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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This post was inspired after reading and listening to Podcasting and Fieldtrips post/episode on Kidcast- Podcasting in the Classroom by Dan Schmit
Dan asked himself:
How can we re-energize, re-think and re- invent the field trip through modern technologies[...] Make those experiences more meaningful and better documented from an academic perspective
Students on all grade levels at [...]

I Love This World song from a Discovery Channel commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BxymuiAxQ

If you want to receive and contribute global tidbits in order to be more aware of other languages, geography, countries, cultures, international news, etc., come an join the GLOBALTIDBITS twitter group.
Together we can become more aware in short (less than 140 characters) tidbits. Even if you think you can’t contribute, remember that your [...]

Right after I published the "Tidbits of Information " post, I receive a Twitter from ehelfant

So, I checked into creating a group twitter account. I guess there are several sites out there. I chose GroupTweet , since Liz Davis recently created a group called Edutweets .
Set up was pretty simple. I created a new Twitter [...]