Geography is All Around Us- Connect Trough Technology

Geography Is All Around Us Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano

What ? Why ? How?

Cultural geography

Physical Geography

Ignorance of how the US fits into the wider world

Are you Smarter than a 5 th 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

Wiki- Time Zone Experiences

Blog- Defining Japanese Culture

Blog- Teddy Bears Around the World

Skype- Video Conferencing

Around The World With 80 Schools

VoiceThread- What Could It Mean?

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

Scholastic- The First Thanksgiving

Free Rice.com

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

Time zone Experiences http://timezoneexperiences.wikispaces.com/
Read Around The World http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=105825111945158562539.00044cea8b22d2761f8ce&z=2
In Search of Pachamama http://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
Posterous Blog- Defining Japan http://grade4.posterous.com/

Scholastic- The first Thanksgiving http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/journey.htm
Teddy Bears Around The World http://sjeds.com/blog/teddybear/
What Could It Mean? VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/share/48359/
Free Rice http://www.freerice.com
Around The World With 80 Schools http://aroundtheworldwith80schools.wikispaces.com/

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