Posts Tagged ‘blogs’
Two to follow…
Friday, April 13th, 2012Following the developments and reflections of Paul Sturtivant and Andy Knill on their blogs….
Things that caught my eye…
Sunday, April 10th, 2011Whilst struggling to the end of term.
Massive amount of work to do still before a well deserved rest.
I thought my workshop session at the Leicester Regional Geography and History Conference went well, nice executive box setting.
Working on some topical ideas and teaching tips for Boardworks, first focusing on teaching about natural disasters.
Sorry for the lack of a recent Geography FM meet, these will begin again after the Easter break. Great last meeting with a number of familiar faces.
I’m currently working on implementing the use of GCSEPod across the College, some great Geography content. I’d be interested to hear from other colleagues and how they use it.
Currently being inspired by a range of colleagues on online, feeling old and jaded. New Geography blogs added to my RSS feed include John Sayers, this teacher is currently looking for a position, would be an excellent additional to any department, his work rate is intimidating! Also enjoying work by Max Rayner currently on this PGCE. Also blown away by David Rogers Long Shore Drift video…
Learning lots of Geography currently by purchasing a house… and lots of stress.
Hoping to share some resources over the Easter break.
Things that caught my eye… Week 28th of February
Sunday, March 6th, 2011Loved this find by Terry on the SLN forum. Great little starter which I’m going to use as an introduction to a revision of fronts.
Also posted a response to a mobile policy review that is being conducted at my place of work on my personal pages, any response would be grateful.
Sorted our 19th Geography Flash Meet on the 10th of March, all are welcome to join us.
One area I had success with last week was looking at the Christchurch earthquake. I like the idea of floating topicality, it makes students realise that geography is a living subject. I do struggle though with developing an appropriate response to such a recent tragic event. For Key Stage 4 it was a useful revision of plate tectonics, for Key Stage 3 I used a little strategy I picked up from Ian Murray. I first shows a clip in of the quake aftermath from the BBC, then explained the tectonic theory. I then read eyewitness accounts from the BBC website, as students actively drew what came into their minds.
It was interesting to see how students responded in a variety of ways, from artistic representations…
To storyboard accounts…
To images with associated quotes…
It was interesting then to discuss why they had drawn such responses and what key themes ran through the class set of images.
Also signed up for the RSS feed of a new Alan Parkinson blog about supporting geography teachers. Should be good… no pressure 
