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Preparing students for GCSE exams- Course Review

Saturday, February 9th, 2013

It’s been a long time since I have been on a geography course, but I jumped at the chance of going to meet Helen Young (please take a moment to look at the excellent resources on her Geography Geek website) who was delivering the GA course ‘Preparing students for GCSE exams’. The course was also based in Nottingham and within walking distance, which was a bonus!

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Helen discussed a number of strategies she has used with her students to prepare them for exams, I was particularly stuck by her message that revision starts from the first day of the course. As a course leader she stuck a balance between delivering content and providing time for participants to develop their skills, with the opportunity to make revision videos and podcasts. I had a little time to remix one of her podcasts to a funky beat… Smile

Sadly it’s fully booked at the moment, but I’m sure the GA will run it again…

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VITAL: Geography

Monday, October 10th, 2011

I’ve signed up to the VITAL Geography Portal, run by Alan P so must be decent. Not sure what it is all about at the moment…

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Twitter- A Geographer’s tool?

Monday, February 16th, 2009

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There’s been much media hype about Twitter of late, I have to say that I’ve become a bit of an addict, the opportunity it offers for professional networking is particularly impressive, many notable online contributors are currently sharing ideas and practice via the tool,to me this is its strength, rather than as an opportunity to see what people are having for breakfast. Quick, easy to use and you can dip in and out as you wish.

There is a debate about how useful it will be in the classroom, particularly with the blocking policies of LEAs towards certain social networking tools; some individuals though have already made good use of the application, see Ollie Bray and his recent work with Google Maps and weather. Tom Barrett has also been collating a set of ideas for the use of Twitter within the classroom.

Of course, any curriculum innovations or sharing of practice depend on the network of individuals, so basically this is a call to join up and have a play, let’s develop a group of geographers that can provide mutual support. I’m surprisingly Tony Cassidy. One of the aspects I enjoy about the social networking revolution is the opportunity to hear about the work of a range of individuals, new and experienced.

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