Maps101 User Guide
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II. About
Maps101
The Education division of
Maps.com produces cross-curricular, subscription-based content for K-12 schools
to include Maps101, and Geography in the News™.
Our web-based databases
easily facilitate integration of the Internet into current instructional
practice and serve thousands of schools and libraries across the United States.
Headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, Maps.com was the pioneer in delivering
subscription-based content to the education markets.
Advisory Panel
Our databases have been
successfully integrated into use because of our advocates and users. The
high-quality instructional material is developed with our audience in mind,
thanks to the feedback of students, teachers, librarians, media specialists and
our advisory panel members.
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Nancy Hester
Nancy Hester
joined the Region ESC XIII staff in 1997. She serves in the capacity
as Social Studies Specialist K-12. Currently, most of her staff
development offerings focus on recent brain research and technology
integration as it relates to the Social Studies TEKS (Texas
Essential Knowledge and Skills) and TAKS (Texas Assessment of
Knowledge and Skills). Nancy is a graduate of Texas A & M
University and taught for 9 years in the Round Rock Independent
School District at Deerpark Middle School, Westwood High School and
McNeil High School. She is currently President of The Capital Area
Council for the Social Studies, Recording Secretary of the Texas
Council for the Social Studies, and Treasurer of Texas Social
Studies Supervisors Association. | |
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John Booth
John Booth is
currently the Chairman of the History/Social Science Department at
Brunswick School in Greenwich, CT. John holds a B.A. from Williams
College in history as well as an M.A. in American history from
Fordham University. John has taught both Junior and Senior high at
Brunswick for the past eleven years. Prior to Brunswick, John taught
at Cheshire Academy in Cheshire, CT and at the Overseas Training
Corporation in Tokyo, Japan. John's current classes include ninth
grade World Cultures, AP American Government and senior semester
electives on Vietnam and the Holocaust and Human
Behavior. | |
Partnerships
Maps.com provides companies
with the ability to create renewable revenue streams through our educational
resources. Maps.com can provide full social studies solutions or value-added
offerings to secure and/or expand relationships. For partnership opportunities,
please contact the educational division:
Maps.com Education
120
Cremona, Ste. H
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
(877) 627-7101
maps101@maps.com
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