Author: Barbaree
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Confluencing
Now that summer’s upon us, you might be interested in grabbing your GPS unit and doing some exploring. Get the scoop at http://www.confluence.org! As my friend Joseph says, “Get out there and explore the world!” http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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Spatial News
My friend, Dr. Joseph Kerski, and some fine Nebraska teachers made the news!They had coverage at KNOP based on the hour or so that a TV reporter spent with them at the GIS workshop: http://www.knopnews2.com/ There is a spatial thinking link above, today. Not sure how long it will be active but this might work… Read more
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Great GIS in Education Search Tool!
EdGIShttp://edgis.org/edgis/ Happy searching! http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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National Summit on Geospatial Technologies in K-12 Education
The National Center for Rural STEM Education will be hosting a National Summit on Geospatial Technologies in K-12 Education at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA from 11 to 12 July 2008. This gathering will provide an opportunity for developers and teachers to share materials and approaches, for school districts to learn about the possibilities… Read more
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GIS Student Contest
Thought the GIS edu folks might be interested… GeoWeb 2008 Conference – 1st Student ContestGeoWeb is the industry leading event focused on GIS and the Internet Do you have what it takes to develop a piece of software or a solution to a theoretical problem to win our student contest? If you do, then we… Read more
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GIS Student Contest
Thought the GIS edu folks might be interested… GeoWeb 2008 Conference – 1st Student ContestGeoWeb is the industry leading event focused on GIS and the Internet Do you have what it takes to develop a piece of software or a solution to a theoretical problem to win our student contest? If you do, then we… Read more
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Map and Technology Geeks Unite!
Thanks Shannon for sharing this link…http://shirt.woot.com/friends.aspx?k=4860 And….if you haven’t seen this week’s episode of “The Big Bang Theory” on CBS then…http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/ http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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Cool Stuff to do with Google Maps
http://geography.about.com/b/2008/02/25/100-things-to-do-with-google-maps-mashups.htm http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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GeoTech 2008-day 1
I’m at GeoTech 2008 this week in Dallas, TX! We had a great day of pre-conference workshops today. I enjoyed hearing Bob Coulter of the Missouri Botanical Garden talk about Historic GIS Data. Bob did a great job talking us through downloading and incorporating the downloaded files into our own GIS projects.http://www.nhgis.org/ I worked with… Read more
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Activity Testers Needed for Rural STEM Project
GIS in Education CommunityThe National Center for Rural STEM Education at James Madison University is looking for activity testers for a new set of GIS activities written for AEJEE and ArcGIS 9. The lessons are written for middle school students, but we would be interested in testers at all primary and secondary school grades.We’ll offer… Read more