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More Powerful Geo Education: Google Earth in the Classroom

This is a continuation of the thread on technology tools for Geo Education initiated in the previous post where I discussed Google Maps in the classroom. read more

Map Your World: Google Maps in the Classroom

Imagine a History assignment where a student must submit a write-up on Mughal Architecture (or the form it takes as an oft-asked question in exams - "the contributions of Shah Jahan to Indian Archtecture"). Or a "project" on the temples of India. Think of the way this is usually done - a hand-written write-up with pictures cut and pasted into the notebook. Or in schools where students have access to computers this would take the form of a Word document with text and images or perhaps a powerpoint presentation with text and images. read more

Curriculum units on UN's Cyberschoolbus

Anjum recently posted this fantastic resource here called Cyberschoolbus on the UN website.

I was exploring the Cyberschoolbus site and thought I'd highlight some amazing ready-to-use curriculum units that have been shared on that website. Some are aimed at middle and high school (ages 12-18) while others are for ages 10-18. read more

AskAsia.org - Asia Resources for Educators

A brilliant resource for lesson plans, maps, essays and images covering the 30 countries that comprise Asia today with materials from early civilizations to current events. 

I did some poking around; a search on "India" brought up 9 lesson plans, 27 Background Essays (including recent ones by Narayana Murthy), 6 Maps and 102 Images. read more

Auroville: A Resource for Schools all over India

The next time you're planning an educational trip for your students, consider Auroville.

Auroville, near Pondicherry, "is a place in south India where, for 38 years now, an increasing number of people from all over the world have been quietly and painstakingly working on the construction of a new township, a new way of living, a new way of being. read more

http://rulers.org

A valuable website that offers a database of the heads of state and government, de facto leaders, presidents, and dictators of all the countries and territories of the world, dating back to the year 1700. Useful in many ways.