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As the Keweenaw Time Traveler gets closer to our official launch date (in June!), we are asking YOU to help us test beta versions of our Citizen Historian apps. We are holding Public Forums this Spring throughout the region in order to get feedback on how to improve the experience for users. Thanks to everyone who helped us at the Portage Lake District Library and all the students and families who gave it a try at the District 1 Michigan History Day competition. Soon we will put up a schedule of events so YOU can try it out for yourself!

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Joseph Kerski wrote a wonderful tribute to Randy and the decades of work he has done to bring GIS and spatial thinking to communities.  We are honored to be working with Randy on the Time Traveler and the GRACE project.  Keep up the great work Randy!

​http://www.directionsmag.com/entry/geoinspirations-randy-raymond/478755

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We are so proud of our GRACE interns Tim and Kailyn! They traveled downstate to the Michigan Community Association of Mapping Professionals (MiCAMP) meeting to present the ESRI StoryMaps they created this summer. Tim's explains how we are building the Keweenaw Time Traveler, and Kailyn's recounts Project SISU, a summer program for middle schoolers with Keweenaw National Historical Park. Many thanks to our collaborators at the National Park Service and the National Science Foundation—Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers program (NSF-ITEST). Explore more GRACE interns' StoryMaps here.
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Interns with the GRACE Project showcased their great accomplishments and enthusiasm on Thursday evening in front of more than 60 friends and family members. Using ESRI’s StoryMap app, they all produced map-based websites that share aspects of the work they did this summer with the Keweenaw National Historical Park/National Park Service and the Keweenaw Time Traveler. Colleagues Randall Raymond (GRACE Project) and David Anderson (Eastern Michigan Univ) joined us from downstate and marveled not only at the GIS skills the students gained but also the creativity and confidence they exhibited. Through the partnership between Michigan Tech, the National Park Service, and Eastern Michigan, we all look forward to expanding the NSF-funded GRACE Program, which joins schools and community organizations to put STEM learning and career skills to work in the real world. Congratulations to everyone and look out for future GRACE Intern projects! 

Check out our students' StoryMaps --
​including some presentation videos!

Nick Laemmrich & Trevor Kangas: "A Walk through Time:" Changing Environments in Calumet & Laurium  
Nick and Trevor used old maps to imagine how their usual routes to and from school might have looked and felt different 75 years ago. Here’s part of their presentation available on YouTube.
 
Jason Ackerman & Tim Stone: Keweenaw Time Traveler
Jason and Tim explain what the Time Traveler is all about and highlight fun stories about change over time in our towns.
Jason sums up the Keweenaw Time Traveler really nicely here!
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Kailyn Dominguez-Taylor:  Project SISU- Welcome to the Beautiful Keweenaw
Kailyn built an interactive map to showcase her 2012 experience with Project SISU. Here’s Kailyn talking about her work.
 
Kaisa Nagel & Tyler Kipina: Marine Mapping and Navigation on board the RV Agassiz
Kaisa and Tyler teach us how to find our way in the landscape aboard Michigan Tech’s research ship.
 
Yvonne Oja: Keweenaw National Historical Park and Heritage Sites
Yvonne made the NPS Keweenaw Guide newspaper into an interactive StoryMap that Park visitors can carry in their digital pockets.

Garrick Ensminger & Ilhan Onder:  Walkability in Laurium and Calumet: A Student's Perspective
Garrick and Ilhan show us where the GRACE students think are the best and worst places to cross streets in Calumet and Laurium, as part of their contribution to the Keweenaw National Historical Park's Complete Streets Project. Here, Ilhan tells about the Complete Street program.
 
Jacinda Wheelock: Missing in the Copper Country—Calumet
Jacinda’s StoryMap highlight’s the Keweenaw National Historic Park’s popular #MissingintheCopperCountry program.
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GRACE Interns who worked on the Keweenaw Time Traveler.
GRACE Interns who worked with NPS.
Kathleen Harter, Interim Superintendent of the Keweenaw National Historical Park, celebrating GRACE Interns in the NPS's centennial year.
Ilhan and Garrick presenting their StoryMap.
Jason presenting the StoryMap he made with Tim.
Randy Raymond telling the audience about connecting GRACE, Michigan Tech, and the Keweenaw National Historical Park.
Post-presentations pizza with some of the Michigan Tech Time Traveler team.
Always comparing devices...
Families check out the students' StoryMaps on iPads.
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The GRACE Interns have learned so much this summer, but their time is almost up! They have put together presentations about their experiences using map-based StoryMaps software. Please join us to learn more about their adventures and the great contributions they have made to building the Time Traveler this summer. Details in the flier below.
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We used Explorer for ArcGIS by ESRI.
On the remains of the Hecla Stamp Mill, where the Houghton County Historical Society's steam train runs.
Have you ever walked through a historic map? Our GRACE interns and Time Traveler team did! We headed out to Lake Linden with 1935 and 1893 maps loaded on tablets and smart phones. As we walked through town, we could track our movement and compare what we could see with what used to be there. We found the Bosch Brewing Co., explored downtown commercial areas, and followed the copper milling process with Michigan Tech Prof. Carol MacLennan. The "Leaching Plant" you see on this map is just one of the many large processing buildings whose concrete footprints are still part of the Lake Linden waterfront park. All our hard work building the Time Traveler will make it possible for anyone to walk through more of the Copper Country's historic maps!   
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The Keweenaw Time Traveler team welcomes its newest members — 11 local high school students! They come to us through a new partnership with the GRACE Project, an NSF-funded program started at Eastern Michigan University. GRACE is training teachers and students in underserved areas to use GIS technologies and matching them to real-world projects — like the Time Traveler! Our interns have completed initial training in ESRI software and are joining our undergrads in the vital work of identifying thousands of features on historic maps. But we also get outside! Here's a photo of the whole team exploring our landscape. More on that soon... 
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