Geography and all that Jazz

Geography and Photos Flickr is one of my crucial sites. It is a fantastic source of images for use in the classroom, although you may find that you need to source them at home as many schools filter out Flickr because not all of the images are SFW as they say (suitable for work) Try a search on TAGS which are relevant to your topic and you'll find lots of fodder for desktops, Powerpoints and PhotoJams. You can also bookmark your favourite FLICKR photographers. In the last few days I've searched for Svalbard, Beijing, Food, Lahars and Population. http://www.flickr.com Lots of tools for altering the images too. Check out one of my top five sites: the wonderfully named Flagrant Disregard's FlickrToys http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/ Geography and Japan Just watching fantastic "Journeys into the Ring of Fire" with Iain Stewart visiting Japan. It shows in a clear and well illustrated fashion how the Japanese have had to cope with extremes of climate and a lack of s...