Nice interactive that shows you how countries compare relative to many features and statistics. Can be done with world as whole, US or Japan. Includes such things as population, religion, causes of death, health, education, and more.
Lots of great ideas here from Karen Ault. "The Web in My World" is one of her presentations.
There are many, many suggestions and tips under the various categories. This can't do justice to all that she's shared, but it's a starting point!
Great presentation from Ellyssa Kroski. Although many of these technologies have much broader use in the college world, many of them will be/are filtering down to K-12.
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