The document discusses various geography education initiatives and resources that Alan Parkinson has been involved with over the past few years, including digital resources, GIS consultancy projects, writing works, "Guerrilla Geography" events, involvement with geography festivals and organizations, European projects, advocacy work, and developing additional discovery resources. It highlights Alan's extensive contributions across many areas of geography education.

1. 20 12
What happened next ?
Alan Parkinson
Freelance Geographer

2. Resources for students
Ideas to follow-up
The new curriculum...
Curriculum artefacts

3. Conclusions
• Geography is in very good health
• Fieldwork and exploration are on
the rise
• ‘Free’ is still a lot of people’s
favourite price

4. 1. Digital Explorer
• Digital Explorer.com
• Frozen Oceans Pack
• Sustainable Fishing - linked to nef report
• Google Seaview Survey Packs (2013)
• Mackerel story

5. 2 : esri UK
• GIS consultancy
• ArcGIS Online
• Subscription service - ‘live’ mapping in the
field & ‘cloud’ based service
• What do you want from GIS ?

6. 3: Writing
• GCSE Grade Booster
• The Ice Man
• Fieldwork through Enquiry (2013)
• Debates in Geography Education
• iBook (led to work on EBC)

7. 4: Guerrilla Geography
• Washington DC, November 2012
• Geography Awareness Week 2011/12

8. 5: Geography Collective
• Festivals: Hay, Latitude, Glastonbury
• Mission:Explore Food - creative commons
licensed - £15K raised through
crowdsourcing
• London Schools - water
• Sustainable transport

9. 6: GA Primary Champion
• Activity carrying on...
• Stephen Scoffham book
• Transition projects
• ‘Explorer’ workshops

10. 7: European Adventures
• Salzburg University -
geomedia courses -
Comenius funded
• I-USE project - 3 years
• digitalearth.eu
• Geneva Conference
• ‘Europe Academy’

11. 8: GA Activism
• CPD courses
• PGQM/SGQM moderation
• GA Conference
• Writing for GA Magazine
• Social media

12. 9: GoogleWorld Wonders
• World Heritage sites...
• Resources for Santiago de Compostela

13. 10. Discover the World
• Mission:Explore Iceland
• Place based missions
• The world awaits...

14. 11: Where next ?
• Defending my niche ?
• Sustainability ?
• Teaching again
• Change is good...

15. 12: Explorer HQ
• Watch this space...
Illustration: Tom Morgan Jones