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Suggested by Fortunato Navarro Sanz onto Geography Education |
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This is another old classic image that I might have shared earlier but it merits repeating. As Salvatore Natoli (a leader in geography education) once said, "In our society we unconsciously equate size with importance and even power." This is one reason why many people have underestimated the true size of Africa relative to places that they view as more important or more powerful.
Tags: mapping, Africa, perspective, images.
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Making the connections...
Thinking geographically is in essence about making the connections between themes, across regions and at a variety of scales. Delete the scoop?
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Prezi in an online alternative to powerpoint for displaying notes and lecture materials (noted for it's ability to see the whole picture, zoom in and it's rotating animations). Prezi is free for educators and the presentations you made can be kept private or made public. This Prezi outlines the 4 stages of the Demographic Transition Model, with historical and spatial context. Thanks for sharing Kari! 
Seth Dixon's comment,
September 28, 2011 10:45 AM
I could never "produce" all of this...thanks why I like to word "curate as used by the scoop.it site. In fact I've got my students collaborating with me on the "regional geography" page.
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Shake things up by trying Prezi. This one I use at the end of the semester for my Regional Geography course. Geography and Prezi are both all about "making the connections..." 
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Pretty cool!
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This picture is great because while most people understand that Africa is a big place, most do not realize how big. Comparing the size of Africa is this visual manor makes it more real than just seeing a square mileage statistic.