🎯 Learning Intention

Today I will connect GIS data handling to the Systems Design Process by sketching how inputs, processes, and outputs work in a GIS project.

✅ Success Criteria

I can create a simple system map of my GIS workflow and explain how inputs, processes, and outputs fit together.

🌍 Why Are We Learning This?

GIS isn’t just about pretty maps — it’s a system. Every dataset you add, every tool you run, and every visualization you share is part of a design cycle. Thinking this way helps you solve bigger problems with technology.

🧠 Warm-Up – Tech Journal Prompt

💡 “Think about how a fast-food restaurant works. What are the inputs, processes, and outputs?”

(Ex: inputs = ingredients, process = cooking, output = meal.)

📚 Word of the Day

System

• Definition: A set of connected parts working together as a whole.
• Sentence: “GIS is a system because data, tools, and maps all interact to create meaning.”
• Why it matters: Systems thinking helps you see how small steps create big outcomes.

📣 Formative Lecture & Demo (10–12 min)

• Recap Tuesday & Wednesday: data → attributes → map visualization.
• Show how that workflow = a system:
  • Inputs: CSVs, shapefiles, surveys.
  • Processes: cleaning data, classifying, analyzing.
  • Outputs: maps, dashboards, StoryMaps.