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Have you ever looked at an object or building and thought, "hey that kind of looks like a face!"? It's actually a psychological phenomenon known as pareidolia. Pareidolia involves a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant; it’s a form of apophenia (seeing meaningful patterns or connections in random or meaningless data). Via Seth Dixon
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Cool:) 
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Investigate for yourself the mechanisms of global trade
Tony Hall's insight:
I think this is really interesting and a great way to illustrate to concept of patterns in geography. I'd love to see a similar list for 10, 20, 50 years ago. It woud be very cool to see the change over time.
Sally Egan's curator insight,
June 12, 2013 10:05 PM
Useful for looking at Global networks and teh links of trade between cities of the world.
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New Zealand women face a one in 3300 chance of dying during pregnancy or childbirth, the fourth worst odds among 34 industrialised countries included in Save the Children's annual
Tony Hall's insight:
An iteresting contrast to the BBC article on the same report. Complete with requisite dig at Australia:)
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Help get our new advert on air and shame Coke for crushing a popular and proven recycling scheme. Chip in today!
Tony Hall's insight:
Quite provocative! I wonder how Coca-Cola will react?
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Create a QR treasure hunt! Here's a useful QR video For some people the iPad is a replacement for paper. Here's how to do it properly. Films and Photos organised directly from all the iPads in a sc... Via Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)
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Looks like fun. Will definitely try this out!
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Come across this today. SOme very cool animation stuff for physical processes. Also some games to assist learning. Enjoy:)
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This is an awesome challenge to the conventional wisdom. Enjoy:)
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This is quite cool, although the sounds are a touch freaky at times. A nice illustration of the practical uses of GIS and Geography. Enjoy:)
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Teacher Tim McDaniel is also in hot water for asking students to write critical response papers on climate change
Tony Hall's insight:
This just blows my mind. How do you teach reproduction without using the word 'vagina'? Also, students should be watching things like "An Incovenient Truth" with a critical eye. Without questioning things, we simply follow blindly and we get events like Oklahoma City, 9/11 & Bali. Only those with blind, unquestioning faith can see those events as positive.
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"As many I was deeply shocked by the tragedy that occurred in Boston earlier this month...As more information on the origin of the alleged perpetrators is coming to light, I am concerned to note in the social media a most unfortunate misunderstanding in this respect. The Czech Republic and Chechnya are two very different entities - the Czech Republic is a Central European country; Chechnya is a part of the Russian Federation."
Tony Hall's insight:
This is the reason that geography is important.
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Our story begins in an ordinary suburban middle school with a group of unsuspecting students, and one smart-alecky question to the teacher: “Mr. Hunter,
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Another example of why geography is so important!
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"What we know as the English Language today has evolved over thousands of years, influenced by migrating tribes, conquering armies and peaceful trade. Do you know the origins of the language you speak? Have a look at this detailed infographic from Brighton School of Business and Management."
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Warren Andrews had just finished putting up balloons for his stepdaughter's 18th birthday party at their suburban home in Mayflower, Arkansas, when his wife came inside and said something was wrong.
Tony Hall's insight:
This is pretty bad stuff. I'm intrigued as to why this isn't bigger news around the world. I guess it's overshadowed by the prospect of nuclear war in East Asia.
Tony Hall's comment,
April 12, 2013 3:14 AM
Perhaps, in the grand scheme of things, a small town isn't news very worthy. The cynic in me wonders if Exxon's chequebook extended to news organisations as well?
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Our planet is covered in pockmarks so deep that they can be seen from space. Some were caused by asteroid strikes, but most are the result of human meddling. Here are some of the most incredible examples of the scarred Earth.
Tony Hall's insight:
This is just amazing! And not in a good way. These are some deep, deep holes in the ground! A testament to the human desire for "stuff". Very sad actually.
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And here is the complete report for those interested.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is the "toughest" place in the world to be mother and Finland is the best, according to Save the Children charity.
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A review of the latest Save the Children maternal health report from the BBC. Good for population studies as well as disparities in development.
