GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION

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“The final 32 generators went into operation this week, making it the world’s largest hydropower project, pictured, built on the Yangtze River in China.”  This photo gallery has a tremendous video at the end that displays vividly the raw power that moves the turbines.  Economically, what are the benefits? Environmentally, what are the costs?

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Scientists capture dramatic footage of Arctic glaciers melting in hours Scientists have captured dramatic footage of massive lakes in the Arctic melting away…

An amazingly extreme place that is far removed from inhabited regions of our planet, but still heavily impacted by people nonetheless.

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TED Talks Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free — not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn.

This is a good TED talk, outlining some of the ways in which MOOCs (Massive open online courses) might change the educational paradigms as collaborative technological resources become increasing ubiquitous.

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The advertising agency WHYBIN hired for the Sydney International Food Festival is so clever – they’ve come up with a really neat concept to promote the festival by creating food flags for the various countries represented.

15 “flag” dishes that both visually and gastronomically represent their respective countries.  This could be a very fun project for a student with strong culinary skills. 

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Whoa, check out Trulia Local – A visual way to explore crime, schools, home prices, and local data.

The map above was generated to display the areas within a 30 minute commute of Rhode Island College in Providence.  This site generates commuting maps and other layers that are especially pertinent for home buyers—schools, crime stats, property values and local amenities.  This is GIS data brought to the real estate shopping community, but consider this a project in the making.  One of the best exercises to get to know a place holistically is to shop for housing and make some locational analysis decisions.

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How is this issue geographic?  What themes are present in this issue and how are they interrelated?

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KV: Development of a high end apartment complex in a low income area would force pre-gentrification people out of the neighborhood. The taxes would get raised to amounts that make it difficult for these people to afford. However, the people in charge of this project are ignoring the consequences and focusing on the 5 million dollars tax break.

SD: The photographer’s work can be found here.  This sign went up in to 2006 protest the mills-to-condo developments in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Despite the fact that Detroiters will get the benefits of newfound energy, enthusiasm, and even money, it’s unrealistic to expect a group who is scared of the unknown and having power stripped away to welcome outsiders with open arms.

BM: Detroit has been down in a slump for a while and with gentrification(adding people of wealthier income) into the the Midtown neighborhood of Detroit. Despite the wealth of income in Midtown the rest of the City still has an average income of around $28,000 which is pretty weak compared to Midtown’s average income of $111,000. One could argue that this gentrification project is not going at the pace desired. Slow and steady…

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