A mention for Helen Young’s great new resource-sharing site. Lots of ideas and resources.
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David Rayner has produced a most excellent video to raise awareness of Geography. Many teachers will find it useful on options evening. If you use the PPT version (recommended) download it, and the music file to the same folder.
Geography Matters powerpoint
Geography Matters music file (Earthsong)
Geography Matters video in avi file format
Geography Matters video in wmv file format:
Geography Matters video in mpeg-4 file format (suitable for i-pods, etc)
At long last some sign that Teacher Tube has improved their server speed!
I found that a recent Google Earth geotagged video file suddenly worked properly, with no buffering problems at all. Previously I’d been disappointed so it’s good to report on this development.
Excellent news, since Teacher Tube is pretty much the only option for online video viewing in my digital prison (sorry, school)
I’ve been working on this on and off for several months. The concept-based, blank canvas that forms the revised National Curriculum is hugely exciting. This year Digital Geography will be confining itself to just a few themes. The new KS3, compelling IT (especially video), GIS and the vague concept of “authentic learning’ are my priorities.
Below is my fantasy KS3 scheme of work that is very much a work in progress. Unfortunately I’m not really in a position to do very much about actually implementing it in my school, however it’s important to me that it exists in my mind. Below the diagrams I’ve included some key links to exemplar materials.
Key links:
Action Plan for Geography: Resources produced by the RGS
Juicy Geography Teaching and learning ideas
RGS Discovering Antarctica
RGS/DFES Your Climate Your Life
RGS Geography in the news
After several weeks of work I’ve completed my third podmovie: ‘Return to Boscastle’.
The film uses BBC Creative Archive footage of the 2004 flood, combined with recent imagery to update the progress of the £4.6 million flood protection works that are being carried out. There are comprehensive revision notes to accompany this classic case study. Running time is around 6 minutes and it’s quite a large file. The Quick Time version is considerably smaller than the high quality podcast.
I’m very worried about the bandwidth implications for this resource. Please only download once. This film and the others in the project can be found on Juicy Geography.
I’ve finished work on my podcast page at Juicy Geography. The first two episodes are ready to download and there are QuickTime versions as well. Feedback is welcomed. A third episode is in preparation.
Although my resources have always been made freely available, (and the podcasts are no exception), they represent a huge personal expense in new computer and video equipment and software, as well as bandwidth costs.) I’m hoping that teachers using the films in class will donate towards the costs involved.
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