Imperial Airways to Cape Town...

Reminded of this earlier, as an example of using Google Earth to tell a story - not necessarily GIS work, but has great potential as a framework for other journeys and investigations.
Lovely work by Richard Allaway from his Geography all the Way site.

Limestone Landscapes

A useful model for how to put together a piece of work on Richard Allaway's Geography all the Way site. This particular resource is free access, but others are part of the subscription site, which is well worth subscribing to.

There are several Limestone Landscapes included in the original resource, with a particular focus on a walk through the Yorkshire Dales around the classic Malham round.
Download a Google Earth file with some images and a sheet to go with the walk....

Activity from Richard Allaway

Google Earth Longitude and Latitude Challenge by Richard Allaway

Google Earth Hangout recording

Last night, I took part in a Google Hangout on the theme of Google Earth in the curriculum. It was part of a series of presentations from the Google Education team.

It was presented by Richard Allaway, who created Geography all the Way, and talked about his planning, and also an activity which follows one of the first commercial routes: involving flying boats from Southampton to South Africa.

You can read about it on Richard Allaway's blogpost here.
You can see the mind-map that Richard used.

You can also check out the actual presentation below, and see me lurking away at the bottom, and dealing with the chat that was going on as the presentation was going on. Thanks to the folks who dropped into the presentation.

Google Earth Hangout on Monday the 6th of May

Don't forger that Richard Allaway is organising a special online event on the 6th of May.
It will take place at 8pm in the evening

This session will outline how Google Earth skills can be incorporated into the school curriculum and not just the Geography one!  This will lead to the discussion of a real, tested, classroom example of building a continuum of skill development leading towards a project planning the first commercial (1937) passenger flight from Southampton (UK) to Cape Town (South Africa) which happened to be on a boat-plane! (25 minutes)

I'll be there to help out... so I'll see you there...

The official site where you can sign up to join in or find out more information is HERE....

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.

Launching today is a new CPD training opportunity for colleagues in the UK, and beyond...
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.

SAGT Presentation Slides 81-84

Google Earth to establish a context for work. Fine use of Talking Heads too.

An idea for exploring relief and producing cross sections. Check out Tony's site for more creative ideas in the classroom.