A recent survey conducted on behalf of Digital Explorer shows that Google Earth has a significant positive impact on teaching and learning.
A project originally funded by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) with an Innovative Geography Teaching Grant to develop teaching ideas for using Google Earth in the Geography classroom, expanded to include ArcGIS Online in 2014
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Google Earth Survey Results
A recent survey conducted on behalf of Digital Explorer shows that Google Earth has a significant positive impact on teaching and learning.
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Coronation Street
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Via Twitter.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Google Earth in Primary Classroom
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Language of Landscape Survey - prize draw
Don't forget to use Google Earth with your OS maps...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Latest Sightseer
Monday, October 19, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Climate Change Resource on Google Earth
Friday, September 04, 2009
New GA website now live....
The GA web team: Anne Greaves and Ben Major, have been working away for months with designers Ledgard Jepson on a new website for the Geographical Association, and it is now live, after several weeks of beta testing and tweaking. Visit the GA URL http://www.geography.org.uk to see the new site.
The site looks a lot brighter, clearer and easier to navigate, and uses more of the screen’s width. Thanks to a major effort on tagging the resources, it is also easier to find things using the ‘Search’ function if they are not immediately obvious from the home page, and a new ‘Resource Finder’ should help you find something appropriate to the key stage and topic that you are interested in quickly, or items written by a particular author.
A one page user guide to the new site and how it’s laid out can be downloaded by following the link (PDF download): http://www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_NewWebsiteGuide.pdf
Members can also bookmark their most useful sections of the website on their own personal homepage. Logging in to the site will provide members with details about their account, and allow access to the journals which you subscribe to.
There are plenty of new items in the shop, which are displayed in a scrolling window, which will also suggest items that might be of relevance to you if you login.
News is easier to find, and has all been updated.
If you are not already a GA member, this is a good time to join and take advantage of the many membership benefits.
The website is also home to all the resources supporting the GA’s manifesto for school geography “a different view”.
Download the latest GA MAGAZINE from the site now
Sunday, August 02, 2009
500 million Google Earth users ?
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Google Earth GIS Training
I will be talking about the use of cheap GIS solutions: particularly the use of Google Earth, which could be used in a progressive way to map data and connect it to a location.
Michael Palin and Ben Saunders
Noel Jenkins has been developing his Wellington Stories mapping activity...
View Wellington Stories in a larger map
Earlier this year, Michael Palin was introduced as the new President of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
Ben Saunders from Ben Saunders on Vimeo.
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Map of the Day
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“They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
Thanks to Keir Clarke
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Google Earth and beyond...
There was a plug for YOUNG PEOPLE's GEOGRAPHIES, particularly the work done in Nottingham.
One exciting trend is encouraging young people to help shape subjects with teachers. As a part of the Young People's Geographies project run by the Geographical Association, key stage 3 pupils from three Nottingham schools used handheld devices to capture their experience of the city's market square. Pupils recorded their own narrative while answering a range of more conventional geographical questions about the area. Elizabeth Barratt, director of humanities at the Nottingham Emmanuel school, says: "They were able to capture places and spaces in a more immediate and personalised manner."
There was also mention for the work that is being done in Rotherham as well, with hand-held devices by Tony Doddsworth and colleagues.
Also interesting to see Barrie Morgan from CENT in Rotherham talking about the podcasting work that he's been doing with a primary school in Rawmarsh.
More on this to come...
Monday, June 01, 2009
Geography training - Google Earth too...
GEOGRAPHY TRAINING joins together the Geographical Association's own Alan Parkinson, with International Baccalaureate specialist, and creator of Geography all the Way: Richard Allaway.
In addition to the existing face-to-face and online CPD opportunities available from the Geographical Association, we offer a tailored service, with training to match your needs, at a venue to suit you.
Areas of speciality:
- Creative approaches for the teaching of Geography
- The use of Information and Communication Technology in Geography teaching
- Recent changes to the Key Stage 3 and GCSE programmes
- International Baccalaureate Geography - including the 2009 syllabus change
- IGCSE Geography
- Training focused upon application such as Google Earth, GIS applications, web2 tools etc
If you are interested please get in touch to discuss our availability and the necessary fees.
Saturday, May 02, 2009
Mark Beaumont Book...
GEOBLOGGING WITH MARK
Mark and I at SAGT Conference, October 2008 (he's the one on the right...)
Advance planning is underway for Mark's next journey....
Friday, April 10, 2009
Full Screen Street View
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Latest version of 'The Sightseer'
Subscribe to receive a copy in your inbox...
New historical imagery allows exploration of Amazon deforestation and the construction of 'The World' in Dubai...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Glaciation Imagery in Google Earth
AK-03 Columbia Glacier from Cliff from Extreme Ice Survey on Vimeo.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Google Street View UK
Today is the launch of the widely anticipated Google Street View. I had an invitation to attend, and would like to have been there, but had another appointment today pre-booked.
UK cities covered so far
England
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Cambridge
- Coventry
- Derby
- Leeds
- Liverpool
- London
- Manchester
- Newcastle
- Norwich,
- Nottingham,
- Oxford
- Scunthorpe
- Sheffield
- Southampton
- York
Northern Ireland
- Belfast
Scotland
- Aberdeen
- Dundee
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
Wales
- Cardiff
- Swansea
Friday, March 13, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Some great ready made resources for the classroom...
A TWITTER tip off via NavTeq
There are a whole series of resources to aid teachers looking at using Google Earth in the classroom. They have been made available by Carlton College.
One of the most impressive looking resources is one on the North West PASSAGE.
Street View
Here's the Australian intro video, which gives a flavour for what you will be able to do...
Wonder whether King's Lynn will be included ?
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Historical Images of the GA
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Welcome to recent visitors...
More to come next month as well.
Are you up to date with your GE Version ?
Monday, February 02, 2009
Google Earth 5 now available for download
Are you up to date ?
The latest version of Google Earth has been put on the website to download.
It's Google Earth 5
It features the much anticipated Ocean flood and surface data, plus new historical imagery and improved touring facilities.
Get yours today.
Ollie Bray has already written a blog post, which includes a link to this video: