1. Geography Is All Around Us Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano

2. Geography Is All Around Uspresented at theTeacher2TeacherConference 2010 Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano GloballyConnectedLearning.com Langwitches.org

3. Langwitches.org Presentations Coaching Questions? Resources Lessons In-Service Workshops GloballyConnectedLearning.com

4. Links, Resources & Examples http://langwitches.wikispaces.com

6. What ? Why ? How?

7. What is Geography ?

8. Cultural geography

9. Physical Geography

10. Why Geography ?

11. Ignorance of how the US fits into the wider world

12. Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?

13. Where is Iraq located?

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

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

16. 20% of young Americans think Sudan is in Asia

17. Where is New York Located?

18. 50% can’t find New York on a U.S. map

19. Do you Speak Another Language Fluently? Yes No

20. 6 in 10 young Americans don't speak a foreign language fluently

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

22. 9 in 10 (89%) do not correspond regularly with anyone outside the US.

23. If it is 1 pm in Medicine Hat, Canada…… what time is it in Berlin, Germany? 1:00 am, the next day 21:00, the same day 9:00 am, the same day 15:00, the same day

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

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

26. Geographers recognize that EVERYTHING is connected.

27. How to Make Connections ?

28. Google Maps-Read Around The World

29. Google Maps-Storytelling

30. Google Earth- Lit Trips

31. Google Earth- Flight Route

32. Google Earth- Flight Route

33. Blog-Defining Japanese Culture

34. Google Maps-Current Events

35. Blog-Teddy Bears Around the World

36. Blog-Teddy Bears Around the World

37. Skype- Video Conferencing

38. Skype- Video Conferencing

39. Around The World With 80 Schools

40. Over 300 Schools Ready to Connect

41. VoiceThread- What Could It Mean?

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

43. Math Maps

44. Podcast- Flat Stanley

45. Free Rice.com

46. Twitter- Bus2Antarctica

47. What ? Why ? How?

48. Q & A

49. 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

50. 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://GoogleLitTrips.com Flat StantleyPodcasthttp://langwitches.org/blog/2010/01/05/flat-stanley-podcast/ Posterous Blog- Defining Japanhttp://grade4.posterous.com/ Credit & Resources

51. 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/ Credit & Resources

52. Links, Resources & Examples http://langwitches.wikispaces.com

53. Langwitches.org Presentations Coaching Questions? Resources Lessons In-Service Workshops GloballyConnectedLearning.com