Sharing my personal interests in STEM education, technology, photography, and all things geo.Tumblr (3.0; @trbaker)http://tbaker.com/The Diagonal Survey at The Student Data Mapper: A test project in the new Student Data Mapper....http://tbaker.com/post/22905059352http://tbaker.com/post/22905059352Sat, 12 May 2012 10:22:01 -0500White House Highlights STEM Innovators in the Disability Community as "Champions of Change":...http://tbaker.com/post/22642585584http://tbaker.com/post/22642585584Tue, 08 May 2012 02:17:31 -0500Seven Ideas: GIS for Geocaching with Scouts, Youth, or Anyone: For the last several years now, every...http://tbaker.com/post/22259869742http://tbaker.com/post/22259869742Wed, 02 May 2012 11:28:00 -0500Discovering: ArcGIS Explorer Online (instructional resource): Discover some the basic features of...http://tbaker.com/post/21445498249http://tbaker.com/post/21445498249Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:42:31 -0500curriculaComputational Thinking with GIS (at Esri Ed Community): The educational value of Computational...http://tbaker.com/post/20846305840http://tbaker.com/post/20846305840Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:17:51 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2492y9ZtQ1r9ubcao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Made with <a href="http://www.fiftythree.com/paper/via/tumblr" target="_blank">Paper</a></p>http://tbaker.com/post/20654282425http://tbaker.com/post/20654282425Sat, 07 Apr 2012 10:44:58 -0500MadeWithPaper10 Tips for Easy Geotagging in Any Classroom Wednesday, April 18, 20128pm Eastern/ 7pm Central/6pm...http://tbaker.com/post/20607936384http://tbaker.com/post/20607936384Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:32:11 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vVX-PrBRtTY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Gall—Peters Projection</p>http://tbaker.com/post/20594637569http://tbaker.com/post/20594637569Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:33:41 -0500““We suggest that spatial thinking is at the heart of many great discoveries in science,...http://tbaker.com/post/20539052842http://tbaker.com/post/20539052842Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:09:14 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ymdlkgrn1r9ubcao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is a self-portrait taken with the Xbox 360 Kinect’s near-infrared camera, measuring distance from camera.  We used the Kinect during NSTA 2012 to navigate the planet in ArcGIS Explorer Desktop - which attendees loved!</p> <p>The solid lines are from the skeletal tracking software.  They collapsed when the camera could only track my head and shoulders.</p>http://tbaker.com/post/20467591692http://tbaker.com/post/20467591692Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:46:00 -0500<a href="http://www.inkkc.com/content/office-space-alexis-denny-program-manager-at-the-girl-scout-northeast-kansas-and-northwest-missouri-headquarters/">Girl Scouting and STEM (Kansas City)</a>http://tbaker.com/post/20404078222http://tbaker.com/post/20404078222Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:42:42 -0500The Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect is one of most powerful consumer-oriented “Natural User Interface”...http://tbaker.com/post/20011265205http://tbaker.com/post/20011265205Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:00:05 -0500KinectXboxMicrosoftAGXArcGIS ExplorerNatural User InterfacesSTEM Education’s Critical Dependence on GIS: Dr. Jonathan Wai’s recent article in Psychology...http://tbaker.com/post/19289790755http://tbaker.com/post/19289790755Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:15:10 -0500Up, Up, and Away with Web GIS: Many great new features have been added to the mapping tools (ArcGIS...http://tbaker.com/post/19210892006http://tbaker.com/post/19210892006Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:06:45 -0500Two weeks ago while presenting mobile geo-tools for education at GeoTech 2012 in Dallas, I started...http://tbaker.com/post/19080131485http://tbaker.com/post/19080131485Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:08:36 -0600GPSfield workPBLGoogle DocsGeoFormsEdGIS Search: Looking for something related to GIS, GPS, remote sensing, image processing or...http://tbaker.com/post/19059927785http://tbaker.com/post/19059927785Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:45:00 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0d9w05E8v1r9ubcao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/geosnapper/6952364043/" title="Kauffmans' Flower" target="_blank">Kauffmans’ Flower</a> on Flickr.</p><p>More signs of spring in Kansas City.</p>http://tbaker.com/post/18728172210http://tbaker.com/post/18728172210Sun, 04 Mar 2012 09:33:36 -0600floweryellowspringkansascityKauffmangardensFlipping It: An Instructional Alternative for GIS in the Class: A few years ago a couple of Colorado...http://tbaker.com/post/18607080635http://tbaker.com/post/18607080635Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:10:21 -0600As this blog posts, I&#8217;m en route to GeoTech, a conference for educators from around the...http://tbaker.com/post/18498696092http://tbaker.com/post/18498696092Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:06:05 -0600geotechmobileGISGPSpresentations<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-Qu9qmeQV-Y?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Are you subscribed to the Esri Education Team’s YouTube Channel?  If not, you should be.  It’s a great source of instructional video.  See: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/esriedteam" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/esriedteam</a></p>http://tbaker.com/post/18455627414http://tbaker.com/post/18455627414Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:08:07 -0600