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TR Baker
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💙🌎📻📸Teacher. Author. GIS education. EdTech. Former university research prof. Kansas Earth science teacher. GIS and XR. #EduSky
Teaching erosional concepts with MapMaker Some landforms are shaped over time through the geomorphic process of erosion. #GIS #earthscience #teachers #geography #educators

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October 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The ArcGIS for Schools Bundle license period has been extended. Learn more: community.esri.com/t5/education... #GIS #geography #K12 #APHG #edtech
April 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Love LEGO? ❤️ Here's a fun Map of Wisconsin made with LEGOS and designed in #ArcGIS Pro
(1 brick=10 sq mi). The terrain is represented at different levels in elevation, with lakes and cities displayed.

Full map: esri.social/eBrZ50UoJwC

🗺️ 𝐴𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟: 𝐴𝑡𝑙𝑎𝑠 𝐺𝑢𝑜
January 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Career and technical education instructors can help increase students’ job readiness by building their professional GIS skills 💼

Explore #CTE resources, certifications, and more 👉 ow.ly/q9ZZ50UI8ir
January 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Start your Near Year off right by incorporating National Geographic MapMaker into your curriculum! #NatGeoMapMaker equips teachers & learners with carefully curated maps, data, + activities for many subjects and grade levels.

Get started: esri.social/pHht50UymCb

#MappyNewYear
January 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Where Do Christmas Trees Grow in the US? More than 25 million #Christmas trees are harvested in the U.S. each year. www.maps.com/where-christ... #geography #climate #GIS #solstice #holidays
December 19, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Maps are powerful. 🗺️ They can spark curiosity, entertain, provide insight, and even drive people to take action that unites our world.

🔸Explore a gallery of inspiring maps: esri.social/MALE50Uclr5

#GIS #academicsky #Esri
December 18, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Educators! 🌟 Use this to help secondary students explore #GIS: esri.social/eGpE50UqhUZ #teachers #edusky #geography

Students will:

🔹View & identify map features & patterns
🔹Use GIS tools to analyze a problem
🔹Create a GIS web app that tells a story
🔹Describe how GIS helps people do their work
December 18, 2024 at 10:04 PM
The Audubon society Bird Migration Explorer is your guide to the heroic journeys made by over 450 bird species, and the challenges they face along the way. 🐦

🔸Explore the map: explorer.audubon.org/home #GIS #geography #bio #science
December 16, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Looking for free virtual field trips that use maps, #VR and 360° media? Visit a zoo, farm, battleship, train station, national parks and more. See the collection of expeditions at: esriurl.com/expeditions 🏞️ 🗽 🐮 ⚓ 🚆 #GIS #teachers #edtech #XR
December 11, 2024 at 9:01 PM
📍 Mapped: #US Home Price-to-Income Ratio By State (June 2024) Thanks @josephkerski.bsky.social www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-home-... 🗺️ So many things said and unsaid in one map. #geography #sschat #socialstudies #economics
December 6, 2024 at 6:16 PM
You're looking at earthquakes from inside the Earth. 🌏 Created by Raluca Nicola with the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript.

🔸Explore the app here: esri.social/BmH650UlkeR

#ArcGIS #JavaScript #geoscience #geography #edusky
December 5, 2024 at 4:55 PM
I talked with a resourceful Earth science teacher today who is still using ArcView 3 on a Windows XP computer in his classroom! 🤯 Amazing! He is now set to upgrade to ArcGIS Online later this month. 👍😀 ArcView 3 was released in 1992. 💾 📠📞 #GIS #Esri @josephkerski.bsky.social #geography
December 4, 2024 at 9:19 PM
From urban expansion to the shrinking of lakes, the Landsat Explorer app in ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World provides an easy way for users to access and interpret #Landsat satellite data. 🛰️

🔹Learn more: esri.social/OzBu50Uc3rv

#ArcGISLivingAtlas
December 2, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Using interactive maps to explore data, illuminate patterns, and uncover relationships helps K-12 students build critical thinking skills 💭 Esri provides mapping software and many free resources for integrating geographic content of all types 🗺️

Explore: esri.social/XlN750UgNs3
November 29, 2024 at 4:12 PM
#Academics: Have you ever wondered how to cite #Landsat data? ow.ly/9ali50UbuUA
#OpenData #DataCitation (via USGSLandsat(X))
November 27, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Exploring. #Maps at #NCSS2024 in Boston today. #NetGeo mapmaker, #GeoInquiries, and #StoryMaps driving teacher interest. ESRI booth 717. #Geography
November 23, 2024 at 4:06 PM
talking about maps and sharing the power of Geo spatial data at #NCSS2024 in booth 717. #LuggageTags #Stickers 🌎
November 23, 2024 at 2:52 PM
GIS Day 2024 is tomorrow - Nov 20. It’s a great day to share the power of spatial thinking with students and the public. Find resources and see what others are doing. www.gisday.com #geography #NCSS2024 #GIS #geoscience #edusky #sschat
November 19, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Several months ago, I began experimenting with #Ai generated maps (art). This is from Midjourney. #aiart #midjourneyart
November 17, 2024 at 12:57 AM
The GeoInquiries Earth Science collection teaches map-based concepts for middle-high school students on topics ranging from topography, earthquakes, volcanoes, oceans, and more! 🌋

Explore the collection of activities 🗺️https://esri.com/geoinquiries #GIS #geography #science #edtech #teachers
November 16, 2024 at 3:18 PM
If you are an educator and use or teach with geospatial technologies, see this starter pack. Let me know if you should be added to it. 👉🏻 go.bsky.app/MUeVYC7
November 14, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Next week, I head over to where #SocialStudies meets #GIS:
ncss.org . Join the Esri #K12 team at NCSS 2024, where we’ll be sharing the latest in GIS tech for the classroom! Hope to see you there (in booth #717) 👉 community.esri.com/t5/education... @gis4schools.bsky.social
November 13, 2024 at 3:13 PM
The Esri Wildfire Aware app provides information on the current status and potential impact of wildfire incidents in the US. ow.ly/k9CR50U3N0S
November 11, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Educators in need of resources to modernize your curriculum to #webGIS check out this webpage: www.esri.com/en-us/indust...

You'll get access to:
🔹 Core concepts of #modernGIS
🔹 Case studies
🔹 Curriculum resources
🔹 Training recommendations
🔹 Articles and blogs. (From @GISEd on X)
November 8, 2024 at 10:00 PM