Are you familiar with Joseph Kerski?  He serves on Esri's education team and is a past president of NCGE.  Joseph has produced countless…

Are you using National Geographic Education’s MapMaker Interactive in your classroom?  If so, we’d love to hear how you’re using it.  If not, why not?  Here are just a few good reasons why you…

Those of you who attended the Social Studies 2.0 reception at the ASTE conference this year might remember Mr. Dale Van Eck of Colonial Wiliamsburg, who gave out $16,000 worth of Electronic Field Trips to schools throughout Alaska.   Dale contacted me recently to let me know that this fall Colonial Williamsburg is giving "A Gift to the Nation".  If you teach American History or have colleagues who do, you may interested in this event.

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Colonial…

The FNSB Library Media Services has GREAT geography related activities for all ages! At the Immaculate Conception School Family Geography night we did an activity where the kids designed creatures with the continents.  The library media services has die-cuts of all the continents. It's a great way to incorporate geography into an art lesson. They can be creative and make whatever animal they want and then LABEL the continents so they are learning what each continents shape is. There are also…