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

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

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

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

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

Google Earth- Flight Route

Wiki- Time Zone Experiences

Blog- Defining Japanese Culture

Blog- Teddy Bears Around the World

Blog- Teddy Bears Around the World

Skype- Video Conferencing

Skype- Video Conferencing

Skype- Video Conferencing

Skype- Video Conferencing

Skype- Video Conferencing

Skype- Video Conferencing

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

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/

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/

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/