Category: GIS in Education
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2nd Graders & Spatial Awareness
This teacher shares how she implemented the study of coordinate systems in her 2nd grade classroom. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills – EduVision You might also be interested in Ken Kay’s video on fusing the 3 R’s and the 4 C’s. http://tiny.cc/vvs7o http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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Costa Rica is CALLING YOU!
Costa Rica Technology in the Field with GISetc The signup and payment date has been extended to May 1 for our July 2010 trip to the southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica. This field experience has a strong marine component and encompasses substantive work being done with the community of Bahia Ballena near the Osa… Read more
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New Curriculum on the Horizon!
I’m working with the fine folks at GISetc to bring you two new curriculum products: one for elementary students and the other integrating geospatial technologies into English Language Arts! Coming this June! http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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Safaris, Trash and Adventure: GeoTech 2010
Don’t be fooled by the conference title! It’s not just about geography and technology. GeoTech is an opportunity to expand your horizons. It doesn’t matter what you teach, because you WILL find something for you! I’m a thinker, something that was a problem in the 4th grade…accused of daydreaming, but as an educator has served… Read more
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A Sunday Drive and GPS Data
Don’t be intimidated by the word “data”! Like Forrest Gump says, “You can tell a lot about people…where they goin’…where they been.” While out on what my grandfather called “A Sunday Drive” yesterday, I tried this with my new iPhone. GIS Education Community Blog : Fun with GIS #42: Using the iPhone to Collect Data… Read more
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Climate Change: See the Data!
This project offers a great way to integrate GIS and geospatial technologies with just your internet browser. Use this website to enhance your classroom discussion of climate change! http://www.climatewizard.org Here’s some additional information that might be helpful to that discussion: http://www.esri.com/library/bestpractices/climate-change.pdf http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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Ready for Disaster?
I love that there’s always something new in resources and enhancements for any lesson that you create! In the Rural STEM GIS lesson collection (http://www.isat.jmu.edu/stem/curriculum.html) there are activities related to disasters. FEMA has created a web experience for kids (Adults and Businesses at www.ready.gov) that sends them on an adventure. http://www.ready.gov/kids/index.html There are nice ancillary… Read more
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3rd National Summit on GIS in K-12 Education at James Madison University
The National Center for Rural STEM Education will be hosting the 3rd National Summit on GIS in K-12 Education at James Madison University in Harrisonburg from 19-20 June 2010. This gathering will provide an opportunity for developers and teachers to share materials and approaches, for school districts to learn about the possibilities for GIS in… Read more
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Pointed Journeys
I’ve mentioned the Degree Confluence project in the past (www.confluence.org), because I’ve been out there zeroing out my GPS unit: twice to 30N 90W, one trek in the middle of Lake Tahoe and others. It’s great fun! I was introduced to this project by Dr. Joseph Kerski. Appropriately, The American Surveyor has featured a beautiful… Read more
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ASCD 2010 Report
I’m reminded of the Dr. Suess book, Oh the Places You’ll Go! Two conferences in one weekend is where I went…driving to San Antonio from GeoTech in Dallas. After stopping by Baylor University, my alma mater, to say hello to the bears (Yes, we have real bears in the bear habitat on campus). Shannon White… Read more