103 Ways to Teach Geography

I found this presentation to be very interesting; I gained a lot of new, creative ways to teach geography that I can't wait to implement in my own classroom. One of the idea that I really liked was "Go Local" where the students can walk around their neighborhood and take pictures to bring in and share with the class. I think that would be a fun assignment and the students would be able to explore the area around their homes a little bit more. I also like the concept of having students create a 60 second film because little kids love doing things like that where they can be creative and pretend like they're making their own movie. It also develops their ability to summarize a topic because they only have 60 seconds to mention everything that they think is important. The Bingo game seems like a lot of fun too; I remember doing similar activities throughout my elementary school years. The definition would be read by the teacher and the students have to cover the word that goes with that definition. There are numerous other activities in the presentation that I would definitely incorporate within my classroom, but those are 3 of my favorites that I would personally love to do if a teacher assigned these tasks. We also discussed some of our favorite ideas from the presentation with the class and passed around a little Earth while we shared our thoughts.