Geography Is All Around Us

Geography Is All Around Us
Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano

Geography Is All Around Uspresented at theTeacher2TeacherConference 2010
Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano
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What ?
Why ?
How?

What is Geography ?

Cultural geography

Physical Geography

Why Geography ?

Ignorance of how the US fits into the wider world

Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?

Where is Iraq located?

Only 37% of young Americans can find Iraq on a map

Sudan is Located in Which Continent?
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
North America
South America
Antarctica

20% of young Americans think Sudan is in Asia

Where is New York Located?

50% can’t find New York on a U.S. map

Do you Speak Another Language Fluently?
Yes
No

6 in 10 young Americans don't speak a foreign language fluently

Do You Correspond With Someone outside the USA regularly?
Yes
No

9 in 10 (89%) do not correspond regularly with anyone outside the US.

If it is 1 pm in Orlando, USA…… what time is it in Berlin, Germany?
1:00 am, the next day
19:00, the same day
7:00 am, the same day
15:00, the same day

As many as one third (32%) would miss a conference call scheduled with someone in another time zone

Young people in the USA are unprepared for an increasingly global & interconnected future.

Geographers recognize that EVERYTHING is connected.

How to Make Connections ?

Google Maps-Read Around The World

Google Maps-Storytelling

Google Earth- Lit Trips

Google Earth- Flight Route

Blog-Defining Japanese Culture

Google Maps-Current Events

Blog-Teddy Bears Around the World

Skype- Video Conferencing

Around The World With 80 Schools

Over 300 Schools Ready to Connect

VoiceThread- What Could It Mean?

VoiceThread- What Could It Mean?
Argentina
Germany
Egypt
China
USA
Israel
New Zealand
Mexico
Brazil
Sweden
Peru
Spain

Math Maps

Podcast- Flat Stanley

Free Rice.com

Twitter- Bus2Antarctica

What ?
Why ?
How?

Survey National Geographic- Roper Public Affairs 2006 Geographic Literacy Study
http://www.myWonderfulWorld.org
Google Maps
Google Earth
VoiceThread
Wikis
Blogs
Skype
Twitter
Credit & Resources

Twitterhttp://twitter.com/bus2antarctica
Read Around The Worldhttp://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=105825111945158562539.00044cea8b22d2761f8ce&z=2
In Search of Pachamamahttp://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=105825111945158562539.00045af55ff2c192180b3&z=3
Google Lit Trips http://web.mac.com/jburg/GoogleLit/Home.html
Flat StantleyPodcasthttp://langwitches.org/blog/2010/01/05/flat-stanley-podcast/
Posterous Blog- Defining Japanhttp://grade4.posterous.com/
Credit & Resources

Teddy Bears Around The Worldhttp://www.langwitches.org/blog/travel/teddybearsaroundtheworld/
What Could It Mean? VoiceThreadhttp://voicethread.com/share/48359/
Free Ricehttp://www.freerice.com
Math Mapshttp://edte.ch/blog/maths-maps/
Current Eventshttp://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101911629947022559812.0004720e3c4dadc2a9d6f&ll=10.487812,148.007813&spn=145.379686,360&z=2
Around The World With 80 Schoolshttp://aroundtheworldwith80schools.wikispaces.com/
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Geography Is All Around Us

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