Esri’s social media map app is a free, easily customized tool for teachers to empower students to visualize trends and understand the world. A Twitter post by Esri Tech Evangelist Bern Szukalski, included a link to directions to make your own. Using these directions I made a social media map with a Twitter layer. I […]
Fans of mapping and/ or technology who enjoy the anytime, anywhere type of learning that characterize Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) might want to check out the new MOOC by Esri, http://goo.gl/LEHIrL. The free online course, “Do it Yourself Geo Apps” is from Feb. 3 to March 2. Needless to say I’ve signed up. I […]
A fall hike in Springfield, Illinois’ beautiful Lincoln Memorial Garden inspired a Story Map Tour. Here are the steps I took to create the tour: 1. uploaded geotagged images to my Flickr account 2. changed the location privacy settings to public 3. went to the website storymaps.arcgis.com/ and logged in to my public account 4. […]
Because it’s easy! 1. Easy to access FREE high-quality instructional materials! Teachers, check out the online lessons and resources for Earth Science, U.S. History and Geography. http://www.esri.com/connected 2. Easy to get started with the online course, “Teaching with GIS”, http://training.esri.com/gateway/index.cfm?fa=catalog.webCourseDetail&courseid=2198. Other professional development opportunities may be found on the Esri EdCommunity website. 3. Easy to […]