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...
An article in yesterday's "Education Guardian" mentioned a few of the GA's current projects.
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...
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 has a new face: well, two new faces actually...From 1st June 2009, a new geography CPD provider is available.
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.
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