Geography and all that Jazz

Geography and Literacy Not everybody may have picked up on the connection that has been made with some resources on the GA's WEBSITE , with the NATIONAL YEAR OF READING . The theme for JUNE is based around TRAVEL and HOLIDAYS , and a DESERT ISLAND READ. Would make a good end of term activity. Good opportunity for some creative literacy work...

Literacy Outcomes in Scotland Thanks to Ollie Bray and Ewan McIntosh for some fascinating discussions on the new Scottish Curriculum for Excellence guidance on literacy which extends the reading matter to that of blogs, social networks, games, comics and other online / 21st Century 'text's which young people would relate to (although not all of them will be Beboing away necessarily) All sounds like Scotland is yet again ahead of England in this matter... Would love to explore some of the geographical implications of this, and how it could be translated into an ICT-rich curriculum.