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Geography Awareness Week 2007

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Several geoblogs share their thoughts, ideas and links about this year's Geography Awareness Week (GAW). Interesting entries include the GEB entry on National Geographic support for the GAW. There's the official Google LatLong blog entry which provide more of less the same links. VerySpatial, in addition to their dedicated podcast, links to the Google Geography GAW 2007 page for educators. Some history of the GAW: "Geography Awareness Week was established in 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed legislation that established the third week in November as Geography Awareness Week. Geography Awareness Week is sponsored by the National Geographic Society and other geographic organizations at the national, state, and local level. Themes of Geography Awareness Week: November 16-22 2008 - North America, November 11-17 2007 - Asia"

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• DM on the GAW's difficulties

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  by Satri (3) on Wednesday November 14, @09:31AM (#1941)
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  Here [directionsmag.com]: "My point here is not to demonize events like Geography Awareness Week or GIS Day or to suggest they be put into storage. Instead, it's to suggest we stretch them out across the year, to be part of everyday events, as National Geographic has done. We need to look for "teachable moments.""

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• G-I-Yes

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  by Satri (3) on Friday December 14, @09:16AM (#2073)
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  Funny video made for GIS Day [entchev.com].

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