Barbaree Duke: Incorporating geospatial technologies and geography into traditional subjects.

Category: choropleth maps

Oh the Places You’ll Go: Poems about Places and more

Barbaree

March 30, 2012

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National Poetry Month is just two days away! So often my students had challenges connecting with iambic verse, haiku rules and lofty language. It doesn’t have to be that way. Poetry is art and communication all rolled into one. Get away from the textbook and go to some new places with poetry! Some cool things to… Read more
World View from A Different Perspective

Barbaree

September 4, 2009

choropleth maps, gis data, GIS in Education, world mapper, world maps

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