Devon Reeser
Using Interdisciplinary World Map Activities to Connect Your Students to Other Cultures
Here are some interdisciplinary activity ideas to help children learn math, history, science, and literature while also strengthening map skills.
Peace Corps World Map Project: Bringing Geography Education to Unexpected Places
In 1988, a Dominican Republic Peace Corps Volunteer established the World Map Project to deliver fundamental geography education to schools and communities in the world's most remote locations.
Four Ways GIS is Being Used to Help Populations Vulnerable to Long Term Climate Change
GIS is changing the way vulnerable populations relate with their natural world and resources to keep ahead of imminent climate changes.
Putting the Trees Back on the Map: How GIS is Helping Reforest South America
GIS is being used in creative ways – including covert spy tracking of illegal logging deep in the Amazon – to help put and keep trees back on South America’s map. The simplification of tools and availability of web systems has empowered technicians, NGOs, and governments alike to address corruption and illegal logging with transparent map-based monitoring.
GIS in Social Science: Mapping Social Capital Strength to Measure Organizational Efficacy
Here are four steps to use GIS in measuring social capital of social service programs, improving understanding of organizational effectiveness and conducting gap analysis.