Geography

Geography Job-Alike

1. Introduce yourself! Where are you from? How many years teaching?

2. What is your favorite teaching strategy, lesson, or resource that you are using right now or plan to use this year?
 * Pralle Keehn Geography resources
 * 5 Themes of Geography Video Project
 * [|Video Project Examples]
 * [|Manson NW Webster Video]
 * 5 Themes via the NFL
 * Geography Collaboration Projects
 * Simulations - Who should have the right to what is now Israel?
 * Population Studies - Bill & Melinda Gates project - kids brainstorm and present in culminating activity
 * Use the millennium goals to pick a problem to address
 * Population statistics - Compare to United States, what factors impact the statistics?
 * World Factbook - CIA
 * Focus from World Religions
 * Population Reference Bureau
 * Quizlet
 * www.ifitweremyhome.com
 * Around the World in 3 Days [|Webquest]
 * Online Culture-grams (Paid service)
 * MIT Visualizing Cultures - Lesson plans, primary source documents, images, etc
 * [|Web Mapping Tools]
 * www.freerice.com, www.freepoverty.com - Location activity
 * Sporcle - Trivia, Games, etc
 * Google Earth
 * Google Maps
 * Scribble Maps (doesn't require log-in)
 * [|Print Maps]
 * Map Analysis of worksheets - Population & Economy, Economic & Climate Map
 * OSAE
 * Observe
 * Speculate
 * Analyze
 * Evaluate
 * National Geographic - great maps/outlines
 * worldatlas.com
 * World In Balance (video) - Population comparisons, India, Japan, China (Human Geography)
 * www.discoveryeducation.com (Paid service)
 * about.com
 * NCTA
 * SPICE (Stanford)
 * Choices (Brown) - Pay per region
 * Planet Earth videos
 * Frontline - PBS videos
 * Junior Scholastic, Up Front (NYT) Magazines
 * Time for Kids - Online
 * www.toondoo.com - Comic Strip creator
 * www.flatclassroomproject.org
 * Key Pals
 * Skype Education
 * Twitter
 * Geographic Alliance of Iowa
 * Oxfam

3. What isn't working in your classroom/district right now? What problems are you having in your content area? What problems do you foresee in the future?
 * Lack of knowledge about technology/what if it doesn't work (Plan B)
 * www.zamzar.com converts videos so you can save YouTube videos on your computer
 * Don't forget the older stuff that WORKS
 * What does pre-service education look like?

4. How can ICSS support you in the classroom? What do you need to be fully supported?

5. How can ICSS improve as an organization?