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GIS Day is Coming up!

I’m looking forward to GIS Day at the University of Illinois on Tuesday, November 15! This year, I’m presenting a 5 minute lightning talk for the event, “15 Online Mapping Tools and Resources to Empower K-12 Students with Valuable Knowledge and Skills”. Below is a GIS Day video to get you in the spirit!

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To share or not to share

To share with everyone, with a group, or not to share are considerations with all online media and maps are no exception. An ArcGIS Online account for schools offers all these options. Audience is the primary consideration in determining sharing privileges. The Story Map Tour below is an example of an embedded Story Map. Since […]

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AP Human Geography Conference 2016

Geography conferences are the best! Walking, observing, learning & sharing with awesome people who love geography and education made the Illinois AP Human Geography Conference top-notch! For those educators at the conference, resources for the “Leveraging Online Mapping Resources to Enhance Learning” session are now posted: https://thinkgeospatial.education/presentations/enrich-ap-human-geography-lessons-with-an-online-atlas/ Thank you teachers for all you do for […]

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