Geography is All Around Us- Connect Trough Technology

Geography Is All Around UsSilvia Rosenthal Tolisano

What ? Why ? How?

Cultural geography

Physical 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?

1. Europe2. Asia3. Africa4. Australia5. North America6. South America7. 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?

1. Yes2. No

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

Do You Correspond With Someone outside the USA regularly?

1. Yes2. 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. 1:00 am, the next day2. 19:00, the same day3. 7:00 am, the same day4. 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?

ArgentinaGermanyEgyptChinaUSAIsraelNew ZealandMexicoBrazilSwedenPeruSpain

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 Experienceshttp://timezoneexperiences.wikispaces.com/

• 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

• Posterous Blog- Defining Japanhttp://grade4.posterous.com/

• Scholastic- The first Thanksgivinghttp://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/journey.htm

• Teddy Bears Around The Worldhttp://sjeds.com/blog/teddybear/

• What Could It Mean? VoiceThreadhttp://voicethread.com/share/48359/

• Free Ricehttp://www.freerice.com

• Around The World With 80 Schoolshttp://aroundtheworldwith80schools.wikispaces.com/