Author: Barbaree
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Education and Geography Articles from Directions Magazine
If you’re looking for articles that I wrote while at Directions Magazine, you’ll find them among the selections at the GISetc website. Read more
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Remotely Spatial Column with Apollo Mapping
In cooperation with Apollo Mapping, I have a monthly column entitled “Remotely Spatial” where I mostly share geospatially connected ideas and talk about how maps connect us to the world in different ways. Remotely Spatial: Can You See Me? Posted on March 3rd, 2026 In the early 2000s, I showed teachers Google Earth – recently Read more
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Blog Archives from Blogspot
https://gisined.blogspot.com Blog entries from 2005-2015 Read more
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Watsons Go to Birmingham – A GIS Adventure
The story of a family traveling from Flint, MI to Birmingham, AL in 1963 is the heart of this mapping experience for students. They explore the journey, historic demographics, change over time, and take virtual field trip. Join the Watsons on a journey in the brown bomber, https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=0b83b10a4e9148fd80e3fad5300e3e05 Read more
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42 ideas to include GIS in Education
Fresh from our presentation at the Esri EdUC 2015 with a salute to Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Shannon White and I present 42 ideas and resources that may help educators and geomentors in their quest to integrate GIS, GPS and geography into education, inside and outside. bring a map of the school to examine and interpret map Read more
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Common Core Reading & StoryMap
I’ve tied the reading standards to story maps to give students an unique opportunity to engage with the standards. There is one activity for each main standard. Central Ideas Compare Approaches Read and Comprehend Delineate and Evaluate Developing Ideas Inferences and Evidence Integrate and Evaluate Interpret and Analyze Point of View and Purpose Structure and Read more
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Interesting Facts: Authors, Words and Books
Thanks to a recent email from a friend who knows I love cool and quirky facts, I found yet more…cool and quirky facts from the fun folks at Mental Floss. Some of these could be excellent fun as we approach the end of another school year. Twain’s Typewriter Authors and Their Typewriters I’m thinking this Read more
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The Great Watermelon Conundrum of 1978
Summers were great fun in the deep south! Afternoon stiflingly sticky heat was often quenched with the timely arrival of the ice cream truck as you hear “The Entertainer” tune from far away…plenty of time to plead with Mom for 50 cents! Often those summers included family journeys to the lake house or our family farm. My Popie, my Read more
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Reading, Writing and Thinking for Any Gadget
I’ve been busy making books accessible in multiple formats over the last few months. My book is now available in digital PDF, Kindle and of course the good ol’ print version. In the coming weeks look for all the Carte Diem Press titles in multiple digital formats for your easy access to geospatial curriculum! The Read more