Latest Contributions by TomBaker

http://esriurl.com/worldHistoryGeoInquiries   The Esri Education Outreach team is pleased to announce the release of a sample pack from the forthcoming GeoInquiries™ collection for World History classrooms.  The sample pack includes the first four activities supporting high school World History instruction with ArcGIS Online.  Eleven additional activities will be released over the coming weeks. Topics in the sample pack include: The Age of Napoleon, Early European explorers, Cradles of Civilization, and Trade and the Black Death.  Teachers wishing to use the activities now are invited to complete the field test survey URL found at the bottom of each activity.     The new history collection is the eight geoinquiry collection supporting the mainstream use of ArcGIS Online in schools.  Each collection contains 15 content-focused activities and is based on national curriculum standards, tied to key instructional books, and uses inquiry instruction to teach disciplinary content with ArcGIS Online.  All activities and maps are free and licensed under Creative Commons for easy teacher modification.  Explore all GeoInquiry collections at http://esri.com/geoinquiries .   gchribar‌ gisetc‌ t3g10_ChrisBunin‌ ... View more

The current GeoInquiries flyer features ten collections.  Feel free to use this flyer in workshops and presentations. Updated May 2019. #geoinquiries  ... View more

Can anyone share a CTE course syllabus that others may reference in creating or updating their own CTE programs? @ ... View more

You may not teach American lit, but odds are you know someone that does.  Share this video with them (and the exercise at http://www.esri.com/geoinquiries) to get your favorite English teacher up and runnning with GeoInquiries! Barbaree Duke‌   Direct activity link: http://education.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a6c83aae7d604f989d53e25b4903202f   YouTube: GeoInquiries - YouTube  ... View more

For over a decade, Esri Education has sponsored content at the Virtual Job Shadow website related to GIS careers.  Explore careers that use GIS, in: conservation, forestry, public health, technical development, and more.  See https://www.virtualjobshadow.com/partners/esri/   ... View more

The Esri Education Outreach team is pleased to announce the release of a sample pack from the forthcoming GeoInquiries™ collection for American Literature classrooms.  The sample pack includes the first seven activities supporting high school American Literature instruction with ArcGIS Online.  Eight additional activities will be released over the coming weeks. Topics in the sample pack include: The Crucible, Twain, Isaac’s Storm, Our Town, Steinbeck, Dr. King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail, and Into the Wild.  Teachers wishing to use the activities are invited to complete the field test survey at http://esriurl.com/GeoInquiryFeedback .   The new literature collection is the seventh geoinquiry collection supporting the mainstream use of ArcGIS Online in schools.  Each collection contains 15 content-focused activities. Each activity is based on national curriculum standards, tied to key instructional books, and uses inquiry instruction to teach disciplinary content with ArcGIS Online.  All activities and maps are free and licensed under Creative Commons for easy teacher modification.  Learn more at http://esri.com/geoinquiries ... View more