Ignite Boulder Djibouti is Just the Beginning

Post on 20-Oct-2014

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My second Ignite Boulder presentation, given at Ignite Boulder 5. I talk about different ways to approach learning world geography. Here is the corresponding video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPcQB045DuY&p=66BD0750F606FDE0&playnext=1&index=4

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DJIBOUTI IS JUST THE BEGINNING

We Are

More Connected

Then Ever

Newest Countries

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Timor Leste

Montenegro

Serbia

Kosovo

Name These World Capitals:

Toronto

Montreal

SydneyAukland

Christ Church

Geneva

Zurich Perth

ANADA

S

ITZERLAND

USTRALIA

EW ZEALAND

Americans Suck at Geography

Can’t Find IRAQ on a Map

6of

10

We Have a Lot to Learn

Doubly Land-Locked

Lagos is the Largest

City In AFRICA*

10th* Largest City In the World

Just Part of the

“NEXT-11”

Geography

To Learn

Tricks

The Capital of Djibouti is Djibouti

Country + “City” = Capital

TOGO

PERU

LIMA

L O M E

S U V A

F I J I

THE

4 X 4s

T O G O

C H A D

I R A N

M A L IC U B A

OMAN

L A O S

F I J IP

ERU

IRA Q

The 6 Ports

Port Louis

Port Moresby

Porto NovoPort of Spain

Port -au- Prince

Port Vila

Burkina Faso : Ouagadougou

Other Fun Ones to Say

Then There’s Tuvalu

$50M

For .TV Domain Names

@pennerj

The

World is SMALLER than

you think

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