Former student, Greg Kennedy, interviewed me for a project in another course. Here is the "raw" footage on me talking about the National Geographic Giant Traveling Map of North America.

Welcome Spring Semester 2013!

Just a really quick post to welcome everyone back to another semester! Please take a moment to visit my newest effort on the World Wide Web -- RebelSocialStudies  A home for all things related to social studies education at the University of Mississippi.

It's not very pretty, nor is it very slick, but it is a start of a central place for all of our students and alumni.

Welcome back!
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Visiting Oxford with OLC Students

The afternoon Local Cultures class at Oxford Learning Center has started the walking tours of the city. The Theodora Hamblett House was the first stop on the tour after leaving campus.

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The next stop was First Presbyterian Church, originally established in 1836, the present building was constructed in 1881.  It was in the present church yard that Chickasaw Princess Hoka reportedly sold 640 acres to land speculators for the construction of Oxford and the University for $800.00.

Currently, Old Venice Pizza Co., the Gathright-Reed Drug Co. was built in 1923.

Built in 1866, Square Book's iconic building was one of the first buildings on the Square rebuilt after the burning in 1864 by federal troops.

 Neilson's Department Store established in 1839 (built in 1897) is the oldest continuously operating department store in the South.

City Hall was the first permanent federal building built in 1887.  The building became Oxford City Hall in 1974.

The newly renovated courtroom in the Lafayette County Courthouse, constructed in 1871.  Federal troops led by General Andrew Jackson Smith destroyed the courthouse and the Square on August 22, 1864.

EDSE 447 Students Fall 2012

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The map above is one created from a .csv file (Google Forms) and imported into ArcGIS Online.

Social Studies Is...

Take a moment to check out the map of my trip to the Expo. Charlie gave us a lunchtime assignment, and I set a GPS app to track my walk. After e-mailing myself the data, I simply dragged and dropped the .gpx file into a new map in ArcGIS.com Here's the result:
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A Busy Summer

Well, it's been a busy summer.

The most recent travel has been a trip to San Diego, California, for the ESRI Education User Conference.

The best thing I learned is how to create a map and embed it in a blog!


View Larger Map This is jus so cool! It is not the ArcView that I learned 10 years ago. This is a gateway drug! I see so many possibilities!