Geography: past, present and future

Geography:
past, present and future
Ollie Bray
National Adviser
Emerging Technologies in Learning
Learning and Teaching Scotland
Credit: stonefaction
www.olliebray.com

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change?
Credit: Bill Boyd

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children

A beta life
the relationships that young people
aged 12-24 have with technology

8 devices
5 activities
25% agree that…
turn on their computer

A quarter of young people interviewed text or IM friends they are physically with at the time
123 friends

data

skills

3 -18

facts

Today's Headlines
25th August 2006
Pluto is no longer a planet
War in Middle East
Immigration into UK
Global Warming
Fuel Price Rise

social change &
expectation

‘I hate geography’
‘Bray, he was off his head again today’
‘Gone, gone but not forgotten. Now we don’t have PowerPoint presentations any more’

friends

Are children the same as
they used to be?

technological
change

A Window on the future: Microsoft predicts 5 trends for the future

1.
The three screens

2.
The rise of connected entertainment

climatemystery.com

3.
The whole web will become social

4.
The 3D Internet

5.
The rise of smartphones

media player
voice recorder
surf
camera
network
courses

geography

audience participation

feeling

curriculum design

difficultquestions

difficultquestions
need
creative solutions

change mindsets

developed world
economically
def: long life in small family
developing world
economically
def: short life in large family

developed
bathroom & kitchen
developing
bedroom

numeracy

teaching

learning
good
pedagogy
learning
interest /
engagement
James Paul Gee

Innovative teaching
“
Registered teachers skillfully adopt and deploy a wide variety of innovative resources, including ICT and, where appropriate, the outdoor environment.
”
GTCS Standard for Full Registation

tools

output

audience

WWW

World Wide Wall Display

www.comicbrush.com

process

sim city

wild African safari

endless ocean

stopdisastersgame.org

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