Category: geospatial

Geospatial Revolution

Barbaree

August 5, 2009

geospatial, geospatial technology, GIS, GIS in Education

I had the priviledge of hearing Fred Hoffman from the Roanoke Governor’s School this summer at the National Summit for GIS in K-12 Education at JMU discuss remote sensing. He shared a resource with us from Penn State called the Geospatial Revolution Project. I heard it again at the the ESRI Users Conference this July.… Read more
Focusing the Spatial Lens in the Classroom

Barbaree

July 23, 2009

ASCD Express, geospatial, geospatial technology, GIS in Education, spatial thinking

My good friend and colleague, Dr. Shannon White, has written an article in the latest edition of the ASCD Express. Have a look at “Focusing the Spatial Lens in the Classroom” at http://www.ascd.org/ascd_express/vol4/421_newvoices.aspx http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
New Book, Digital Geography-Geospatial Technologies in the Social Studies Classroom

Barbaree

January 30, 2008

geography education, geospatial, GIS in Education, social studies

Digital Geography – Geospatial Technologies in the Social Studies ClassroomEdited by:Andrew J. Milson, University of North Texas andMarsha Alibrandi, Fairfield University You can order directly from the publisher at http://www.infoagepub.com/products/content/p473c94ace3ef3.php Alternatively, it is also available on Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Geography-Geo-spatial-Technologies-International/dp/1593116721/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201640376&sr=8-1 http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more

Category: geospatial

Geospatial Revolution

Focusing the Spatial Lens in the Classroom

New Book, Digital Geography-Geospatial Technologies in the Social Studies Classroom