Dee Leible is a self-described spreadsheet person. She teaches math and history to middle schoolers at Christ Community Lutheran School.
When Leible first learned how geospatial technology can be used in a classroom, she said it was the perfect merging of her interests. This year, she brought data analysis and mapping technology to her classroom for the first time, and now she’s encouraging other teachers to do the same.
“It was just so impactful for my interest in the classroom, and asking the students, ‘well, what’s going on with this data?’ and how can they use it in understanding and helping our community, classroom and world around us,” Leible said.
At a workshop last week, Leible spoke to other educators from around the St. Louis region about ways they can get their students working with geospatial technology. It’s part of a…
