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Being one of the world's leading online web mapping service means also trying to walk the impossible tightrope between the political bickering of countries. More ... 
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"We're talking about an international exam which is the best in the world," says the speaker as we discuss what will happen now that the GCSE appears to be in terminal decline. "Why are we not bringing it in?
Tony Hall's insight:
Interesting. Last week I visited a state school in NZ that has started IB this year. I starting teaching IB Geography/ESS this academic year. While it's early days yet, I am increasingly convinced of the IB's rigour. It is a very demanding course of work. As governments in countries such as the UK, NZ, Australia etc. continually tinker with education (essentially trying to appease big business), I ownder if IB will become more & more attractive to parents who want their children to be ready for the new world that awaits them?
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Tony Hall's insight:
Really interesting to watch this. It would fascinating to look at the how the hashtags change over time and whether you could show a relationship between them and news stories and events.
Heather Ramsey's curator insight,
February 5, 2013 11:41 AM
This links to a page where tweets on Twitter are tracked in real time and displayed on a dot map.
Questions: What regions have the most tweets? Do you think there are differences between what people tweet about in one part of the world versus another? What can you infer about the areas where there are no tweets reported? 
Ann-Laure Liéval's curator insight,
February 6, 2013 12:59 PM
Globalisation and the Internet; The US superpower and its softpower 
nzgeogeek's curator insight,
February 24, 2013 6:50 AM
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Photographer Julian Germain’s portraits of school classrooms make for an intriguing archive of what early 21st-century education looks like around the world.
Tony Hall's insight:
I love these images. There is so much to discuss in them form all kinds of perspectives. I have just shown them to my Global Perspectives class as we begin a unit on Technology & the Economic Divide. Very thought provoking images!
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Tony Hall's insight:
Came across this blog tonight (thanks @Andyphilipday). Very interesting stuff for 21st century Geographers. Definitely worth a read.
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Although border disputes are not a new phenomenon, perhaps the prospect of national governments suing companies because of the way things are portrayed or not is a 21st century issue. This article raises all kinds of discussion points. For me, the first couple are how much do we reply on the likes of Google and what can go wrong with an over reliance on technology like this? Intriguing, no?