Roger Palmer taught chemistry, physics, environmental and field science and is currently teaching and developing curriculum for the Texas Earth System Science course.  He has been involved with NASA initiatives using remote sensed imagery to teach math, science, and geography to K-12 students.  He holds an M.S. in Chemistry and conducts research projects in the use of GIS to model integrated approaches to environmental problems.

He has conducted GIS institutes for teachers and GIS/science camps for students in the USA and in the international arena for over ten years. He is the co-author of “Mapping Our World” and “Analyzing Our World” and the GPS activity book “Going Places with GPS.” He was a member of the development team for NCGE’s “Birdseye View” primary school curriculum and helped develop and teach the Eastern Michigan University GIS Masters Certificate program for educators. He is an active member of the geographic alliance in Texas and North Dakota.

Anita Palmer taught middle and high school technology and social studies.  She has authored and taught over one hundred technology institutes and classes for K-12 teachers focusing on integration of GIS technologies throughout the curriculum both in the USA and in the international arena over the past ten years.

Mrs. Palmer is co-author of the original “Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators”, the community-based” Community Geography: GIS in Action!” Teacher’s Guide, the newly released Our World “Mapping Our World” and “Analyzing Our World” as well as the first GPS activity book “Going Places with GPS.”  Mrs. Palmer was a member of the development team for the NASA funded “Birdseye View” primary school curriculum and was one of three developers and teachers of the Eastern Michigan University GIS Masters Certificate program for educators.  She is an active member of TAGE and GEM in Texas and a teacher consultant in the Geographic Alliance in Nevada and inducted into the GAIN Hall of Fame in 2004.

Barbaree Ash Duke is veteran classroom teacher and an educational consultant in Curriculum Integration and GIS in Education based in Foley, AL.  She taught English Language Arts in grades 6-12 as well as a technology and GIS electives. Barbaree earned her Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education with a concentration in English at Baylor University and taught for 15 years in Texas, Alabama and North Carolina. She’s been integrating GIS into her the classroom since 2000.

Barbaree is the Editor-in-Chief and Executive Webinar Producer for Directions Magazine. She also served as the Webinar Manager for the National Council for Geographic Education from 2011-2015.  When she’s not travelling, blogging or creating, you’ll find her tutoring GED students or volunteering with Alpha Delta Pi.  She has many free resources on her website, www.barbareeduke.com. Her hands-on, realistic approach to education gives teachers and students a comfortable place to learn while offering fresh, practical ideas to improve the classroom environment.