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Tough Choices or Tough Times
I sense a strong desire that most people in the field of educational GIS want to change the educational system. While some seek to include more fieldwork or inquiry-based learning, others want nothing...
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GIS is Integrative and Interdisciplinary
At conferences and exhibits, we regularly have educators come by and ask “where does GIS fit in the curriculum?” Once getting beyond the moment of having that deer in the headlights look on my face and...
View ArticleEssays on Geography and GIS
Essays on Geography and GIS is a compilation of best practices in a free electronic book (in PDF) from ESRI. Articles include: What Is GIS? What Holds Us Together Exploration in the Age of Digital...
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The First Global Land Cover Map and Data Set
The POSTEL Service Centre / MEDIAS-France have made the first global land cover data at 300 meters resolution freely downloadable. This land cover map discriminates continental ecosystems according to...
View ArticleEssays on Geography and GIS (reprise)
Looking for a document that can help people understand spatial thinking and why geotechnologies are so valuable? In this new GIS Best Practices booklet [PDF-4.99 MB], you can read essays from a number...
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Geographic Resources Publication Listing
The James and Marilyn Lovell Center for Environmental Geography and Hazards Research, housed in the Department of Geography at Texas State University, announced this week the availability of a...
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GIS: Why It's "Geography In Action"
ESRI president Jack Dangermond explains how GIS is fulfilling a vision of geography as an integrative science and how ArcGIS 9.3 software advances both the company’s GIS technology and the underlying...
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Fun with GIS #41: GIS, Standards, and a Tiny Example
A new set of draft standards has been released. The Common Core Standards are a result of work by the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association. The vision has been...
View ArticleIs GIS in schools “standard” in your state?
State curriculum standards guide if not dictate what will or can be taught in many U.S. K-12 classrooms. As a result, concepts and topics, not appearing in the standards are often not taught by the...
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Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences: Connections to GIS Education
The National Research Council (NRC) has created a landmark report entitled Understanding the Changing Planet: Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences, which I believe has key implications...
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