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GIS Is Key to 21st Century Skills

Educational researchers and policymakers increasingly call for “21st Century skills.” What exactly are these skills, and why are they important for education? One advocacy organization focused on this is the Partnership for 21st Century Skills , which Read More...
Posted Friday, October 02, 2009 7:06 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Traveling with Henry Hudson: A GIS Starter on the 400th Anniversary

Over a week ago, I discovered that this year is the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s landing at Manhattan and exploration of the river that now bears his name. More specifically, I learned that in the early weeks of September 1609 Hudson and his crew Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009 4:30 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
Attachment(s): Henry Hudson 1609 voyage.kml

Alaska School District Implements ESRI GIS Site License

Plans Include Geomentoring by Local Agencies and Visiting Scientists Redlands, California—The North Slope Borough (NSB) in Alaska has used ESRI's geographic information system (GIS) software for more than 30 years. Recognizing the potential of the technology Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 10, 2009 3:52 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Marching Band Is A Spatial Activity

On high school, university, and professional fields across the country is a fascinating spectacle repeated thousands of times annually—marching band. It is as ingrained on the public psyche as the sports played on those fields. I have attended dozens Read More...
Posted Friday, May 29, 2009 6:15 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Analyzing the Spatial Distribution of Businesses in ArcGIS Explorer

Elsewhere , I discussed using ArcGIS Explorer to map local businesses. Let’s now analyze the spatial pattern of businesses regionally or nationally. Think about different types and scales of businesses. Ted Drewes Frozen Custard is a local business with Read More...
Posted Friday, May 08, 2009 1:40 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Analyzing the Spatial Distribution of Class Participants

When beginning any new class, you seek to encourage the students to get to know each other so that they can start building learning relationships. An increasing number of GIS tools can help make this “getting to know” activity even more fun and geospatial Read More...
Posted Friday, April 24, 2009 2:06 AM by tbaker | 1 Comments

Demonstrating Spatial Analysis Functions Online

How many times teaching GIS have you wanted to quickly illustrate a function such as geocoding or viewsheds but you didn’t have GIS software or spatial data loaded on the instructor’s computer? Many key GIS functions are available on the ESRI Resources Read More...
Posted Friday, October 03, 2008 2:55 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Spatial “Habits of Mind” In Practice, Part IV: A Day in the Life of A Spatial Thinker

We are considering how spatial habits of mind might manifest themselves in 15 different ways in a typical day in the life of a spatial thinker. [ 12 ] While walking down the jetway to board the plane, you notice the amount of impervious surface that surround Read More...
Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 2:55 AM by tbaker | 1 Comments
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Spatial “Habits of Mind” In Practice, Part III: A Day in the Life of A Spatial Thinker

We are considering how spatial habits of mind might manifest themselves in 15 different ways in a typical day in the life of a spatial thinker. [ 7 ] As you check in with your airline’s ticket kiosk and agent, you marvel at the hundreds of tasks and processes, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:50 AM by tbaker | 1 Comments
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Spatial “Habits of Mind” In Practice, Part II: A Day in the Life of A Spatial Thinker

We are considering how spatial habits of mind might manifest themselves in 15 different ways in a typical day in the life of a spatial thinker. [ 4 ] The shuttle reaches the crest of a small hill, and you think about the many nearly imperceptible hills Read More...
Posted Friday, July 18, 2008 2:46 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Spatial “Habits of Mind” In Practice, Part I: A Day in the Life of A Spatial Thinker

Denver International Airport terminal, photograph by Joseph Kerski. In previous blog entries, I considered the importance of spatial thinking in education and in society, reasons for the recent increase in attention to it, and how we might conceptualize Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 2:37 AM by tbaker | 1 Comments
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Educators to Explore the Power of Spatial Thinking at the 2008 ESRI Education User Conference

The global education community will gather August 2–5, 2008, at the ESRI Education User Conference (EdUC), an inspirational and collaborative forum that fosters learning and sharing about using geographic information system (GIS) technology across disciplines. Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 8:51 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Thinking Spatially Using GIS (and AEJEE)

ESRI Press has released a quartet of new books to help people use GIS in educational settings. The first book in the series uses ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education (AEJEE), ESRI's free, downloadable, dual platform (Win/MacOSX), lightweight GIS tool. Read More...
Posted Monday, June 02, 2008 2:35 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

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 the thought “it fits everywhere,” I get into a rhythm Read More...
Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 2:52 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
Attachment(s): GIS is interdisciplinary.pdf

Spatial Thinking: Fundamental to Problem Solving

GIS is comprised of software, hardware, spatial data, procedures or methods, and, most important of all—people. It is the person who turns spatial data into spatial knowledge, who communicates that knowledge to others so that more informed decisions can Read More...
Posted Saturday, December 29, 2007 10:18 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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