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KS4 ICT project

Noel Jenkins — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:00:09 +0000

I learned from Alan Parkinson’s Living Geography blog that a project to which I contributed has begun to appear on the Geographical Association website. It’s called Using ICT to Enhance Teaching and Learning at KS4 and was funded by BECTa.
Visit the project site.

Fieldwork with Google Earth, GPS and video – some thoughts

Noel Jenkins — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:20:33 +0000

I’ve written up a short investigation on Juicy Geography’s Google Earth blog

Flash based guide to plate tectonics and earthquakes

Noel Jenkins — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:55:10 +0000

Via SLN user Helen, this is a very useful Flash presentation that explains some tectonics concepts simply and effectively.

Slideshare used for peer assessment

Noel Jenkins — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:21:03 +0000

Nice to see an example of social constructivism from teacher David Rogers who has posted presentations from his class on Slideshare for others to read and comment on.

[Slideshare presentation now removed]

New resource for teaching about flooding

Noel Jenkins — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:18:51 +0000

Rich Allaway has created another mini-site, this time comparing the flooding events at Boscastle and Lynmouth. Targetted at KS3 and also AS level, the resource makes great use of technologies such as Live Local, Google Earth and a new Site Pal character, “Walter Falls”

Rich has included a long and varied collection of resources, as well as pupil and teacher notes. Excellent effort!

Would you like a volcano PowerPoint?

Noel Jenkins — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:49:35 +0000

A PowerPoint describing volcanic environments. SlideShare version below:
[Slideshare presentation now removed]

Or download the original PowerPoint with animation preserved

New blog for my students

Noel Jenkins — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:23:02 +0000

I’ve been very slow off the mark in blogging for/with my own students, compared to many of my online teacher friends and colleagues. That’s set to change with a new blog:

I’m going to use the blog in three ways. Firstly to link to various online materials that could be interesting or useful to the students. Secondly, I’d like to host some examples of student work. Finally, I’m hoping that it will provide an opportunity for those dialogues that could/should take place outside the classroom but never actually materialize. For example the comments could be used to discuss matters arising from homework assignments, examinations or current affairs. I guess we shall see.