Author: Barbaree
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GIS = STEM
For folks needing great tools for STEM education, Charlie Fitzpatrick wrote a compelling blog entry at the Education Community for ESRI. Check it out at http://blogs.esri.com/Info/blogs/gisedcom/archive/2009/11/09/fun-with-gis-30-gis-powertool-for-stem.aspx. http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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Geography Awareness Week
This Geography Awareness Week, get lost in mapping! From November 15-21, go to GeographyAwarenessWeek.org for games, activities, and lessons about mapping that you can do at home or at school, brought to you by National Geographic and partner organizations. Explore maps big and small, high-tech and low-tech! At GeographyAwarenessWeek.org, you can piece together a… Read more
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Lit Trips and Author’s Homes
If you haven’t stopped by www.googlelittrips.com lately, then you might need to revisit! For those who are new to this fine resource, Jerome Berg has a collection of journeys that open nicely in Google Earth or ArcGIS Explorer. In addition, they now have 3D models of Author’s homes created in Sketch Up and placed where… Read more
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Kiwi and Pear Travel the World
Kiwi and Pear are two world traveling monkeys that spread love, friendship and happiness to everyone they meet. The book comes with a world map and stickers for children to interact with the book. Check is out at http://www.kiwiandpear.com/. http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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Easy "Make a Map" GIS
ESRI?s new Make a Map application lets you zoom in on any area of the U.S. and select from 7 different demographic layers. Then you can link to the map you have made or embed it in your own Web page.Enter a location, select a layer, resize the map, and share the map: http://mapapps.esri.com/create-map/index.html http://gisined.blogspot.com… Read more
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Fall is Data Hunting Season
If you’re on the hunt for data, there are many resources available where the data is free for educators. Often the challenge is how to search for it efficiently. Like the rest of the globe, I tend to start with a Google search to see what I get. I thought the folks who need simplicity… Read more
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Maps of the Imagination
If you are interested in mapping and the humanities, then Peter Turchi’s book Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer is a MUST read! He writes, “The purpose of a story or poem, unlike that of a diary, is not to record our experience but to create a context for, and to lead the… Read more
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World View from A Different Perspective
If you’re not familiar with World Mapper, then you really should check it out. www.worldmapper.org These folks have a cool collection of shape-shifting maps based on the data. For my serious geographer friends, I know that’s not the term. 🙂 For all the teachers out there, you can download the poster versions of each map… Read more
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Discovery Earth LIVE
This tool from the Discovery Channel is another great way to experience content and geography in a dynamic, timely way. http://dsc.discovery.com/discovery-earth-live/?campaign=dsc-int-hp-p5-el-1# http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more