Hello colleagues, Have you explored the My Life Elsewhere interactive tool yet? This tool compares one's own country to other countries around the world on various characteristics: e.g., the quality of life, cost of living, and aspects of geography and more
Here's the description from the website.:"MyLifeElsewhere is a collaborative tool that contains interesting data and statistics that you cannot find anywhere else on the web. By showing you country statistics relative to your home country, you are able to more fully visualize your home country in comparison to others..."
I just compared the United States to Singapore. According to the statistics on the site, the per capita income in Singapore is $87,100 compared to $57,300 in the US. Singaporeans pay 44.4% less in taxes and live 5.2 years longer than Americans. Check out the site to find out which country uses more energy, has the most children, which country has better employment statistics and infant mortality rates. Which country do you think has more coastline?
This would be an interesting site to use in class. Let us know what you think.
Cheers, Susan Finn Miller
Moderator, Teaching & Learning CoP