Pizza Place Geography
I might have to say that the one combination I probably love more than geography and zombies is geography and pizza. I have a tattoo about pizza that is too embarrassing to share on the internet....
View ArticleDead Reckon is now on Kindle
Dead Reckon in the Amazon Store Dead Reckon is now available on Kindle! The comic has special functions to allow you to zoom into each panel. For Kindle users or Kindle app users, this will hopefully...
View ArticleBeautiful Hand-Made Globes
This excellent video shows a bit of behind the scenes of the craftsmanship put into these globes. Peter Bellerby, founder of Bellerby & Co., reflects on the long process of figuring out how to...
View ArticleGeography Question Generator
I’m tired of people thinking of geography as memorizing locations and capitals. Geography is so much more. There are unlimited amazing questions that geographers take on to help us better understand...
View ArticleThe Geography of Horror
ESRI has put out this great “Geography of Horror” map, just in time for Halloween. It’s a map of where the top rated horror movies (about 250 of them) take place. You can explore the the locations via...
View ArticleGeography and Language – How do you pronounce “pecan?”
Let’s take a moment to talk about language and geography. Human geography studies culture and linguistics or language has to do with culture. So, geography studies language, and in fact it can study it...
View ArticleLooking Back – 5 Reasons I’m Glad I Went to ASCD 2014
I’ve been a big fan of ASCD ever since I started graduate school for teaching. ASCD publishes the best books on teaching and education. However, I had never been to the ASCD Annual Conference before...
View ArticleZBL Teachers Rock! – Survey Results
A few weeks ago, we sent out a quick survey to ZBL teachers on our mailing list to check in and see what you liked and didn’t like about ZBL. We’re delighted to say that we heard overwhelmingly...
View ArticleNew Presentation Skills Lesson and Rubrics
I know we’re getting to the end of the school year, but I’ve added a lesson on Presentation Skills and some rubrics for assessing presentation skills. Over time, I intend to add more 21st Century...
View ArticleScribble Maps – Free Tool to Draw on Maps
Scribble Maps is a simple tool for drawing on maps. It's free but also has a paid version. This could work great for project 2 where students need to create regions to help them warn about the zombie...
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