The internet's new favorite gatekeeping trend is calling out em-dashes as an "AI tell." But a period is a wall. A comma is a speedbump. And an em-dash? An em-dash is a portal. An essay in defense of complex punctuation and constellation thinking. #WritingCommunity #Neurodivergent #SpatialThinking
“Wayfinding helps children move confidently and safely through their environments.”
Children as young as five may have the brain system to support map-based navigation, says Meeri Kim.
#SpatialThinking
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Future Text Lab: Exploring how a single letter becomes spatial knowledge in XR—citations as objects, meaning through movement, and text freed from the page. Join us next Monday!
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#FutureOfText #XR #SpatialThinking #KnowledgeDesign #VisionOS
youtu.be/fcx5fr9obZU?... What I *REALLY* want students to learn #education #geography #gis #spatialthinking
🌍 GIS Conference Opportunity
📍 Big news for geography enthusiasts!
The EUGEO 2025 Congress is heading to Vienna, Austria from 8–11 September 2025 at the Austrian Academy of Sciences 🇦🇹
This year’s theme, "Geographies of a Changing Europe," explores how […]
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🧰 Practical GIS Tools
Have you heard of openSenseMap? 🌍
It’s a global platform for visualizing and sharing environmental sensor data in real time, powered by citizen science! 🌱
What makes it especially useful for GeoTech students is its open access to both […]
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🌍 GIS Conference Opportunity
📍 Exciting news for all geo-lovers!
The IALE 2025 European Landscape Ecology Congress is coming to Bratislava, Slovakia, from 2–5 September 2025! 🇸🇰
This year’s theme, "Landscape Perspectives in a Rapidly Changing World," is […]
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Today is the final day to submit your map to the U-Spatial Mapping Prize! Open to University of Minnesota grad and undergrad students on the Crookston, Duluth, Morris, Rochester, and Twin Cities campuses! You have until 11:59pm; get clicking! #UMN #SpatialThinking #UniversityofMinnesota
What I really want students to learn - youtu.be/fcx5fr9obZU?... #education #gis #geography #spatialthinking
Pattern Leapers don’t disrupt. They reframe.
They leap across systems, connect what others miss, and shape clarity from complexity.
This is the mind AI needs next.
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#PatternLeapers #CognitiveRevolution #SpatialThinking #FutureOfWork
The 2025 U-Spatial Mapping Prize is open for submissions! Open to University of Minnesota students on all five campuses Prizes in multiple categories Grand Prize $1000 or trip to Esri UC in San Diego! Submit by May 16, 2025
The 2025 U-Spatial Mapping Prize is open for submissions! Open to undergrad and grad students on all five University of Minnesota campuses. Submit your map by 5/16/25 to win up to $1000 or a trip to Esri UC! Full details at z.umn.edu/MappingPrize #UMN #SpatialThinking
Screenshot of the article with a paragraph highlighted about getting outside without GPS-to get your brain to work on spatial awareness and thinking
Scientists (and taxi drivers) may have discovered the secret to beating dementia - BBC Science Focus Magazine
Interesting article on #BrainHealth #Alzheimer’s & #SpatialThinking
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🚀 We’re excited to join Bluesky!
📍 GI_Forum Journal is an international, peer-reviewed Open Access journal dedicated to the critical examination of spatial enquiry.
#GIScience #MediaGeographies #OpenAccess #GIForumJournal #SpatialThinking
The call is open for Spatial Thinking: Inspiring Action through Place-Based Solutions education grants! An informational webinar from the National Geographic Society is scheduled for March 27, 2025 at 9 am EDT.
#FundingOpportunity #Grants #SpatialThinking
www.nationalgeographic.org/society/gran...
We had a fantastic time hiking and collecting data along Dripping Springs Trail this past weekend! Check out these photos we captured, and go to our Facebook or Instagram pages for more photos and videos! #geography #environmentalstudies #spatialthinking #hiking #fieldwork #drippingsprings
A huge thanks to Joseph Kerski for this incredible tribute: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfcW...! 🙌✨ His words mean the world to us—and no, we didn't pay him to say them (though we may owe him a field trip to 32° -107° or some other major lat/long 😊). #geography #spatialthinking #GIS #NMSU #josephkerski
Joseph Kerski is in the house! Don’t miss out on this exciting free and public session today: “Enriching Your Science, Humanities, and Business Instruction and Research with Geotechnologies”, Breland Hall 192, 1:30 - 3 pm #geotechnologies #spatialthinking #education
Joseph Kerski is in the house! Don’t miss out on this exciting free and public session today: “Collecting, Mapping, Analyzing, and Communicating the Results of Data Gathered in the Field”, Breland Hall 192, 10 am - 12 pm #geography #geotechnologies #spatialthinking #education
youtube.com/playlist?lis... My Map Man playlist discussing why and how #maps #spatialthinking and #gis matter!
What a fantastic initiative!
✨ Introducing children to the world of maps and satellites is such an inspiring way to spark curiosity... Well done to everyone involved in making this happen! 🙌👏
#Education #GIS #Mapping #SpatialThinking
