108 The Old Spanish Trail was an early roadway that was completed in the 1920s from ocean to ocean. US Interstate 10 roughly follows the same path to unite cities from Los Angeles to Jacksonville, Florida. (Screenshot courtesy of Ten Across) point of class material—as expressed through popular media narratives—allows an instructor to begin teaching as close as possible to a student’s own lived experience. Once they have a concrete, place-based example of something, and can relate it to their own life, they seem more motivated to learn the underlying academic concepts and pursue additional learning on their own.” Based on the popularity of Resilient American Futures: An Academic Road Trip, Ten Across is developing additional courses using data from ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. With journalism being a key component of the initiative, Ten Across is working with ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, to equip future journalists with GIS mapping skills to enhance their reporting.
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