Category: spatial awareness
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Interesting Facts: Authors, Words and Books
Thanks to a recent email from a friend who knows I love cool and quirky facts, I found yet more…cool and quirky facts from the fun folks at Mental Floss. Some of these could be excellent fun as we approach the end of another school year. Twain’s Typewriter Authors and Their Typewriters I’m thinking this… Read more
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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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Jack Dangermond Speaks on GIS and Web 2.0
This is a nice video of Jack Dangermond, head of ESRI, presenting on the connection between spatial awareness, GIS and the web. Check it out at: http://where.blip.tv/file/2151502/. http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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Great Spatial Thinking Article
My friend, Dr. Joseph Kerski, has penned a nice article on spatial thinking in the latest issue of ArcWatch from ESRI. This issue has come to the forefront in recent years, but I believe is at the core of education, regardless of the subject. We need to create communities of thinkers. Thinking happens for students… Read more