I will be at the GA Conference at the University of Derby on the 13th and 14th of April 2007 I will be leading a session on the use of GIS for Beginners on the Saturday morning, with a great deal of help from fellow members of the GA Secondary Phase Committee. Hope to see some of my readers there - come and say hello! I'll have a limited stock of GeographyPages pens for you to claim!
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Hope to see some of you at this workshop I'm leading - though to be honest, it's Tom Biebrach and Alan Kinder who are doing all the hard work, with a lot of effort going in to make sure there's the LOFTU (don't ask...) If you use GIS, please get in touch to tell me of your experiences. a) What software do you use ? b) What problems have you had ? c) Why use GIS in the first place ? d) What are your top tips ? See some of you in Derby I hope, whether it's in the workshop or not....
Quick post to flag up a few things... a) Ollie Bray's excellent Slideshare on ICT in Geography b) Melanie Richards' useful post providing links to today's excellent Guardian pullout on Rural Communities - very useful for A2 Rural-Urban work. c) Tomorrow is WORLD WATER DAY Some very useful resources including FLASH ANIMATIONS at the 2007 WWD site . Theme is water scarcity with a focus on how global warming is threatening communities, who rely on glaciers for their water supply... Just been on the budget calculator on the BBC News website (what do you mean, you didn't know it was Budget Day....) The result: Next year, the indications are that you will be £197.27 better off. Cheers Gordon (I think...)
Set the VCR or Sky+ box: Bitesize Revision BBC TWO Age 14 - 16 GCSE Bitesize Geography Global Issues 27 MAR '07 04.00 - 06.00 120 minutes 28 MAR '07 04.00 - 06.00 120 minutes Human geography 28 MAR '07 02.00 - 04.00 120 minutes 29 MAR '07 02.00 - 04.00 120 minutes Physical geography 28 MAR '07 04.00 - 06.00 120 minutes 29 MAR '07 04.00 - 06.00 120 ...
Geography Teachers - support the GGiP and Darfur Wall ! Check out Noel Jenkins' JUICY GEOGRAPHY for details of some rather groovy GEOGRAPHY RELATED postcard sets which will help to raise money for the above causes as well as providing a talking point in lessons, and a way of encouraging student involvement when they go on holidays ! I've ordered some - go and order some of your own ! Update: 50 sets now ordered as of 13th March - another 50 needed ! Update: First 100 sets now on their way from the USA
For almost 30 years on and off, S66 postcode area was "My Place". It was where I was born, just outside the town of ROTHERHAM , and spent my childhood, attended primary and secondary school, and then returned to on and off during holidays as a student, and then at weekends when I started teaching, until my parents moved away from the area. I still visit occasionally, in fact I passed through S66 last week on the way to a meeting in Sheffield at the headquarters of the Geographical Assocation (of which more later this year) The area is now the subject of a book which I'm currently reading. The book is called WELCOME TO EVERYTOWN. The author chose S66 to represent the UK and spent 6 months there. " Philosopher Julian Baggini pinpointed postcode S66 on the outskirts of Rotherham, as England in microcosm – an area which reflected most accurately the full range of the nation's inhabitants, its most typical mix of urban and rural, old and young, married and single....
This is something which we will explore in more detail after Easter when we move on to People as Consumers. The FARMERS WEEKLY INTERACTIVE site has various resources that will be of use to you. There is also a rather long (117 page) DEFRA report on the impact of Food Miles. There is also a GAME BOARD with distances travelled by food in 2 identical meals which are moved by car or plane. The EAT THE SEASONS website is a useful one as it tells you what foods are in season, and therefore would not be imported foods. The loss of SEASONALITY is a related issue to the one of FOOD MILES. The BIG BARN website shows you where to find local food producers.
Make sure you offer your views on the new KS3 Geography PoS. Here is a GA view on the new curriculum - slide taken from a presentation "A Curriculum for the 21st Century" produced by Mick Waters, the director of QCA - text from the slide says: " Let us finish with the traditional school curriculum in which subjects are served up as ends in themselves. Let us dig deeper and use subjects as the vast and inspiring resources they are for serving the educational goals we value." Ge ographical Association
