Category: GIS in Education
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New My World GIS Versions of our STEM GIS Activities
For all you My World GIS users, the National Center for Rural STEM Education Outreach -Geospatial Technology has just posted the My World GIS versions of their 12 activity collection. You can download the activities for AEJEE, ArcGIS or My World GIS. http://www.isat.jmu.edu/stem/curriculum.html http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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Zoomarrific Historic Maps
Happy Geography Week! If you’re interested in historic maps, then check this out! http://rumsey.geogarage.com It’s an easy to use web map with a selection of David Rumsey’s Historical Map Collection on an aerial view of the globe. Once you click on a map point, then you can click again and see the map on the… Read more
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Virtually Speaking
I’ve spent this week with my colleagues, GISetc, at the Region 11 Virtual Technology Conference. It’s been a great opportunity to see many speakers in a new venue for me. We did two live presentations and several demo sessions on GIS in Education and GIS tools. Stop by and visit the virtual booth or check… Read more
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GIS = STEM
For folks needing great tools for STEM education, Charlie Fitzpatrick wrote a compelling blog entry at the Education Community for ESRI. Check it out at http://blogs.esri.com/Info/blogs/gisedcom/archive/2009/11/09/fun-with-gis-30-gis-powertool-for-stem.aspx. http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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Lit Trips and Author’s Homes
If you haven’t stopped by www.googlelittrips.com lately, then you might need to revisit! For those who are new to this fine resource, Jerome Berg has a collection of journeys that open nicely in Google Earth or ArcGIS Explorer. In addition, they now have 3D models of Author’s homes created in Sketch Up and placed where… Read more
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Easy "Make a Map" GIS
ESRI?s new Make a Map application lets you zoom in on any area of the U.S. and select from 7 different demographic layers. Then you can link to the map you have made or embed it in your own Web page.Enter a location, select a layer, resize the map, and share the map: http://mapapps.esri.com/create-map/index.html http://gisined.blogspot.com… Read more
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Fall is Data Hunting Season
If you’re on the hunt for data, there are many resources available where the data is free for educators. Often the challenge is how to search for it efficiently. Like the rest of the globe, I tend to start with a Google search to see what I get. I thought the folks who need simplicity… Read more
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Maps of the Imagination
If you are interested in mapping and the humanities, then Peter Turchi’s book Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer is a MUST read! He writes, “The purpose of a story or poem, unlike that of a diary, is not to record our experience but to create a context for, and to lead the… Read more
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World View from A Different Perspective
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
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Mapping Hurricanes
It’s that time of year again! One easy way to map and analyze tropical storms and hurricanes is with the National Hurricane Center Data. All maps from the website are available for GIS applications. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gis/ http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more