Digital Geography

Changes in dairy farming - new 360 image

Noel Jenkins — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:37:32 +0000

I was stunned by the robotic technology in use at the neighbouring farm. The cows decide when to be milked! Great for a GCSE case study on agricultural changes:

Robot milking parlour at Orway Farm, Devon in England

wwwRevisited v.4 for Geography teachers

Noel Jenkins — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:22:32 +0000

Thanks to a really nice tweet from Simon Renshaw, and input from Mark Ollis and others on Twitter, I’ve accelerated the new version of my Web 2.0 toolkit specifically for geography teachers. There’s a lot of updates to this version, and I’m quite pleased with it.

web version with hyperlinks
word version with notes and links
original Inspiration file - interactive and editable in Inspiration 8

City-centre regeneration: a 360 image of Princesshay, Exeter.

Noel Jenkins — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:46:02 +0000

My latest image on 360 cities.net - taken to exemplify a modern, mixed-use redevelopment in a CBD.

Princesshay, Exeter in England

wwwREVISITED v4

Noel Jenkins — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:09:03 +0000

I’m doing some work for NQTs tomorrow, and have updated my Web 2.0 toolkit with some new discoveries (especially eyeplorer, thanks to Kenny O’Donnell, and John Davitt’s learning idea generators) This version has been slimmed down for a non-subject specific audience. Links to the interactive diagrams are below:

download web version

download word doc version

360 panoramas on Juicy Geography

Noel Jenkins — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:24:35 +0000

My recent 360 degree panoramic images with some degree of classroom potential have been added to a new page on Juicy Geography. Eventually they’ll be sorted out into categories and suggested teaching ideas added.
It has been incredibly expensive to buy the necessary equipment to make these images. I wonder if the donation button will get any response? It is easy to remove the embed option - which I will if they start appearing on other web sites!

Sidmouth 360 image

Noel Jenkins — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:14:46 +0000

I made this image to encourage students to look for evidence of coastal erosion, and the strategies used at Sidmouth to manage the problem.

Sidmouth seafront west in England

Wellington Stories update

Noel Jenkins — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:56:00 +0000

There’s some new additions to Wellington Stories see map

Several students have opted for poetry as a way to express their opinions about the local area. I particularly liked the video poem about the local cinema.