tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27591265253764624712024-02-19T10:00:35.706-05:00Ignite EducationAdena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comBlogger575125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-3836760695392955522021-10-28T11:47:00.005-04:002021-10-28T12:05:21.962-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: Snopes, PBS and the Big Ten take on geography and GISA note from the editorThis will be the last issue of GIS Ed Weekly. You can find the full archive here on my Ignite Education blog.I wish readers all the best in your geography/GIS education pursuits!Resources for teaching and learningWaPo: The geography of the Great Resignation: First-time data shows where Americans are quitting the most - "Kentucky, Idaho, South Dakota and Iowa Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-82628190277164416202021-10-21T14:29:00.008-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.605-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: Godiva settling geographical court case for $20MOn and off campusTAMU: A new way to map with conservation data - "The Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, a unit of Texas A&M AgriLife, is seeking to engage land managers, citizens and policymakers in visualizing natural resource conflicts and solutions through a new mapping application called TxMAP."The GW Hatchet: Geography department unable to access data as officials upgrade Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-46132095919071050422021-10-14T16:57:00.004-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.598-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: Philosophy lecturer uses video game map in presentation; students freak outResources for teaching and learning Veterinary colleges and minority-serving institutions 2021JVMA News: Map connects veterinary colleges, minority-serving institutions - "In an effort to promote recruitment of, collaboration with, and increased access and opportunity for underrepresented students, the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges has created an Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-82065222699592160372021-10-07T16:45:00.002-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.605-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: Are maps for machines the future?Resources for teaching and learningHow long mail will take to arrive from Chicago.Washington Post: DeJoy’s USPS slowdown plan will delay the mail. What’s it mean for your Zip code? - The maps are interesting, but so is the impact these changes will have on the U.S. economy, among other topics.NPR: The Vinland Map, thought to be the oldest map of America, is officially a fake - Experts from Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-26557697804782208452021-09-30T14:55:00.005-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.593-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: Students explore old Bloomington, Worcester's buses and Victoria's housing crisisOn and off campusMy favorite map in Bloomington story: you navigatethe map via modern image, but see details from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps from 1907!Indiana Student Daily: Early 1900s Bloomington shows historic city, shifting landscape in interactive map - An, IU project called Reconstructing Bloomington, displays data on early 1900s Bloomington. IU Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-38202972718153348032021-09-23T16:40:00.002-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.596-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: GIS tackles snakebites, Mexican American civil rights and Sudan's refugee crisisResources for teaching and learningEntry for Micrurus spixii in The WHO Snakebite Information and Data platform.WHO: Snakebite envenoming: an interactive data platform to support the 2030 targets - The app has search tools for type of snake, range and antivenom information and invites user generated content.UTSA Libraries tour highlights local influence on Mexican Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-77735876408395719002021-09-16T19:53:00.004-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.604-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: A new Hopkins dashboard maps COVID behaviorsResources for teaching and learning A screenshot from The GeographyThe Pitch: The Geography is both a video game and a ~vibe~ generator - A new video game based on real world data ("geographic data from Svalbard, Norway rendered into low-poly landscapes") may help calm active minds. Johns Hopkins: Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-21308001819064916902021-09-09T12:13:00.005-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.592-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: What defines an advanced GIS course?Resources for teaching and learningToday UK News: The geography of AI - "AI activity in the U.S. is highly concentrated in a short list of ‘superstar’ aggregations and early adopter hubs, often arrayed along the coasts"Twitter: Carl Churchill notes: "You can extend the interactivity of #StoryMaps with live charts made with #d3 and @observablehq notebooks. Here is a chart sitting in a Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-5533063715142151732021-09-02T14:56:00.005-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.589-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: When a student poster ends up on a UN websiteResources for teaching and learningEarth Observatory: Satellite Observes Power Outages in New Orleans - "A team of scientists from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) has mapped the outages using satellite data. The images above show nighttime lights data acquired on August 9 and 31 by the Suomi NPP satellite. The baseAdena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-16272934760532389432021-08-26T16:01:00.002-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.591-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: The Fed explores the geography of remote workResources for teaching and learning The Guardian: ‘They deserve a place in history’: music teacher makes map of female composers- Sakira Ventura, a 28 year old music teacher from Valencia created an interactive Google map that features more than 500 female composers from across the globe. NY Times: These Maps Tell the Story of Two Americas: One Parched; Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-14422775521347195732021-08-19T16:41:00.001-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.591-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: GIS making communities betterResources for teaching and learningScience: ‘Mind blowing’: Grizzly bear DNA maps onto Indigenous language families - "A new analysis has found that the grizzlies here [in coastal British Columbia Canada] form three distinct genetic groups, and these groups align closely with the region’s three Indigenous language families." Via @sarahebourne.Art News: How I Made This: Anton Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-29316567216373029192021-08-12T20:38:00.003-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.594-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: Understanding Afghanistan, protecting surf spotsResources for teaching and learning PV Magazine: Every state has room for solar to grow, researchers say - A map produced by researchers at the University of Albany offers a state-by-state analysis of energy needs and usable land for deployment.CNN: One month later: These maps show how quickly Covid engulfed the US again - "More than 98% of US residents now live in an Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-40163375451771354002021-08-05T12:38:00.002-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.596-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: Remote sensing illuminates floods, shipwrecksResources for teaching and learning
Insider: Map shows which states have the most support for Simone Biles after her withdrawal from Olympic all-around competition - "The team at betonline.ag set out to determine which US states support Biles following her unprecedented decision in Tokyo. Using geotagged Twitter data in the 48 hours following the team all-around competition Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-60414220825737160962021-07-29T11:35:00.001-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.600-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: The Olympics teach us geographyResources for teaching and learning
A map depicting forest management history
in the Bootleg Fire burn zone.
