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Geography Is All Around UsSilvia Rosenthal Tolisano
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What ? Why ? How?
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Cultural geography
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Physical Geography
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Ignorance of how the US fits into the wider world
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Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?
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Where is Iraq located?
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Only 37% of young Americans can find Iraq on a map
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Sudan is Located in Which Continent?
1. Europe2. Asia3. Africa4. Australia5. North America6. South America7. Antarctica
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20% of young Americans think Sudan is in Asia
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Where is New York Located?
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50% can’t find New York on a U.S. map
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Do you Speak Another Language Fluently?
1. Yes2. No
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6 in 10 young Americans don't speak a foreign language fluently
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Do You Correspond With Someone outside the USA regularly?
1. Yes2. No
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9 in 10 (89%) do not correspond regularly with anyone outside the US.
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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
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As many as one third (32%) would miss a conference call scheduled with someone in another time zone
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Young people in the USA are unprepared for an increasingly global & interconnected future.
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Geographers recognize that EVERYTHING is connected.
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How to Make Connections ?
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Google Maps-Read Around The World
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Google Maps-Storytelling
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Google Earth- Lit Trips
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Google Earth- Flight Route
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Google Earth- Flight Route
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Blog-Defining Japanese Culture
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Blog-Teddy Bears Around the World
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Blog-Teddy Bears Around the World
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Skype- Video Conferencing
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Skype- Video Conferencing
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Skype- Video Conferencing
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Skype- Video Conferencing
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Skype- Video Conferencing
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Skype- Video Conferencing
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Skype- Video Conferencing
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Around The World With 80 Schools
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VoiceThread- What Could It Mean?
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VoiceThread- What Could It Mean?
ArgentinaGermanyEgyptChinaUSAIsraelNew ZealandMexicoBrazilSwedenPeruSpain
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Scholastic- The First Thanksgiving
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Free Rice.com
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What ? Why ? How?
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• Survey National Geographic- Roper Public Affairs 2006 Geographic Literacy Study
• http://www.myWonderfulWorld.org• Google Maps• Google Earth• VoiceThread• Wikis• Blogs• Skype
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• 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/
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• 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/