A new version 2008  from Where in Hell is Matt? came out.
Matt went to 42 countries and invited locals to dance with him. What a great way to show a common thread across borders, country and people.
I am thinking of an opportunity to kick off next year’s geography emphasis in our global studies curriculum. Students [...]

Our third graders had a ball donating grains of rice through a website FreeRice.com while expanding their vocabulary skills.
Here is another site, FreePoverty.com , that allows the visitor to donate, this time cups of water, while practicing geography skills.
FreePoverty.com allows everyone to contribute in donating water to people from all over the world who live [...]

I found an incredible site (from the UK) this morning, while googleing for "SmartBoard" and "Geography".

Welcome to Oxfam- Mapping our World .
Mapping our World is a whiteboard teaching product for 8 to 14 year olds.
It explores the relationship between maps and globes, and how different projections influence our perception of the world. It challenges the [...]

I am very excited!
My article "Unterwegs mit Teddybaer und Technik /On the Road with Teddy Bear and Technology" was published this week in Germany’s Social Studies Magazine "Weltwissen ". The entire edition is dedicated to Egypt Studies.

As a result of my post “Books I Read Around the World “, where I added a Google Map of books with settings in countries around the world I had read, I stumbled upon an amazing blog:
Book Around the World
I have been diving deeper and deeper in this great resource of book recommendations that has [...]

Sometimes, when you arrange information in a different order or through a different media, patterns become apparent that were not visible before to you. Those a some of the benefits I so enjoy of Web 2.0 tools.
I have always made it a point to read books in Spanish and German. That is one of the [...]

Day 10: Do a Comment Audit on Your Own Blog
So far in the challenge, we’ve been focusing on making comments. But most of us are also bloggers and we need to consider what we’re doing to invite conversations on our own blogs. Are we doing all that we can to build a sense of community [...]

How many countries can you name (and type) in 5 Minutes? Can’t believe that I missed so many.
It not only does it play a role that you can name the country, but also if you know how to spell them correctly. Once you misspell a name, it will not let you continue. So you will [...]

When I arrived at school, I had had already phone calls from teacher colleagues and others stopped me in the hallway to let me know that they saw Matt Lauer on the Today’s Show. They wanted to let me know that he was in ARGENTINA!!!
Buenos Aires was his first stop in his "Where in the [...]

I found a cute song by the Animaniacs “Nations of the World“.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC1qkLn6IRI

Here is the same Animaniac song with the countries’ flags

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrz6YbAvTSQ

Do you want to learn the capitals of Spanish speaking countries in South and Central America? Listen to Señora Griffin’s song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpYkL4ejW8U

The Alphabet of Nations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP4VVGN2LUU

and also ran across this song from the British Council”So many Cities [...]