Oregon Public Radio: The Bootleg Fire grew fast. Did forest management play a role? - "The footprint of the Bootleg Fire includes a history of commercial logging, thinning, clear cutting, prescribed fire and other intensive management Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-79158264730532493842021-07-22T14:55:00.000-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.604-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: More Airbnbs in a neighborhood means more crimeResources for teaching and learning Business Insider: Striking map shows the vaccination divide between a few rich countries and the rest of the world
- The map, from Max Roser of the site Our World in Data, shows the
percentage of each country's population to receive at least one dose of a coronavirus
vaccine.Northeastern: When Airbnbs increase in a neighborhood, so does crime. Here’s why. - Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-38678763645438087872021-07-15T16:46:00.001-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.596-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: WPI offers "text only" accessible campus mapResources for Teaching and LearningHopkins: America Is Reopening. But have we flattened the curve? - "See trends in confirmed cases for all 50 states" As you consider the map at right, remember: "The greener the background, the bigger the downward trend of new cases in this state. The redder the background, the bigger the upward trend of new cases in this state."California Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-25489976235103527412021-07-08T12:23:00.000-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.593-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: Which colleges will require vaccines this fall?Meanwhile in Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education Here’s a List of Colleges That Will Require Students or Employees to Be Vaccinated Against Covid-19 - At right I've posted "a map showing the locations of colleges that are requiring vaccines of at least some students or employees. The states are color-coded based on how each voted in the 2020 presidential election." (Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-89374247228514644172021-07-01T17:05:00.002-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.606-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: Is there equity in the distribution of college readiness or heat islands?Resources for Teaching and Learning
We are Here: Indigenous Diaspora in Los Angeles: CIELO lead the creation of an "innovative and unique map resource of indigenous immigrant communities in Los Angeles...." Via my cousin Julia.
WebMD: We made a map. It's probably wrong - "In the end, though, the shoddy data mean neither the government nor the public have enough Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-21052189908829326082021-06-24T15:57:00.001-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.592-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: New credential, new geocaching group, new mile-long map of ScotlandPrograms and CredentialsGeospatial Educator Certification Program: Applications are now been accepted for an educator cohort running from September 2021 to January 2022. The program, from the GeoTech Center, is open "to secondary instructors, 2-year and 4-year faculty. Participants will be paid a $1000 stipend to complete the program (including taking pre and post self-assessments, pre and Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-21592854510158223122021-06-17T15:01:00.000-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.592-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: Mapping trans laws, locating Niagara FallsResources for Teaching and Learning
2020 bills banning trans youth from sports
The Guardian: Mapping the anti-trans laws sweeping America: ‘A war on 100 front - After sports-focused bills, the bulk of the "other anti-trans bills sought to outlaw gender-affirming healthcare, with at least 36 proposals related to medical treatments across 21 states."
Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-59609635018735875992021-06-10T11:19:00.001-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.600-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: A new universal spatial patternResources for Teaching and Learning
Visual Capitalist: A Map of the Online World in Incredible Detail - This map of the internet by Halcyon Maps was inspired "by the look and design of historical maps" and "provides a snapshot of the current state of the World Wide Web, as of April 2021."
Vice: Millions of People's Location Data Revealed a 'Universal' Pattern In Study - "A Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-76872275086578824572021-06-03T14:00:00.002-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.603-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: Learning about and discharging discriminatory covenantsResources for Teaching and Learning NBC News: Mask tracker: Does your state still require face masks? - What would you have expected "green" to mean?NY Times: Can Removing Highways Fix America’s Cities?
- "Highways radically reshaped cities, destroying dense downtown
neighborhoods. Now, some cities are starting to take them down."U ARK: Low-Wage Earners Spent Less Time at Home During EarlyAdena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-69780729705816612622021-05-27T11:07:00.003-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.602-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: "We need to prioritize tools that are free and open source"Resources for Teaching and Learning
Bloomberg Opinion: This Is How Europe Can Push Back Against China and Russia - "A huge infrastructure project by 12 eastern EU states is an obvious geopolitical opportunity." Says @BrianTimoney: "dust off your Halford Mackinder Geographic-Pivot-of-History take..." I've not thought about Halford Mackinder for thirty plus years!
Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-5492334704101531072021-05-20T16:10:00.001-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.589-04:00GIS Ed Weekly: How COVID-19 will change the geography of competitionCourses and Programs
YouthMappers: Announcing the YouthMappers Academy! An Online Platform to Build Mappers - The first courses will be available June 1 on the TechChange platform. Each course completed confers a Geobadge (American Geographical Society badging effort). The courses include:
Course 1: The OSM Ecosystem
Course 2: Mapping with iD Editor
Course 3: Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759126525376462471.post-30965545281002701342021-05-13T12:20:00.002-04:002021-10-27T15:07:22.594-04:00GIS Education Weekly: Three free ways to learn GEEPrograms and Courses
BDaily News: New Campaign Aims to Create a New Generation of Indiana Jones’ [sic] - "Yorkshire-based geospatial professionals, Elaine Ball (43) and Elly Ball (33), have today announced the launch of their new Get Kids into Survey global recruitment campaign to help save the future of surveying."
Earth Engine Course: Ujaval Gandhi (@spatialthoughts) Adena Schutzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08822022066200858744noreply@blogger.com