatics and its real-world applications. \n\nThe s
 ession will explore the following topics: \n\n- Background of the project 
 and structure of the workshops. \n- What challenges were encountered and w
 hat lessons were learned? \n- Can total beginners learn to use QGIS within
  a short time frame? \n- What was the students’ feedback to the workshop
 s?
DTSTAMP:20260517T205243Z
LOCATION:Statisten
SUMMARY:QGIS in Estonian schools - experience from the project “Cool geog
 raphy lesson” - Merli Neito
URL:https://talks.staging.osgeo.org/qgis-uc2025/talk/DF9LMR/
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