Author: Barbaree
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ESRI User Conference 2007: DAY 2
Day 2 for me started with Environmental Learning projects. The folks at Science Approach (http://www.science-approach.com/) shared their work with CIPE, Ocean Explorers and the Teams. Check out their work at http://www.exploreoceans.org/Team. They were followed by Lauren Young from Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi who shared her Master’s project work. She’s created lessons and experiences for… Read more
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ESRI User Conference 2007: DAY 1
It’s another great trip to San Diego, CA this year!Day 1: We started with great presentations by the ESRI staff on the latest and greatest with their efforts. Ann told us that the licenses will include more extensions. ArcGIS online is a great resource: http://services.arcgisonline.com/. The folks from the ESRI Mapping Center shared their new… Read more
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Shannon’s List of Resources
A *.pdf of this document is available for download at http://www.barbareeduke.com/resources.htm What other GIS resources are available to me as an educator?by Shannon H. White, Ph.D. Courses and other trainingColleges, universities and community collegesMany educational institutions offer courses in GIS. There are few courses designed for educators and integration of GIS in the K-16 setting.… Read more
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Google Literature Field Trips and Rumsey Maps
My hat’s off to these creative thinkers. Check out http://www.googlelittrips.com! While you’re playing with Google Earth, be sure to look under featured content for the Rumsey collection. What a cool experience to see these historic maps ON THE GLOBE! By the way, you will need the latest version of Google Earth to utilize this feature.… Read more
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Great Article
A friend sent this article to me…thought you folks might be interested! http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/gis/index.cfm http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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New Website
Greetings again from Alexandria, VA! I’ve changed my website so now that no matter where I live, the web will be active. You can now reach me at http://www.barbareeduke.com in addition to this blog. I’ll be doing my best to keep things updated as I begin new projects.Thanks for your interest! ~Barbaree http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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Driving GIS in Education
Stuck at home on a snowy and icy day…working on my upcoming presentations and lessons… Question of the day is: What is driving GIS in Education? Industry perspective? Curriculum perspective? Teacher perspective? Data or curriculum? Are there other things driving the content that is produced? What does the community need over what’s being done? http://gisined.blogspot.com… Read more
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Literature and GIS
Well, I’ll be on the road again in February. I’m joining the good folks in Dallas, TX at Bishop Dunne Catholic School for GEOTECH 2007. For those of you interested in integrating GIS and geography with literature and language arts in the K-12 classroom, you’ll love this information. Find out more at http://www.bdhs.org/geotech/. http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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Building a GIS Program in Middle School
Recently I have had online conversations with some fine folks around the world, literally, regarding the use of GIS within a middle school. A few years ago I wrote an article for the SITE conference that gives my experience with building a program in a middle school. I started as the only person on campus… Read more
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Get out in the geography!
As many educators know, experiencing the landscape in person brings to life the maps, data and curriculum that we are giving students. A great way to experience the globe is to visit a confluence. Yes, that’s confluence not conference. What is a confluence? It’s the intersections of latitude and longitude all over the globe. There’s… Read more