A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 275
Oct 24th, 2010 | By Sue | Category: general, Podcast, Show NotesA VerySpatial Podcast
Shownotes – Episode 275
October 24, 2010
Main Topic: Our conversation on geography awareness through popular media
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Music
News
- –Tom Tom app for iPhone updated
- –GeoPaparazzi 1.1
- Interacting with Geospatial Technologies, edited by Mordecai (Muki) Haklay, published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
- This week we chat about using popular visual media, such as TV shows like Destination Truth and Top Gear to raise geographic awareness
- NCGE Geography Education Matters video contest
- GeoDesign Summit: 6-7 January, Redlands, CA
- AAG Annual Meeting: 12-16 April, Seattle, WA
- URISA GIS in Public Health: June 27-30, Atlanta, GA – Abstracts by January 10
- International Geographical Congress 2012: 26-30 August 2012, Cologne, Germany
Sponsored by ITT Visual Information Solutions and their product ENVI EX
Book Corner
Main topic
Tip of the Week
Events
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This was a very interesting discussion. One thing you didn’t mention was having the students share their experiences with geography in their favorite media (TV/Internet/book…) with the class. Perhaps each student could be expected to identify and share a clip/passage once during the semester in class or post it via a discussion group for comment? The idea is to get them to “put on” and “keep on” their geographic eyeglasses when they leave the classroom.
One of my students blew us away with a clip from Caprica when we discussed e-paper! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU4P6Z_Q_NM