by Barbaree | Nov 8, 2012 | Free Resources, Our Blog
With the holidays quickly approaching, we wanted to share a Thanksgiving lesson idea early enough for you to implement it in your classroom. The link to the lesson we’re highlighting is for an elementary classroom – but use your imagination and think about...
by Barbaree | Nov 7, 2012 | Free Resources, Our Blog
We are friends with and big fans of Charlie Fitzpatrick from Esri. Today, we are sharing one of his great tips on how to create maps that can help students recognize and understand data through maps. Be sure to follow the link at the end of this excerpt to read his...
by Barbaree | Nov 6, 2012 | Free Resources, Our Blog, Super Tuesdays 2012
Election day is finally here. We exercised our right to vote (and we never exercise…it was exhausting! LOL) and we hope you voted too! Our resource today is POLITICO. Have your students visit that website tonight to follow real time maps with election results...
by Barbaree | Nov 5, 2012 | Free Resources, Our Blog
So thankful for that extra hour of sleep this past weekend as daylight savings turned back our clocks. In honor of falling back we wanted to share an excerpt from an excellent article about the history of, as well as the pros and cons of daylight savings time. How...
by Barbaree | Nov 2, 2012 | Apps We Love, Our Blog
AroundMe quickly identifies your position and allows you to choose the nearest bank, gas station, hospital, hotel, movie theater, restaurant, supermarket, and taxi. It shows you a complete list of all the businesses in the category you have tapped on along with the...