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From the world's largest seas to islands and coastlines, will you sink or swim in this challenging geography quiz? Dive into our selection of sea based trivia now!
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Firstly, I want to be clear about one thing. I have long been very vocal in my belief that the International Baccalaureate is the best system of education that exists on the planet we call Earth. I...
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Interesting.
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Who owns our stuff? The answer used to be obvious. Now, with electronics integrated into just about everything we buy, the answer has changed. The issue goes beyond cellphone unlocking, because once we buy an object -- any object -- we should own it.
Tony Hall's insight:
This kind of thing makes me a little bit angry and a little bit sad. And a lot cynical! I have the deep feeling that in many ways our lives aren't entirely our own anymore. I love technology and the things I can do with it. But at the same time I have a building sense of dread inside me. Maybe it comes from this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzryBRPwsog and/or this http://www.george-orwell.org/1984.
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Australia's population will tick past the 23 million mark on Tuesday night as the country continues to grow at the fastest rate in the developed world.
Tony Hall's insight:
This surprised me a bit. I know there is a lot of migration into Australia but to having the fastest growing population in the OECD is surprising. And worrying. Hmmm ...
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The Caucasus region, dominated by the imposing Great Caucasus mountain range and stretching between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, has long been known as one of the world’s ethnically and linguistically most diverse areas.
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This article is timely given the need for the ambassador of the Czech Republic to release a statement to explain that the Czech Republic & Chechnya are in fact different places. I had an idea that this area of the world is complex in its linguistic, cultural & political make up. I must admit though I had no idea it was as complicated as it is. Absolutely fascinating!
Marissa Roy's curator insight,
November 19, 2013 10:16 AM
Most Americans had never heard Chechnya before the Boston bombing in April 2013. Now, most think that it is full of America-hating terriosts. However, Chechnya is so very complex and diverse a place, that it is ludacris to think that. Over 100 languages are spoken in the country. The southern half speaks languages such as Georgian, Svan and Mingrelian. Turkish, Iranian and Chechens are the languages you will probably hear in the North. Another misconception is that there are many Christians in Chechnya as well as Muslims. This country is made up of so many different groups, it is incredible. 
Elizabeth Bitgood's curator insight,
March 3, 2014 9:27 AM
It is amazing to consider such a small area (the size of New England) could hold such a vast area of languages. The mountainous region certainly helps in creating such diversity as it isolated villages from each other in the ages before modern communication and travel. 
Samuel D'Amore's curator insight,
December 15, 2014 6:46 PM
This map does a fantastic job of highlighting the cultural diversity within Russia and the former Soviet states. Understanding how these cultural regions overlap one another is paramount in understanding the region's tensions and the repercussions that result including Chechen terrorism in Russia and even in America (Boston bombings).
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I've signed up for the same course:)
Seth Dixon's curator insight,
April 16, 2013 1:10 PM
This is a great quote from an article on MOOCs from the persepective of a teacher who has actually taught a MOOC. I'm signed up to take a MOOC titled: Maps and the Geospatial Revolution and I'm looking forward to the experience.
Tony Hall's comment,
April 16, 2013 7:54 PM
Signed up for the same course. Totally looking forward to it:)
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Grant Thrall, Ph.D., pioneered a new field of study — business geography — at the University of Florida.
Business geography involves using sophisticated technologies to interpret and analyze data to help businesses make decisions.
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While I find business quite boring, I do understand it's necessity. I think this illustrates very nicely the relevance of studying geography and how it relates to the "real" world.
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The city of Auckland might be in one of the most volcanically interesting locations on the planet. It's built on top of an active volcanic field.
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NZ was such a cool place to teach Geography. Field trips were always to awesome places - Rotorua, Tarawra, Ruapehu, Tongariro, Taupo. Brilliant!
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Sería intetresante medir este tipo de percepciones y su influencia en estudios geográficos colectivos, partiendo del supuesto que los patrones que observa cada persona, los asocia desde luego, a su propio conocimiento ...