GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION

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“Learning Geography was never this easy. With the interactive Ikaawland Map Quiz, You can put your trivia knowledge to test in our game based on Maps. Different levels are presented infront of a player. In the whole game, the player has to mark answers on World Map. At the first level, the user is presented with questions , where he/she has to mark out the continents asked in the quiz. The player is given 10 seconds on each question to mark the correct location on the mapSimilarily, in the consequent levels, the player faces questions(quiz) related with countries, capitals, cities. More levels have been planned and would launch soon.

We offer exciting and educative games which revolve around Maps. The game enable players to learn varied concepts of Geography through quizzes. Other quiz/ games from Maps of World are Save Earth Quiz, Know your World Quiz, Jigsaw Puzzle Game and World Quiz, Map ‘O’ Puzzle.” 

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Did you miss the AAG annual meeting this February in New York City?  There were some tremendous presentations, panels lectures and plenary sessions.  A few of the highlights are archives here on the AAG website.  

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GoogleLitTrips…

Google Earth is a great teaching tool for geographers, but it is also a way to bring geography and spatial thinking to other disciplines.  Google Lit Tips marks the journeys that take place in literature (both fiction and non-fiction) all the more real by mapping out the movements as a KML file that can be viewed in Google Earth.  By embedding pictures, websites, videos and text into the path, this becomes an incredibly interactive resource for teachers of all levels.

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Supporting Geographic Education since 1915…

The National Council for Geographic Education has compiled resources that can benefit AP Human Geography teachers.  Especially of note is a list of way to help prepare 9th grade students (and all students) for the AP exam.

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http://www.ted.com Jaime Lerner reinvented urban space in his native Curitiba, Brazil. Along the way, he changed the way city planners worldwide see whats po…

Jaime Lerner does not see cities as the problem; he sees urbanism as the solution to many global problems.  This video outlines practical plans to rethink the city to be more sustainable.  To see an trailer for a documentary about the urban changes in Curitiba, Brazil, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swQTTG3NcYY

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http://www.ted.com Have we used up all our resources? Have we filled up all the livable space on Earth? Paul Gilding suggests we have, and the possibility of…

This provocatively title TED talk would be an excellent resource for discussing sustainable development.  What are the economic, environmental, political and cultural ramifications of suggested policies that seek to lead towards sustainable development?  What are the ramifications of not changing policies towards sustainable development?  

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Belief in God is on the wane, except that as we age, we tend to believe more. Or perhaps not.

The geography of religion, religiosity and atheism are all analyzed in this fasinating news article.

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I keep referencing twitter as an incredible source for professional development, networking, and gathering resources.  This compilation of numerous tweets on March 21st on #sschat demonstrates the collaborative power that educators can tap in to by using social media. 

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The exodus from the Holy Land of Palestinian Christians could eventually leave holy cities like Jerusalem and Bethlehem without a local Christian population. Bob Simon reports.

This 14 minute clip looks at the complex political and cultural geography of the Israel and Palestine.  While often reduced to being a struggle between Israeli Jews and Palestinians Muslims, this missed simplification fails to tell the story of Palestinian Christians. 

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