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 […]
Four Online Resources for the History Classroom: 1.USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer http://goo.gl/MAuvFZ; 2. David Rumsey Historical Map Collection in ArcGIS Online http://goo.gl/Nk9mpL; 3. Investigating Land Use Change using Historical USGS Maps and Satellite Imagery in ArcGIS Online Blog post by Joseph Kerski, Oct. 30, 2915 http://goo.gl/ADzLXv; 4. Geoinquiries for History Instructional resources for history […]
Hope to see you at the IETC this week! Judy and I will be presenting Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. http://www.il-edtech.org/home