Geoliteracy in the US and Canada was once thriving. I will attempt to give an overview of where we have been in the United States and Canada from my experience; and from whom I gained […]
On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 Geospatial Niagara had the privilege to attend and have a booth set up at the District School Board of Niagara’s (DSBN) Parent Involvement Conference (PIC). This conference is an annual […]
This month (October) Digital Earth 2015 (DE2015) was held in Halifax. There were a number of keynote presentations, including those by Michael Goodchild (Keeping the Dream Alive ) and Lynn Moorman and James Boxall. (Digital […]
OTTAWA, ON – Sudbury-born Alex Trebek, celebrity host of the long-running TV quiz show Jeopardy!, has donated US$100,000 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Canadian Geographic (CG) Challenge. Since 2003, Canada’s geography whiz kids have […]
Fast forward to 2011. I was conducting research on latest trends in education re web 2.0; and, with my Intermediate/Secondary group of pre-service Social Studies teachers at Memorial University, decided to learn Twitter. This resulted […]