Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Tag: geography

  • GeoMap Job Hunting

    As a geographer and teacher, I love the way maps can help us better understand information and data geo-spatially in rich, meaningful contexts. My wife, Shelly (@sfryer) and I, will be moving to Charlotte, North Carolina, this summer, to start a new adventure together as “empty nesters.” I’m looking forward to teaching and collaborating with…

  • Inspired by National Geographic Explorer Andres Ruzo

    This past Wednesday, I had the remarkable good fortune to hear National Geographic Explorer Andres Ruzo (@georuzo) share a fantastic and inspiring presentation at school for all our 6th graders. Andres is the brother of one of our French teachers, and is a geothermal scientist conducting research in the Peruvian Amazon Basin in an area…

  • Follow a National Geographic Expedition to Everest: Live

    The latest National Geographic magazine in the NG iPad app provides a realtime opportunity to track a current/live expedition to climb Mount Everest. You can see in the updated image of the mountain route the current position of the climbers at the base of the mountain. National Geographic is definitely pushing the boundaries of what…

  • Geography 2.0: A Juicy Way to Mash Up Learning

    WikiMapia is a “wiki meets Google Maps” mash-up intended to be used as a digital geographic encyclopedia reference tool. In its current incarnation, WikiMapia is a little rough around the edges, but keep this site on your list of potential teaching tools. Here’s how WikiMapia works: Key landmarks, such as Rainbow Arch in Utah, the…